I am an HSV1 and HSV2 positive mother. I don't remember the last time I had an active cold sore but I use an abreva pump that you place the medicine on your finger and then place on lip. Sometimes I do more than one application at a time when I workout to prevent cold sores from coming up......so I touch my lip and rub some and then get some more and rub.  Again, no active cold sore for at least a month maybe two. My daughter touched the pump with her hand the other day and I didn't think anything about it at the time. About five minutes later I went upstairs. My daughter is also bad about wiping herself so sometimes we have to put cream on her if she gets irritated. I let her pull back her labia so I could check to see if she was red before her bath because I get scared to touch her because of my status. I am so fearful. Anyways, now I am scared she could have gotten some hsv1 virus from the abreva tube and transmitted it to her genitals. What is the risk of transmission? Could it live on abreva? Thank you so much for what you do. God Bless.

Since I have paid twice, may I ask you one more question. I hope you see this. I posted on your other forum too. I just keep thinking about all the instances that I may have put her at risk that have happened. One night I had long leg pajamas on without underwear. I didn't notice there was a hole in my pajamas and my daughter had been laying and sitting in my lap. She had on underwear and a pajama dress. I can't remember if she was battling molluscum contagiosum at the time or not.  If she brushed up against that hole and my genitals possibly touched her legs or the bottom of her buttocks that may have been exposed by her moving around,  would there have been a risk of transmission with the molluscum or even without the molluscum.  She battled it for a while which initially started all these std transmission fears when she contracted it and I didn't know what it was at first. Please help me so I can put this all to rest.  I know it is crazy to post on two forums but I am desperate to move on and believe she is okay. It affects me every day. I am seeing a therapist.