herpes 1 through food?

[tadragoo]

Hello,
I have a question on if I could have contracted herpes one through food? here is what happened.
I went over to my neighbors house and their 10 yr old daughter asked if I wanted the rest of her french toast? I was like heck yeah! I took 2 bites and was done eating. about 5 minutes later I look over and she had a cold sore on her lip. Could Have I gotten it? I dipped the french toast in her syrup too. She answered the door so it was touched last about a minute at least i don't know when she stopped eating?

[catinbarefeet]

Well, here's the long answer: the virus can live a few minutes in saliva, so I generally don't recommend you share food and drink using the same utensils, lipsticks and cigarettes. However, there are no documented cases of the virus being passed in this manner. This was confirmed to me a few months ago by two of our best researchers, Anna Wald at the University of Washington, and Terri Warren of Westover Heights Clinic, both of whom asserted that it "just doesn't happen." The virus requires skin-to-skin contact, with either a mucous membrane (mouth, genitals) or portal (cut, wound, tear, abrasion) in the receiver. It's not passed via bodily fluids or from inanimate objects.

[Life360_Dave]

No

[tadragoo]

thanks! just didn't know if saliva on the food would pass it?

[Life360_Dave]

Hi, and no its not passed through food.