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Hubby has a cold sore. i have a 8wk old baby. can he still sleep in the same bed with me n help feed baby? would it hel if he wore a mask?
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"cold sore"?: an ordinary cold sore starts as a vesicle, containing clear fluid. Most of us have had herpes simplex type I. It is unlikely that he has type II--genital herpes. You likely had type I and passed antibodies to your infant before birth. If he has an ulceration in the mucosa of the mouth without first having a fluid-filled papule, it is not a cold sore, but an aphthous ulcer (non-infectious)
Answered 9/16/2015
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