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A member asked:
Got dirty from going poo in a public restroom. i wash my hands with soap.i got home put purell hand sanitizer on body then got a cold sore on lip. why?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
Unrelated: Contamination from a toilet cannot cause cold sores, and anyway the hand washing plus alcohol gel would have prevented any kind of infection from this event. Your cold sore (oral herpes) outbreak is a coincidence, unrelated to the toilet exposure.
Answered 12/14/2017
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