Bonnie, who lives in Australia, is just six months old. Her mother, Helen, loves her very much and often expresses her love with kisses. One day, Helen suddenly noticed that her daughter had a small herpes on her ear. The doctor said it was a bacterial infection and prescribed antibiotics. But a few days later, instead of getting better, Bonnie’s herpes developed cramps, which even occurred for up to 20 minutes. It was then that the doctor realized that perhaps Bonnie was infected with the herpes simplex virus. It was too late, however, as the virus had already invaded Bonnie’s brain, causing severe cerebral edema and eventually hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Although Bonnie was brought back from the brink of death after resuscitation, she lost the ability to move her right limb. Her eyes are no longer as dynamic as they once were, and her once strong little body is now limp in her mother’s arms, and she now spends every day in a long rehabilitation program. Where did this nearly fatal herpes simplex virus come from? It turned out to be from her mother, Helen, who had a small case of herpes labialis some time ago, and the virus was transmitted to her daughter through her saliva and through kisses in just a few days. Inadvertently, a kiss that represents a mother’s love thus brought to the family, an unremovable pain. Don’t just kiss your baby What is the herpes virus? Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a very common viral infection that is divided into type I and type II. Among them, type I mainly infects the part above the waist, especially the lips and mouth, and is mainly transmitted through mouth-to-mouth, such as kissing. Once infected with the herpes simplex virus, it is incurable, carried for life, and has the potential to be continuously infectious, with strong contagiousness during the active phase of the virus. More than 90% of adults carry the herpes virus in their bodies, latent in the salivary glands. Adults have stronger immunity and the virus is in latency and does not flare up; when their immunity decreases, the herpes simplex virus may become active and a herpes rash appears on the mouth and lips. Since children have weak immunity, it is easy to take advantage of the kiss and the virus invades the child’s body leading to being infected. In China, what we all often call blisters at the corners of the mouth and “fire” are actually likely to be an attack of the herpes simplex virus. Even a healthy-looking person may have many viruses and bacteria lurking in his or her body. The common auto-flora in the human body: 1. Helicobacter pylori It is the main causative factor of chronic active gastritis, peptic ulcer, and gastric cancer. The number of infected people in the world is more than 50%, and the infected population in mainland China is about 60%. It is a germ that follows you for life once you are infected and can be transmitted through saliva. There was a news report that a few-year-old child got a serious stomach disease, and the reason was found that the grandmother who carried H. pylori used to feed the child with her own tableware, which led to the child being infected with the germ. 2.Cariogenic bacteria The most powerful cariogenic bacteria is called Streptococcus pyogenes, which is one of the most important components of dental plaque and can produce particularly strong acidity, leading to tooth decay of children. The caries-causing bacteria are also transmitted through saliva, and if you think about how high the percentage of caries in adults is, you can see how many caries-causing bacteria carriers there are. If the adults who carry cariogenic bacteria are still eager to give kisses to children, the children’s little white teeth are in danger! So, we all may carry various germs, not only strangers, aunts and uncles, but also our own grandparents and even parents are carriers of germs. This does not involve discrimination, let alone dislike who who who, but everyone has ah! Stop kissing your children at random! Don’t let tragedy repeat itself on our children! I hope all babies will grow up healthy and