My girlfriend had a cold sore about 5 months ago, she performed oral yesterday, and she's done it before, am I going to get genital herpes?
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My girlfriend had a cold sore about 5 months ago, she performed oral yesterday, and she's done it before, am I going to get genital herpes?
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Dr. Daniel Lama
Urology
In brief: No
One can only get herpes when the partner has active herpetic lesions at the time of oral sex.
Cold sores are herpes but a different strain from genital herpes. If she had no active lesions you should be safe
In brief: No
One can only get herpes when the partner has active herpetic lesions at the time of oral sex.
Cold sores are herpes but a different strain from genital herpes. If she had no active lesions you should be safe
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