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If i get a fever blister can it cause me to have bell's palsy or go to eyes?
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Maybe; yes.: There is no sure proof that the herpes virus is linked to Bell's palsy. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15699730 However, you can certainly get eye involvement with herpes and this can be very serious. If you have serious symptoms when herpes is present: fever, eye symptoms, redness, pain, sores, blurry vision, etc. get checked right away.
Answered 10/15/2015
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Causation: A fever blister over lips is caused by herpes simplex virus, and there has been work by Kaiser Permanente in Northern California to implicate herpes as cause of Bell's palsy. Ramsey-Hunt herpes zoster oticus can cause Bell's palsy, but not clear if simplex is so connected. But do NOT touch blister and then eye, as herpes eye infection is NASTY!
Answered 10/16/2015
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