No, not from animals.
I've been kind of stressed and working at a place where I have to shake people's hands very often. Of course I bring hand sanitizer but can't use every minute.
Doc said it's the same virus that causes cold sores or genital herpes. Today medicine doesn't divide types by area anymore. Type 1 and 2 can cause both mouth and genital herpes. One of them may attack the eye. The virus lives in the trigeminal ganglion and if your immune system goes down, you'll have an episode. My lips are clear, but it attacked my eye, unfortunately...
Doc said I could have this since born and got it from my mother, or could've got it recently, there's no way to know. Word is that around 90% of the world's population has some kind of herpes. Really scary...
My lesions are below the field of vision, but I can't let them spread. I've been back on acyclovir eye cream for a few days, but will see if the doc gets me some pills to go along with it. Really sucks...
Yeah LK3, I immediately thought about your products when I learned that this virus attacks when your immunity is low. I need to get some...
Thanks for those who replied... If anyone knows something that docs won't tell me, please let me know.