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Can you get shingles from fever blisters on lips?

Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which is the same virus that causes chickenpox. Fever blisters, or cold sores, are caused by the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). So shingles cannot be transmitted through fever blisters.

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