hi ask anyone who gets cold sores and they'll tell you how unpleasant these little sores and blisters can be. cold sores which usually appear on your lips or the skin around your mouth are also known as oral herpes and are caused by the herpes simplex virus (hsv). this same virus is also responsible for blisters and sores in the genital area known as genital herpes. which raises the question: if you have cold sores is it possible to give your partner genital herpes? the short answer is yes says sexual health physician terri foran. lots of people have cold sores and lots of people have oral sex – so why don't more of us get genital herpes? the reason is because during childhood most of us (around 80 per cent) are exposed to the herpes 1 virus says foran. it's usually the area around the mouth that's exposed and this means that you can't be reinfected with the virus anywhere else on your body. all care of <link> so please toss a coin either just straight sex or away you go slurping away your sex life. good luck
can i give oral sex while in the recovery stage of a cold sore? . i've had a cold sore for about 9 days now and i'm still in the "recovery stage. " my girlfriend and i are both in different colleges and we are coming home for this labor day weekend. we won't see eachother for a long time after this weekend so i just wanted to know if we should be limited in what we do. i obviously don't want to give her genital herpes.