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I am a 20 year old female, and overall healthy. I recently got what I believe is a herpes outbreak on my lip. I never had a cold sore before so I am unsure when and how I got it. It appeared on june 4th, a bit of a bump arose on june 5th, and the bump on the side of my lip has yellow scabbing I believe and that side of my lip is swollen. I have taken 1 gram of valacyclovir once a day since june 5th and putting zofirax on the bump repeatedly through the day since the 6th. My main concern is if I will contract genital herpes. On june 5th, I engaged in penetrative sex and a little bit of my saliva from the side of my mouth that did not have the cold sore was used on his penis from my hand, but I did not use my mouth on anything else. I am scared that this mistake in my contact of saliva and genitals could give us both genital herpes. I am scared I do not know what to do or much about herpes in general.


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