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A member asked:
My mother has hsv1 antibodies. today i used her toothbrush on accident, will i get cold sores moving forward? my mother has no cold sores right now.
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Stop worrying: The antibodies don't mean she's infectious. Hopefully you've already kissed her, since she's your mother. That's probably more "risky" than sharing a toothbrush -- and who'd forego it? The vast majority of humankind have HSV1 antibodies. Why worry about her? You've shared toothbrushes before. With no active lesion, the infection risk is near zero.
Answered 4/18/2016
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