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I have genital herpes. can i transmit it by kissing? or giving oral?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Only if also oral: The herpes virus doesn't travel through the body. Some people with genital herpes also catch it in the mouth. Those persons sometimes can transmit it by kissing or oral sex. But if your herpes is only genital, you can only transmit it by genital contact with another person.

Answered 12/16/2015

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