Can you get herpes from this?

Question

i was with some friends and i took a drag of a cig that belongs to this othere girl i dont really know.

my friends later informed me that i could have herpes because the othere girl may have it. can you get it that way?

Answer 1

Yes, you can. Cold sores are herpes. You can pass herpes along through genital-genital contact, mouth-mouth contact, and mouth-genital contact. It's harder to get from an object-like a cigarette, but still very possible.

Answer 2

Yes, you can be exposed to this virus if she has a cold sore on her lip.

It is not a good idea to share items like cigarettes or drink out of some else's glass because you can catch a cold or even develop meningitis.

I know it seems unlikely, but I know of a couple of college students who died from meningitis after being exposed to it at a party where people were doing keg stands.

Now, if she has genital herpes, you cannot catch it by sharing her cig.

Answer 3

Yep, Im afraid so.

Answer 4

Yes you can but it is not the same kind of herpes as you get on your genitals.