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Hi all,
The other day I met up with a friend. Being excited to see me she gave me a hug from the side. As she was hugging me, it felt like a little bit of her saliva/spit may have hit me in the face around my eyes. I then turned around to see what looked like a cold sore/ healing cold sore on the inside of her lip. If this was infact HSV-1, could I have been infected this way? Why or why not? Thank you for your time.
The other day I met up with a friend. Being excited to see me she gave me a hug from the side. As she was hugging me, it felt like a little bit of her saliva/spit may have hit me in the face around my eyes. I then turned around to see what looked like a cold sore/ healing cold sore on the inside of her lip. If this was infact HSV-1, could I have been infected this way? Why or why not? Thank you for your time.
Ocular herpes is typically transmitted not to another person, but via an established oral herpes infection in a person that then moves through the person's nerve ganglia to the eye.
Your situation was not a risk for herpes. Realize that about 60% of the adult population has it, you included if you've never been tested to know your status.
You can become educated further about oral herpes here:
http://www.ashastd.org/herpes/herpes_learn_oralherpes.cfm
Your situation was not a risk for herpes. Realize that about 60% of the adult population has it, you included if you've never been tested to know your status.
You can become educated further about oral herpes here:
http://www.ashastd.org/herpes/herpes_learn_oralherpes.cfm
thank you, as i was thinking more into this, is there any way the virus could have been passed into my eyes if my friends spit/saliva hit my eyes? thanks!
This was not a risk.
Oral herpes in adults is transmitted primarily through passionate kissing. The virus requires skin to skin contact along with heat/friction for transmission.
1 out of every 2-3 people you kiss will have oral herpes, it's that common. Most never have recognizable symptoms to know they have it.
Oral herpes in adults is transmitted primarily through passionate kissing. The virus requires skin to skin contact along with heat/friction for transmission.
1 out of every 2-3 people you kiss will have oral herpes, it's that common. Most never have recognizable symptoms to know they have it.
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