How careful should I be with the Herpes Simplex Virus-1?

My grandmother carried HSV-1 all her life. Back then, cold sores weren't acknowledged as related to herpes, and no one knew how quickly they could cause genital herpes, so people weren't precautious about the virus at all. Well, the virus is hereditary, so I knew there was a chance that I had it. And this week I experienced my first cold sore. Now, I know that it's dangerously contagious, because when the sore first broke I touched it and rubbed my eye in the same day, and now I have pink eye, and I gave that to my husband ... arghhhhh!!!! I want to be precautious about this, so here's my questions:

1) How contagious is the virus after the sore heals up?

2) Could my husband already have contracted it from me sexually, even when I had no open sore?

3) After the sore heals, how long should I wait before going back to sexual activities?

4) Is it dead-set that my children will have this virus?

5) How contagious am I to others on the street, people at work, etc?

You were so misinformed

*HSV-1 is not hereditary

*You can only spread it by kissing, or drinking from the same glass if you have an open sore.

*Once the sore is dried up and clear, you are no longer contagious.

*Your children will only get it if you kiss them or drink after them from the same glass, when you have an open sore.

*You are not contagious to people on the street.

*You can pass HSV-1 to the genital area by performing oral sex if you have an open sore, so wait until it is dried and cleared away.

*You don't think you can get Pink eye from HSV-1, but you can with gonorrhea, chlamydia, and other bacterial infections.

*The one and only thing you can do with a flair up is WASH YOUR HANDS after you touched the infected area to prevent spreading it.

If you want more information regarding HSV-1 speak with your doctor.

I'm glad that you now have piece of mind. You should still see your doctor, regarding this topic. They will give you more information that will help you even more.

Take care. :) Report It

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OOOh...You have a lot of bad information there.

*It's not hereditary.
*You can only pass it to another person if you kiss them on the mouth or let them drink out of your cup when you have an open sore.
*It's not sexually transmitted--that's herpes-2.
*Did I mention that you can ONLY spread herpes-1 by sharing cups, kissing on the mouth when you have a sore?

Pink eye? Good grief. That's not how you get pink eye. And what did you do...rub your eye-goo into your husbands eye?

go to the doctor and question him, seriously.

Zodiac gave an excellent detailed answer. I would not need to add anything.

you are contagious to others your husband will have it now it will heel up