Symptoms of newborn with hsv 2?

Multiple clusters of: Very serious but treatable. Multiple clusters of small blisters and scabs. Very sick. Occurs if mother gets the virus for first time only a week or less before birth. Before mother's immunity has a chance to develop. If mother's infection is older, her immunity will also protect the newborn through passive immunity.

Hsv2: Blisters can begin one two weeks after delivery. They burst and become disseminated and lesions are very painful.

See below: Herpes may only appear as a skin infection. Small, fluid-filled blisters (vesicles) may appear. These blisters rupture, crust over, and finally heal, often leaving a mild scar.It can also spread throughout the body (called disseminated herpes). In this type, the herpes virus can affect many different parts of the body-brain, liver, lungs and kidneys...