An American mother has published pictures of her 8-day-old baby and wrote that she lost her after being accepted by a visitor and infected with herpes virus, which the infant girl had not resisted and died of.
The incident prompted the mother, Abigail Rose, to warn the mothers through a leaflet in her Facebook account of the incident, noting that the infection infected her child and transmitted through a person infected with the virus, and that the virus attacked the spine of her daughter, and accused her lungs and brain, and causing her death, according to the network «Foxnews» American.
Do not accept children ..
"I will never stop publishing the story. My baby was born happy and healthy, only 8 days old when someone died touching her without washing his hands. This virus is fatal when it hits children and it can also be transmitted to children from their parents.
"Do not accept children," she said.
The herpes virus causes ulcers and blisters in the mouth, eyes and lips and the condition may worsen to death, because the infant's immune system is often incomplete.
What is herpes virus?
Scientific name Herpes refers to those painful ulcers that appear on the lips or on the genitals, these ulcers are very common among people, caused by viruses.
Pregnant women with genital herpes may transmit the infection to the baby at birth, and there are also cases of infection during pregnancy
One of the symptoms of the virus is a little fever in the child and a poor nutrition with small blisters, exacerbated by high fever, fainting and death.
The patient needs urgent medical care and an antiviral drug for 21 days.
The Herpes virus spreads through direct contact with an infected person and can be transmitted from a person with pimples on his or her skin, skin or genitals, the New York State Health Department said.
Treatment of herpes virus
Herpes is a long-term disease, which remains idle in the body, specifically in the nervous system, and wakes up at a certain time to lead to the emergence of these painful ulcers and is treated with some drugs that prevent the spread of the virus.