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A member asked:

I just gave my gf oral sex while i had a cold sore. what is the possibility of her getting genital herpes from this.

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Dr. Edgar Mendizabal answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Fairly likely: despite that oral sores are herpes 1 and genital usually but not always 2

Answered 2/23/2015

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