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Reply To: Can I give myself genital herpes from a cold sore?

greytide 3 weeks ago

The more useful thing to know is the direction that actually matters day to day: oral to genital transmission during oral sex is a real route, and it is how a lot of genital HSV-1 happens. Avoiding oral sex when you have an active cold sore does more than any amount of hand wringing about yourself.

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