A 40-year-old member asked:
could you give yourself genital herpes from touching a cold sore and then touching down there?
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Dr. Yash Khanna answered
57 years experience Family Medicine
Yes you can: It is possible to transfer type1 herpes virus from cold sore to genitals.
Answered on Jun 22, 2017
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Dr. J. Lawrence Dohan answered
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NO: Auto-inoculation of herpes is almost unknown. Once you are colonized, even with no symptoms, even if you never had symptoms, you are immune except in ... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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HSV: Yes it is possible. Practice safe self love.
A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Harold Tsai answered
30 years experience Urology
Herpes: The herpes genital and oral are two different strains of virus and cannot be transmitted from one form to the other
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Melissa Gowans answered
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No: You already have herpes - you can give it to some one else, but you already have it…so you can't really give it to yourself again. It's really rare to ... Read More
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