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March 11, 2015 at 1:46 am
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Terri Warren
Keymaster
Yes you can use the same swabs for your mouth as you use in the genital area. From the location of this lesion it is hard to know if it is herpes or a canker sore – it could be either. You should swab it and send it back to us.
If the person knows you have herpes, then it seems to me that kissing is kind of his call. Has he been tested to know if he is HSV 1 positive or not? If he has not, I think he should. The majority of the population is HSV 1 positive so if he is, there is no worry about transmission, right?
Terri