If the other person has EVER had a cold sore then you are susceptible to getting them. Regardless if they have an outbreak or not the herpes virus is still active. If you have a cut in your mouth or on your lips or if your lips are dry you are more likely to get them.
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It seems to say that HSV-2 is hardly spread to other parts of the body (as it says below). I know that HSV-I can travel from mouth to the penis or vagina and vice versa. For many years HSV 2 was believed to be a painful and dangerous infection that affects people with an "active sex life". Genital Herpes can infect anyone who has sex, even if only once. An estimated 22% of adults from varying backgrounds, income levels and ethnic groups have HSV 2. HSV 2 is often so mild that an estimated two thirds of those infected don't even realize they have it. Type 2rarely causes complications and more rarely spreads to other parts of the body outside of the risk of autoinoculation that most often occurs during the primary episode.
I got the above paragraph from: http://herpesonline.org/hsv1vs2.html but this site had misc info: http://www.suite101.com/reference/herpes_simplex_virus_2 ...just DON'T BELIEVE THE JUNK ABOUT THE ABILITY TO CURE IT! ~Peace~
Yes, oral herpes can be transmitted by kissing.
there are trace amounts of the disease in your saliva but not enought to pass it on through kissing.
Contact with the virus is made with your mouth.
A cold sore may be caused by type 1 or type 2 herpes simplex virus (HSV). The virus is contagious while the herpes sores (cold sores) are present, and during the time just before the sores show up. Skin to skin contact can transmit the virus, so if someone with a cold sore kisses your lips, you can get the cold sore virus, and if they kiss you somewhere else, you may get herpes sores in that other location.
Yes you can.Medically if you or the person that you are kissing has a sore or blister of any kind you or the other person can contract it.
It is very possible to get a cold sore if you are kissing somebody with one, so be careful!
Yes, there are certain stages when they are contagious.
Yes - minor injury to your lips can trigger development of a cold sore in the injured location, if you already carry the virus that causes them in your body (Herpes Simplex).
No.
The virus can transfer from a cold sore on a lip to the vagina.
Yes, you can get herpes from a bite if the person who bit you had a cold sore at the time, or in the period right before a cold sore appears. The infection would affect you at the site of the bite.
That is a cold source.
It's a cold sore
How can I help heal an open sore on my lip that I caused by biting it?
I have woken up with a cold sore on my lip and it hurts. But at the age of 11 i have to deal with it. And nothing will help it.
Yes, they are likely a cold sore.
not really only if you have a cut on your lip will that happen
You use Abreva. It is the only cold sore medicine that i would recommend. It works extremely fast and you could have it gone in less than a week. If your cold sore has not even already started and you feel a tingling sensation on your lip, you are most likely to get a cold sore in the next few hours. The best thing to do then is to use Abreva and/or put cold ice onto your lip. I hope that helps. (:
No, A cold sore is contagious from the being of its life to the end of its life on your lip. It can be spread by sharing a bottle or a glass, kissing on the lips or even touching the col sore and then touching someone or somewhere else. I highly recommend that you go to your local pharmacy and ask for something that you can put on to it.
No the chances of canker sores are very less, canker sores once there are contagious though.
Its actually common sense add Vaseline or any of the flavours, lip smacker, baby lips, or the best one is Carmex lip balm fore cold sores.