If you accidently drink after your spouse when he has a cold sore, will you catch herpes?

is there anything you can do to prevent infection with herpes 1 virus immediately after exposure, or is it too late? If you get a cold sore, what medication can be used to shorten the duration of the cold sore, prevent bacterial infections, reduce pain, etc.? If you don't become ill, Is there anything the spouse can take to prevent/reduce recurrent infections? If you accidently drink after your spouse when he has a cold sore, will you catch herpes?
You might catch herpes by drinking from the same container your spouse drank from, and there is nothing you can do to prevent it now. There is no over-the-counter medication or home remedy that cures cold sores. Only time will take care of that. But there is a good prescription medication for cold sores. It will make them go away much faster, and as a result of taking this medication you will have far fewer outbreaks of cold sores.





The absolute best treatment for cold sores is a prescription medication in pill form called Valtrex. It was intended for genital herpes, but cold sores are caused by the same family of viruses, and Valtrex stops colds sores in their tracks. None of the other treatments come close to the effectiveness of Valtrex, not the ointment Zovirax, and certainly not Abreva or anything else. Ask your doctor about it to see if you would be a good candidate for this medication. My doctor prescribed it for me for cold sores about five years ago and after taking it only a couple of times I hardly ever get a cold sore any more, and before Valtrex I was having several attacks a year. On the rare occasions that I do get one now, it is gone almost immediately when I take the medication - in about a day. In the meantime, here are a few informative links.





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http://www.herpes.com/Transmission.shtml


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If you accidently drink after your spouse when he has a cold sore, will you catch herpes?
Unfortunately you have probably contracted it. The best medicines are both prescriptions :Valltrex and Zovirax.


The best thing for pain is tylenol or advil, and you can either use a cream 20 percent benzocine in it, which can be purchased over the counter.


Another possiblity is glyoxide. It turns into hydrogen peroxide but when you put it on the herpetic lesion it stays there as it is a gel.
You may be exposed to virus but it doesn't mean you will contract the cold sore. A high percentage are already exposed to it (over 80 percent of people over 55). Lysine will help stop recurrences and I find trying to eliminate foods high in argine is helpful too.





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I've never heard of any type of herpes that isn't contagious and of ever being in direct contact and not contracting it. I don't know how to deal with cold sores or prevent them as I don't' get them.
chances are if you were going to get infected you would have done so already. These things tend to be contagious before they are caught