herpes can be asymptomatic and from a medical perspective (not mine, but my other half's) it is not advisable to let her handle toddlersshobhadsa wrote:Thanks all for your inputs.. PNGMK - the measures you called out were exactly what the doctor also indicated...
hopefully.. things resolve in a couple of weeks... thanks..
how old is your baby?shobhadsa wrote:@ecureilx - thanks.. I appreciate the concern and i am not mis-understanding what you have called out... What you have called out is exactly what I read up on the internet last night... that's the reason why I actually wrote the post asking if anyone has had ay direct experience in dealing with Herpes in the household.... I have a toddler who was born pre-term and my mother who currently has extremely poor immunity....
anyways, will wait to get the medical results before figuring out next steps....let me also see what MOM has to say....
whao. calm down.shobhadsa wrote:...KK hospital where the doctor examined her and has said that it is almost certainly a case of herpes...
...what I am now worried about is my child... I don't want my child to pick up HSV... and I have my mother visiting us from overseas frequently every year (she has recently had a mastectomy & has just finished her chemo sessions... so has very low immunity)......
Could someone please guide me on what to do?
that is a good idea as it can be difficult to distinguish them when most presentations are subclinical...shobhadsa wrote:...She is actually over 5 yrs old... My bad... I keep thinking she is still a baby...
I think I need to take my child to her pediatrician - she has had eye infections twice in the last 4-6 weeks.. We had thought it was just a normal eye infection that kids pick up all the time... The GP also did not think too much about it... But given this development.. I think I would just prefer to check with the pead for his opinion...
OP's child is 5 year old, anyway.taxico wrote: okay, if you have very young children, i would strongly advise against retaining your house help unless she is to have minimal-no physical contact with the child to reduce a risk of spreading the virus (whichever sort of HSV).
my parents' house help has herpes BUT the house help goes for very regular check-ups, my mother's also a retired doctor, and the help has her personal bathroom/toilet. the reason my mom employed her was because no one else wanted to... AND my mom was confident she (the employer) could handle it in a household of 2 retirees + the house help.
if you want a peace of mind you need only to replace your house help, otherwise there will always be a risk of of her inadvertently passing the virus on. a newborn will certainly be more susceptible to the damages the virus can inflict... infants with herpes are associated with a very high mortality rate (usually due to some form of organ and/or brain damage).
having said that, it is probably uncommon if the house help is mature and responsible enough to know what to do, and when not to do certain things (kissing, personal hygiene, medication, etc).
i'm sorry, but only you can make the call.
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