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A member asked:

If i've had genital herpes for over 6 years, is it still possible to accidentally spread it to the mouth or eyes?

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Unlikely: If you were immmune suppressed this could conceivably occur, but generally the herpetic recurrences happen at the same site repeatedly and do not spread.

Answered 12/2/2014

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