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Was talking to someone with herpes a splash of spit got on my lip

So today i was talking to someone who has herpes, in the middle of the conversation they got really excited and a splash of spit landed on my lip i might have wiped it off with my mouth im honestly not sure since its just a instict reaction. Is it possible i could contract herpes from that small small amount?? Really scared and upset please let me know.
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Fleetwood20 i have another situation for u if u could give me skme insight.  Please, id really reall appreciate it.

So this morning i was feeling incredibly horny since my ex and i have broken up i really needed to have sex, so i called up a prostitute. Now i was very careful had a condom on didnt kiss her, didnt suck on her breasts didnt let her give me head with out a condom nor did i have intercourse without a condom. But where the story turns bad is while she was performing oral she went down and sucked on my testicles at the time i didnt see anythig wrong with it as far as i knew not penis to vaginal oral or anal interaction no bodily fluids i should be good no worries. I had no cuts on my testicles i know that for a fact. But i am worried that there is a possibility i may have contracted something from this unfortunate action. Please help me with some insight on the situation. It would be greatly appreciated.
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I feel that is a poor expression of the transmission process. The article is correct in stating that skin to skin contact is required and this is the most relevant point for you. The other comments do not remove this required condition!

The virus does not travel through bodily liquids and is very rarely present in them. What they do though is clear promote the rubbing process that is required, helping us to rub longer thus giving the virus more of a chance to work into the skin toward a nerve ending.
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Fleetwood20 first off i want to say thank you for taking time out of uour day to talk to me.

http://umm.edu/health/medical/reports/articles/herpes-simplex

It says it in the transmission section
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I gave you reasons, the virus will not be present in saliva and will not live off the skin.

None of the reputable sites suggest saliva is means of transition! It isn't. Where does it say this?
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Because on all the sites it says saliva is one of the ways the virus is transmitted
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I dont mean be a bother but u said for so many reasons is it possible u could give me just one just for my sake of peace, your response has already helped me so much i feel 100x better but just reason as to why? Please please it would be so much appreciated
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Zero chance of infection for so many reasons. No virus present in saliva, in the near zero chance there is it would be dead.

Absolutely no need to be concerned, scared, upset or experience any particular emotion over this!
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