Herpes Type 1

[Curiousitykilledthecat1225]

Assuming you are negative for HSV-1 based on recent blood tests, is it possible to pick it up from someone that may have been biting or slobbering on a pen a second before you used it. Accidentally touched my hand to my eye but not my lip minutes later. Now three days later, my lower right lip where the inside of the lip meets feels a little irritated but no visible blister. I have been out in the sun and wind but I have had tests in the past showing that I'm neg for both types. Just curious if it is plausible to pick it up from touching something someone got their saliva /mouth on just seconds before I touched the same inanimate object.

Please advise.

[gracefromHHP]

As an adult, oral herpes is almost exclusively transmitted thru romantic type kisses. You aren't going to get it off of utensils or from sharing drinks with someone. It's still best though if someone has an active cold sore present that they not share food and drinks with someone who isn't sure of their hsv1 status just to err on the side of caution.

You aren't going to get herpes on your eye from the scenerio you described.  Many other infections are transmitted that way - most of them the common run of the mill cold type infections.

grace

[petal130]

Oral herpes is transmitted through kissing (passionate), or through oral sex (oral to genital contact).

[Curiousitykilledthecat1225]

Would you mind commenting? I've read you can get then from sharing a glass or utensil so by the same logic if someone has a significant amount of virus on the hands or in their saliva and then you touch the same object and then touch your face/mouth, would this be a possible way of getting HSV-1/cold sores?

[treesnake]

Ahhhhhhh....no