Can oral herpes travel internally to cause herpes in the genital area?
The oral herpes you have can only be spread to other parts of your body by directly transferring it (for example, by scratching the cold sore around your mouth and then touching another area of your body where the skin is broken).7 However, oral herpes can be transmitted to your partner’s genitals through direct oral-genital contact.1 Conversely, if your partner has oral herpes, the virus can be transmitted to your genital area through oral sex.
