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?

Summarized question: How is Herpes Simplex Virus-1 spread?