HSV

Jaime Lippold noticed Aubree, four, had a spot on her cheek, but didn't think it was anything to worry about - before she started to suffer a fever before ...

"The condition can be passed on if a person with a cold sore kisses a baby or if the mother breast-feeds with herpes sores on her breast, this is why is it vitally important to take preventative steps to reduce the chance of your baby contracting herpes. “I had no idea that HSV could be transferred so easily. "If you have a cold sore or have a history of herpes do not kiss any babies, make sure you wash your hands before contact with a baby and wash your hands before breastfeeding and cover up any cold sores to avoid accidentally touching your mouth and then breast." "However, if the condition spreads to the organs it can be very serious indeed and causes death in roughly a third of cases. But the next morning after the first diagnosis, the sore had doubled in size and Aubree had a fever., prompting the worried mother to rush the four-year-old to the Children’s Hospital. However, it soon began growing in size daily and appearing sore and infected - prompting a number of visits to the GP and hospital.