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Suggest Remedies For Cold Sores

Posted on Thu, 2 Feb 2017

Question: I just had a massage from a person with a cold sore. I have never had a cold sore in my life. Should I be worried?

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
transmission is possible

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

herpes virus may be transmitted to unaffected individuals particularly when there are visible lesions. Transmission is also possible when no lesions are present; this is called viral shedding.

Most people have come into contact with herpes (cold sores usually), so it's very likely that you have too. If you have had contact with herpes virus 1 (HSV 1) which usually causes cold sores, then getting it elsewhere is not very likely. Otherwise transmission is likely. Did you come into direct contact with herpes lesions?

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (1 hour later)

Dr Panagiotis, I did not have direct contact with the lesion. It did appear to have been in the healing stage.

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (1 minute later)

Brief Answer:
no contact, no transmission

Detailed Answer:
If you had no contact then transmission is not possible... so nothing to worry about.

Kind Regards!

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar