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A member asked:
My nanny has nail fungus and she touches my newborn everywhere. can he get this and get sick? contagious? what could it do to him? thank you
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Not easy to pass: I would not fret over this. You can certainly encourage her to wash her hands & avoid contact by the nail involved but it is not easy for that germ to pass through casual contact. I doubt if it has ever passed that way to anyone including a newborn.
Answered 2/22/2019
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