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A member asked:

Please help i was chewing on a plastic bottle cap and spit landed on my arm and then i wiped my eye and the spit got in to my eye will i get herpes ?

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Doubtful: If the bottle cap contained spit contaminated with Herpes type two, it might cause a problem Type one is the most common and you are almost certainly immune to that type.

Dr Cremers agreed

Answered 7/31/2017

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