A member asked:

Have had coldsores for years same spot on lip, can you start to get coldsores on another spot of lip? or can it not spread and you cant catch it again

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Oral herpes: Most recurrent oral herpes oubreaks indeed are usually in roughly the same place every time, but there are plenty of exceptions. Spreading herpes to a new spot is rare. However, recurrent herpes reactivates from nerve roots, and latent infection in a different nerve may have become more active. If the new outbreaks are at all atypical, best to see a doctor to confirm with a viral culture or PCR.

Answered 2/8/2016

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