This article was about how an innocent kiss to a baby can actually cause them to have to go to the hospital due to herpes . Herpes is a virus that is spreading quickly and their are lot of people that have it and don’t even know. There are different types of herpes and can serve during a flare up.

Key Takeaways:

• Babies have a universal trait: They’re pretty kissable.
• there are lots of reasons to put your lips away and back away from the baby
• There is more than one kind of herpes, as pretty much anyone who has ever Googled how to get rid of a cold sore knows

“For the vast majority of people, either type of herpes is unlikely to present with complications. Even with the blisters and sores, herpes is not life-threatening and unbelievably common. Anywhere from 50 to 80 percent of American adults have HSV-1, while an estimate puts the rate of genital herpes at about 1 in 5 adults.”

http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1128472/moms-warning-about-herpes