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Where can you have cold sores?
Anywhere you have skin.
Can you pass cold sores when you just have a cut on your lip?
Cold sores are spread by skin-to-skin contact with an infected person, at the location where the virus is active, during a time when they are shedding virus. A cut on your lip is not enough to spread cold sores.
Can you use cephalexin for cold sores?
This is an antibiotic taken orally for ear infections, bone and skin infections. Cold sores are caused by a virus this medication may not do any thing for cold sores. The best medicine for cold sores is antiviral medication or Lysine.
How can you catch Impetigo?
Impetigo causes weeping sores, its the 'weeping' that is contagious. Be it via skin to skin contact, a towel or virtually anything. When the sores are fully scabbed they are not contagious, its only the liquid inside the sores that is contagious.
How can cold sores and fever blisters spread to others?
Herpes lesions like cold sores are spread to others by skin-to-skin contact with the affected area. The infection is contagious during and just before an outbreak.
Are cold sores only restricted to around the mouth?
No, they can happen on any skin.
Can you get cold sores from making out?
Cold sores area spread by skin-to-skin contact with an infected person, at the location where the virus is active, during a time when they are shedding virus. So making out is a great way to spread the virus.
Can you use mupirocin for cold sores below lip?
Mupirocin ointment can be used on your penis. This ointment is used as a topical antibiotic for varying skin infections.
Is it possible to get a cold sore on your right ear lobe?
Yes. Cold sores can happen anywhere there's skin.
Can you get cold sores from a girl who has one by cunnilinigus?
Cold sores are spread by skin-to-skin contact with an infected person, at the location where the virus is active, during a time when they are shedding virus. If a girl has a cold sore, and you kiss her genital area (where no sore is) but not her mouth (where the sore is), you are not likely to get infected.
Why do people get fever blisters?
Because they have the oral herpes virus which causes oral herpes & cold sores and they did some thing to trigger a break out.
How does chickenpox affect your skin?
Chickenpox causes small bumps that turn into blisters, sores, and crusts.
