Yesterday my toddler had pooped so I changed her and totally forgot to wash my hands. We were at a swimming pool. Five mins prior I did eat a brownie so I’m worried about the possibility of virus being on my fingers. No current cold sore but this morning my lips feel odd so I could just be in my head. I don’t think I touched my mouth anytime between the brownie and changing her but who knows. I didn’t touch her bottom only the wipe did…. But I did touch the wipe before it touched her bottom.  Could this be a potential risk?

I rotate the wipe when I use it to the clean area if that makes sense. So I know I touched the whole wipe. 

Nothing you've described here presents any risk of your toddler acquiring HSV 1 - absolutely nothing.---

Thank you Terri.

I do have some small skin colored bumps that I think are from shaving? But who knows for sure haha

That is not the kind of contact that would put her at risk for HSV - not at all.---

Thank you! We went to the pool today so while my daughter was in the bath  I laid on the carpet outside the bathroom and was still in my swimming suit. I have a weird bump on my upper back thigh that I’m worried touched the carpet because 2 mins after she came and sat in the same area I was in before I bathed her. She sat here to get dressed so she was naked. She has some small scabs on her thigh from a scrape. My swimming swimming suit was still a little wet so I’m worried about more transmission. Should I be worried?

Today I took some medicine then I picked up my phone… 5 mins later I changed my toddlers bottom and right before I touched my phone. Could the virus be on my phone from me touching my mouth before? I don’t have a cold sore but I’m not sure how the shedding of the virus works? 

Sorry for all these different questions. Today my toddler said her bottom hurt so I took a Quick Look for her. Before hand I was brushing my teeth and doing my makeup. I did wash my hands but I’m just seeing if a quick hand wash was effective enough to kill any virus that could have been there?

The hand wash was enough to kill the virus.  Without a cold sore, there wouldn't be enough virus on a phone to infected a person through touching it and then touching a child.  The swimsuit issue is not a risk.  I so hope that you are getting cognitive behavior therapy for your worries about herpes.  Nothing you have ever written presents a risk for transmission to your dear child.---