Please Help! Grace???

[concern210]

I am a new mom with a 5 month old baby girl. When she was just 7 weeks old I was diagnosed with hsv-1. My husband had transfered to me during oral sex just a week prior. During the primary outbreak i had NO IDEA I was dealing with hsv-1. I scratched myself SO many times and although I know I washed my hands before handeling my child, I know there were times when I didn't! Running to her from the bathroom if she was begining to cry, I changed her diaper in the middle of the night after scratching, tickled her face to put her back to sleep... I am totally consumed with the possiblity that I may have transfered this to her unknowingly. She has shown no signs of infection and she is healthy and amazing and I just need some guidence. I can't sleep and I just need some knowlege when it comes to this matter so I can focus on my child and not comsume my life wiith this any longer!!
Is it possible to spread hsv-1 thru hand contact, changing a bum or tickling a nose. Does it just take a touch or does there need to be rubbing or friction to spread? Please Help!!

[concern210]

Bump

[concern210]

would it even make a difference if I washed her w soap and water and used alcohol? Just so I know.

[gracefromHHP]

it's low risk in general.

why not email your family member the oral herpes info from ashastd-  http://www.ashastd.org/herpes/herpes_learn_oralherpes.cfm  ( the site has been having problems this weekend so if it doesn't come up for you, check back in a day or two to see if they have it fixed ).  Sounds like they could use some info on oral herpes!  

[concern210]

Hey Grace,
My cousin just kissed my daughters face a few times kissed her on a big scratch that she had close to her eyes. Then in the same breath said she had a cold sore starting in her nose. I washed my baby's face and used hand sanitizer over the cut. Is my daughter at risk w this sort of contact. I honestly had to blurt out don't kiss her again cuz she was going in for another kiss. Should I be worried??? I washed her face within seconds.

[gracefromHHP]

  http://www.ashastd.org/herpes/herpes_learn_oralherpes.cfm  has terrific info on precautions to take for oral herpes in general.

I've seen eczema herpeticum twice in 25 years of pediatric nursing in a major teaching institution. it happens but not a lot.

[concern210]

my daughter has eczema and I am worried about eczema herpeticum. She is so little still and comes into contact with so many other kids and people- I just want some cold hard facts on the possiblilites of her contracting eczema herpeticum. Her eczema is mainly on her face. Would it just take a kiss on the cheek to pass the herpes virus to her eczema? Or is it trasmitted to ones self by a cold sore to an eczema patch by touch? How common is this? does there need to be open sores on her face or can she still contract it thru the lil eczema dots she get's before her skin flares? I want to protect her but how do I do this?!? my husband get's cold sores, could he still pass this to her cheek by a kiss even if he has no visible signs of a cold sore.
Another thing for me to worry about.. Please help!!