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Can you spread hsv1 (herpes simplex virus) to your inner ear by touching your outer ear?
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Yes: If you touch the fluid from the blister you could
Answered 3/12/2016
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Very unlikely. People rarely spread HSV to new body areas. Once infected more than a few months, people are resistant to new infections with the same HSV type, and that includes auto-inoculation to new places on the body. To the extent this happens at all, it is almost entirely in the next few weeks or months after first being infected.
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