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Herpes transmission to 8 month old??
Please help! I had my first genital herpes outbreak 6 years ago, and have never since experienced any herpes symptoms. This week, I felt an itchy area on my labia, but am so used to living as if I don't have herpes that I thought nothing of it. I had no other herpes symptoms. I scratched it absentmindedly with my hand, and then went to change my 8 month old daughter's diaper, without thinking at all! I use a diaper rash cream that I made for her, of which the main ingredients are beeswax, olive oil, and tea tree oil (beeswax and tea tree oil are said to have antiviral properties). I massaged the cream into her little bum and vagina, before I suddenly realized that I could be transmitting the herpes virus to her. Then, I went into a blind panic and washed both myself and her down with warm soapy water!!
Afterwards, I looked at the area that felt itchy on myself, and it did look like a herpes blister, although there is only one blister, and I have experienced no other symptoms - and haven't had it for 6 years!!
My question is if it is likely or possible to have transmitted the virus to her?? I scratched myself in the bathroom only 10 minutes or so before massaging the diaper cream into her. I had rubbed it onto her skin quite thoroughly before realizing what I was doing. There's a good chance that I washed my hands before changing her because I almost always do after using the bathroom, although I can't remember for sure, and am posing this question assuming that I didn't as I am so worried.
As the balm has beeswax and tea tree oil, I am really really hoping that it killed the virus on contact, and that I washed her with warm soapy water in time.
She is regularly breastfed, which I assume means she has good immunity - I myself have a very healthy diet and a good immune system, which I hope confers to her through the breastmilk.
I have read a lot of other posts on here about it, and have noticed that a person called Grace has been super helpful - I feel like my situation is different from the ones I read because I actually massaged the balm into her, as opposed to just lightly touching her, which may have caused the virus to spread more easily.
This all happened just today, and I can't stand the waiting to see if she develops an outbreak. I don't know how I could ever live with myself if this happens. Any words of wisdom are welcomed.
Afterwards, I looked at the area that felt itchy on myself, and it did look like a herpes blister, although there is only one blister, and I have experienced no other symptoms - and haven't had it for 6 years!!
My question is if it is likely or possible to have transmitted the virus to her?? I scratched myself in the bathroom only 10 minutes or so before massaging the diaper cream into her. I had rubbed it onto her skin quite thoroughly before realizing what I was doing. There's a good chance that I washed my hands before changing her because I almost always do after using the bathroom, although I can't remember for sure, and am posing this question assuming that I didn't as I am so worried.
As the balm has beeswax and tea tree oil, I am really really hoping that it killed the virus on contact, and that I washed her with warm soapy water in time.
She is regularly breastfed, which I assume means she has good immunity - I myself have a very healthy diet and a good immune system, which I hope confers to her through the breastmilk.
I have read a lot of other posts on here about it, and have noticed that a person called Grace has been super helpful - I feel like my situation is different from the ones I read because I actually massaged the balm into her, as opposed to just lightly touching her, which may have caused the virus to spread more easily.
This all happened just today, and I can't stand the waiting to see if she develops an outbreak. I don't know how I could ever live with myself if this happens. Any words of wisdom are welcomed.
I too am very afraid of passing this to my son who is only 7 mths old... Its a fear I live with everyday. I also do not know the stage.. But I lately have been having to rub butt cream on him cause he has had a few occasion's where he has had a severe rash that has what looks like blisters... It scares me!! But it starts as a normal butt rash that's why I try to tell myself its gonna be ok.. Should I be worried???? It throws be off cause he did have a bad poopie before this started...
you really need to know which type you have. you can't decide what precautions to take with a partner until you know which type you have and they get tested to know their status. I know this isn't what you asked about but we do tend to cover it all here so that you are educated about your herpes :)
we call herpes a sexually transmitted infection for a reason - it takes that sort of naked and intimate contact to transmit it. just touching yourself and then another person isn't enough to transmit it.
we call herpes a sexually transmitted infection for a reason - it takes that sort of naked and intimate contact to transmit it. just touching yourself and then another person isn't enough to transmit it.
Also - just a thought - it seems that if it is possible to autoinoculate yourself by transmitting the virus from one part of your body to another through touch, then it would be possible to transmit it to someone else in this way?
Thank you so much for your quick response - I don't want to sound stupid, but I really don't know if it was HSV1 or HSV2, it happened so long ago I can't remember. But I have never had a coldsore, or herpes anywhere else on my body. What is the difference between 1 and 2?
Thank you again!
Thank you again!
this isn't a real risk for her. no reason to worry and wasn't any reason to scrub her either.
do you have hsv1 or hsv2 genitally?
grace
do you have hsv1 or hsv2 genitally?
grace
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