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Can someone get cold sores/fever blisters if they don't have herpes simplex virus-1 (aside from people who contract it from someone with a break out)

Larissa • Fri, Oct 24

fever blisters if they don't have herpes simplex virus-1 (aside from people who contract it from someone with a break out)" />

For as long as I have known about this (I have gotten for 30 plus years, I have always understood that cold sores/fever blisters are pretty much a break out from HSV-1. If you don't have the virus, you won't get cold sores.

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