herpes on hands

My sons wife was raped and got infected with herpes. They now both have it and it is on my sons hands. If he shakes hand with someone or hold his little girl can he give it to her or some one else?

[gracefromHHP]

so sorry to hear that your family has had to go through all of this :(

Unless your son has active lesions on his hands, the skin on the hands is too thick for the virus to shed from. when he has active lesions he should cover them, otherwise it's not an issue as far as picking up his lil girl.  

whitlow tends not to reoccur very often. I assume he had the lesions on his hands cultured and they were + for herpes and not just a visual diagnosis of herpes on his hands?  if he is having frequent recurrences, he can consider daily suppressive therapy to reduce them.

grace

[dieanna6]

yes, he has scratched the palms of his hand to a point of them being opened, and yes he and his wife have had test and they were positive.

She just gave birth to their second child a beautiful little boy just this Sunday.
The Doctors talked about maybe doing a C section if their were any breakouts.
But she was able to deliver naturally. I am worried for the children and for them.
My son is a stay home Dad. I am very proud of him for the care and love he gives to them and for her she is a hard worker, I love her as if she is truly my little girl.

I don't know how much they understanding of what Herpes is, they both are very immature for their ages. I know I don't know much about it myself .

I thought you only get it by sex.
I am now starting to learn that you can catch it in other ways, and I'm not sure what they all are and what danger there is for them and their beautiful children my grand babies.

Any information anyone can help me find would so much be deeply appreciated

Thank for your help graceformHHP

[gracefromHHP]

did he have actual testing of the hands to confirm that what was going on on his hands was indeed herpes  was my actual question .

When he has open lesions on his hands, he should be wearing gloves when changing diapers and bathing the kids. No obvious lesions, not an issue.  

grace

[dieanna6]

Yes he did have it confirm by hid doctor.
I well let him know he needs to were gloves

Thank you so much

April B.