Why all the concern about transmitting herpes simplex 1 from a cold sore on
the mouth of a toddler to his younger sibling?  At what age does it not
matter if the baby gets herpes?

Almost 100% of the population carries herpes simplex 1 by the time they are
five years old.  Obviously, they've all been exposed before then.  You carry
it in your body forever, once you've been exposed, but only seldom do you
break out in a 'cold sore/fever blister' -- usually during times of
immune-system stress from some other reason.  So any adult who says "I never
get cold sores" cannot assume that they don't already carry in the virus --
they almost certainly do.

Just like yeast in your vagina that ordinarily gives you no problem, and
strep in your throat and nose.

Is there some concern about very young babies not being exposed, like there
would be for chicken pox, for example?

Kathy Dettwyler

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