BigMistake

The virus will not migrate on it's own. But, learn from my mistake - do not touch your face, especially if you touch the area where you are having a genital outbreak. In my case, I was trying to treat an area with jock itch. I had creme all over my hands, and accidentally touched my face. Three or four days later, I got feverish and had sores in my mouth. If I had it to do over again, I would have worn nitrile gloves, and applied any meds or cremes with a cotton ball. Once the cotton ball touched my skin, I would have thrown it away and got another for the next area. I would not let a contaminated cotton ball touch the tip of the tube of meds and allow the tube to be potentially contaminated. Or, I could have used a spray that would not require that area to be touched. Once I had the outbreak in my mouth, I used a cotton swab to apply Abreva. But, I always used a new swab when touching the tip of the Abreva tube to get the next dollop out of the tube..