What about a water pipe or B O N G? Can you get herpes if someone has a cold sore and you smoke right after them?
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#1 by Lola on April 15th, 2011
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Theoretically, yes. In reality, the virus probably won’t survive out in the open, but pipes are passed fairly quickly. I’d just ask the person with the cold sore to wipe it with a kleenex after s/he hits it.
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#2 by Lauren on April 16th, 2011
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yes indeed you can
that sucks
but youve probably already been exposed to the virus sometime in your life, so you wont necessarily end up getting a cold sore anytime soon
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#3 by Alberto on April 17th, 2011
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Unfortunately it is possible to contract it from ciggarettes or a b o n g. But it’s not something ridiculously serious either. Over half of the population in the US has oral herpes. A cold sore appearing 1-2 times a year will not be the end of you. You can relax
If this still has you uneasy, don’t every put your mouth on anything someone else already has. You can be THAT person, haha. Just kidding.
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#4 by LINDSEY S on April 19th, 2011
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It’s possible but only if you took a hit directly with in seconds of some one with a cold sore taking one. Herpes doesn’t last long on objects or in open air. It likes direct skin contact with an open sore or blister to be passed on like kissing some one that has a cold sore.
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