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If my girlfriend has cold sores and she gives me oral what can happen?
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Contagious: Cold sores spread from person to person by close personal contact, such as kissing. Cold sores are caused by a herpes simplex virus (hsv-1) closely related to the one that causes genital herpes (hsv-2). Both of these herpes simplex viruses can affect your mouth or your genitals, and can be spread via oral sex.
Answered 8/25/2012
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