Babies are one of the most beautiful god’s creations and there is no doubt it. They are so cute that most of people are not able to resist themselves from kissing them. However, doctors generally suggest people to avoid kissing babies. There is also a mother who is warning others against a viral infection that may hit babies if they kiss them. The photos show a red rash on baby’s toe.
A lady named Christa Leandra Valdez shared photos of her baby getting red rashes on toe. She claimed that the baby got the herpes after he was kissed by someone. Christa is of the view that she always try to restrict her child from getting kissed. Christa said that more often than not she also emphatically said a no to the people wanted to kiss the baby. But, Christa believes that no matter how hard you try or how emphatically you say no to the people, there are people who would still kiss the baby.
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Christa’s baby, Ostiano, got this red rashes on his toe. She initially thought that the lesion would subside on its own. But, unfortunately, the small rash turned into a blister. It was very disappointing for her that the blister turned worse as the days progressed. Ultimately, the lesion turned into a very painful ulcer. After a few days, the ulcer slowly started to dry up.
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Christa was very pained by seeing the situation of the baby. She used to get disturbed to the core after seeing the ulcer on her baby’s toe. During the times when she was struggling with ulcer on baby’s toe, she consulted three different doctors in three cities over the period of four days. All the doctors eventually diagnosed the baby with the same disease – Herptic Whitlow (Type 1 Herpes). “The first three doctors couldn’t tell me exactly how he got it on his toe. Herptic Whitlow is normally seen on the hands and in the mouth,” Christa said.
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Interestingly, contrary to the doctor’s observations, the baby had no blister on his hand or mouth. Then, Christa decided to move her baby to the children’s hospital. It was after the doctor’s observation at the hospital that she found that her baby got the virus when a person who was infected with the virus kissed Ostiano on his mouth. It is speculated that after the kiss, the baby would have put his hand into his mouth and then touched the toe with his hands.
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It is also said that the baby would have a cut or wound on his toe. The virus would have easily sneaked into the body of baby through that cut or wound. The bad thing is that since the baby is infected with virus, he may also be susceptible to getting cold sores. The parents were in huge relief when the baby’s lesion got healed after three weeks.
“This is a lesson for people who think it’s okay to kiss babies just because they want to. You have no idea how fragile babies are. We all carry so much bacteria, we don’t think that we could be potentially harming a baby when we’re just trying to show them love. Please, think before you kiss a baby! I hope the reason why Ostiano went through this is so people actually realize why us mothers don’t want people kissing our babies,” said Christa.
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Christa backed the mothers who are often vocal in not allowing others to kiss their babies. She said that they may seem to be overprotective by not allowing others to kiss their babies but this is certainly a good move by them because it helps them to protect their babies from getting infected to viruses. She totally thrown her weight behind the parents who often don’t let others to kiss the babies.
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The Christa’s experience of her baby getting affected to virus infection after the kiss is a lesson for everyone else to follow. She said that it is a lesson for everyone including the mothers and people who kiss other people’s babies. So, you must think before kissing the babies. The protection of babies is of paramount importance. And, there should not be any kind of lapses in it. The health of babies are very important. If you love babies, then the welfare of babies should also be in the mind. You should control your natural urge to kiss a baby because it may infect the baby and cause problems for the parents and family.