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.