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I used to have a friend who contracted the herpes disease. when talking to her a droplet of spit landed on my lip and i immediately wiped it with my sleeve multiple times, am i at risk of getting it??
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No risk at all. HSV is only acquired by close personal contact, like intimate kissing for oral infection with HSV1, or sex with an infected partner for HSV2. No other exposures carry any significant risk. And by the way, you have had contact with many other infected persons you don't know about. In the UK, 30-50% of adults have HSV1. You have day to day contact with infected persons all the time.
Answered 8/13/2023
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