This is why you should never kiss babies on their lips or allow anyone else to. A mother posted a picture of her newborn daughter on Facebook to warn parents after her baby was kissed on the lips by one of her friends. The friend had a cold sore on the lip.
- Unfortunately, herpes is one of the rare STDs that can be passed through kissing, whereas most others actually require sexual activity to be transmitted. Read the mother’s story, via Bossip.com:
Please share this with every new mum and pregnant woman you know… COLD SORES CAN BE FATAL FOR A BABY. Before 3 months old a baby cannot fight the herpes virus. If a baby contracts this it can cause liver and brain damage and lead to death. I know this sounds like I am scaremongering but if my friend had not told me about this my baby girl could have been very seriously ill. I noticed the signs early and got her to A&E, we have now been in hospital on a drip for 3 days and have got another 2 to go. She was VERY lucky, all her tests came back clear. The moral of the story is DO NOT let anyone kiss your newborns mouth, even if they don’t look like they have a cold sore- 85% of the population carry the virus. And if someone had a cold sore ask them to stay away until it has gone. Everyone who I have spoken to had not heard of this before and so I felt it was important to share Brooke’s story and raise awareness to stop anyone else going through what we have this week.
Luckily, the mother caught the symptoms early before they progressed and was able to save her baby from the virus. Let this be a lesson: never kiss babies on their lips. Their immune systems are much too fragile to handle the diseases passed from an adult.