Six-Month Old Baby Contracts Disease Through Kiss

Six-month-old Oarlah contracted herpes, despite a no-kissing ban on visitors imposed by her mother.

According to The Sun, six-month-old baby Oarlah was rushed to hospital covered in angry, red viral spots and sores last year.

The spots had spread all over her body, across her head and face and had even gotten into her left eye. The family and doctors both feared she might go blind because of the disease.

Oarlah had contracted the virus despite the kissing ban her mother Hollie Cruickshanks had imposed on visitors after her birth.

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“When I saw those, I was filled with horror. I knew she could be blinded because of it. The thought of her losing her sight was just devastating,” her mother reported.

Oarlah was given a drip hospital and placed under observation, and the swelling fortunately reduced after 24 hours.

Subsequently, tests showed that the baby’s eyesight was not affected, much to Hollie and her partner Bradley Airlie’s relief.

Herpes is highly contagious and can be transferred through touch.

Doctor Carol Cooper, advises that the herpes virus is very contagious.

An estimated 90 percent of people are thought to be carriers of the disease, with the first time a person presenting symptoms being the worst.

However, very few babies catch it. The virus can be passed on if a person with cold sores kisses a baby or a mother breastfeeds while she has herpes sores on her breasts.

Herpes is a highly contagious virus which triggers painful blisters. It is spread by direct skin-to-skin contact, during sex, or can even be spread by just a simple kiss.