anybody with cold sores?

bmacd

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my gf gets cold sores above her lip, as did her parents, and their parents, etc. Is it inevitable that I will get it from her?

-=bmacd=-
 

CrazyPerson

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Originally posted by: bmacd
my gf gets cold sores above her lip, as did her parents, and their parents, etc. Is it inevitable that I will get it from her?

-=bmacd=-

is she your sister?
 

MrChad

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You will probably get it.

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How are cold sores spread?

The herpes simplex virus (HSV) usually enters your body through a break in the skin around or inside your mouth. It is spread through coughing, sneezing, direct contact with a cold sore, or touching contaminated fluid?such as from kissing an infected person and touching their saliva.

The virus can also be spread from one person to an area of someone else's body by touching an active cold sore or sharing things that a person who has a cold sore has used. A parent who has a cold sore often spreads the infection to his or her child.
 

necine

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DO NOT let that trick give you head while she has cold sores. Better yet, don't let that trick give you head at all. And make sure you're packin the latex cuz that ho sounds dirty.
 

aidanjm

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Originally posted by: bmacd
my gf gets cold sores above her lip, as did her parents, and their parents, etc. Is it inevitable that I will get it from her?

-=bmacd=-

nah, some people seem resistant to getting it. or, you might already have it, and be completely without symptoms.

 

aidanjm

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Originally posted by: mobobuff
Reminds me of a Strangers With Candy episode.

I loved strangers with candy. what's amy sedaris up to these days I wonder? her bother's books are pretty funny, too.
 

iversonyin

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hahahaahaha.....this is too funny....sorry
I suggest you breakup with ur gf for your own future sexlife's sake
 

SurgicalShark

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Originally posted by: bmacd
my gf gets cold sores above her lip, as did her parents, and their parents, etc. Is it inevitable that I will get it from her?

-=bmacd=-

Interesting bit of info...cold sores is a type of HERPES :eek:
 

aidanjm

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My Dad had cold sores. They only ever appeared when he was under extreme stress, tho. I've only ever seen him with a sore above his lip maybe 2 or 3 times. My mother never caught them from him, nor did the kids. Just get your girlfriend to manage her cold sores properly. If she is healthy, they really shouldn't be constantly appearing. Also, you can prevent them from appearing if you take the right medicine, I think. As long as you refrain from kissing her when she has an obvious sore, you should be fine. Most of the time the virus is dormant, anyway. A cold sore is not the end of the world, stop being so hysterical about it.
 

Landroval

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As many as 80% of adult in the U.S. have oral herpes. I've never had a cold sore, but many people with it are asymptomatic, so whi knows...