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Oral herpes

I have genital herpes and know the signs and symptoms, but does oral herpes ever NOT show signs and symptoms and you can still have it and not know it?
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3149845 tn?1506627771
Most transmissions to the eye is from the virus migrating there from facial nerves not from touching.
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If I lick my finger and rub my eye for example with no present sore high likely is it to spread to my eye?
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3149845 tn?1506627771
Hi and yes. If a person has hsv1 oral, most often it was contracted at childhood and many times those with it dont have symptoms as the age due to antibodies developed. Blood test would confirm your status.
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