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Mom has cold sores and touches everything without washing her hands after, like clean clothes, objects etc, can i get herpes from this? sorry
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Yes.: Usually it takes somewhat intimate contact such as kissing however if her hand was contaminated and she touched the glass and you drank from it it is possible to catch the infection. Talk to her about this and have her wash her hands frequently.
Answered 1/30/2015
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