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Is lip herpes caused by stress contagious?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Stress can: Trigger herpes simplex eruption but is not the "cause" for it. Herpes simplex is contagious.

Answered 1/19/2014

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