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Are you more likely to have herpes in your eyes if you have genital herpes?
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No: Although you can self infect yourself with herpes, it usually occurs on the finger by touching the lesions. I am not aware of a case where the eye gets infected.
Answered 10/3/2016
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Although herpes eye: Infection called dendritic keratitis is more likely due to the oral hsv type 1, cases auto inoculated from genital hsv type 2 can occur.
Answered 11/23/2012
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