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[quote=Anonymous]"About 60 percent of adults in the US are infected with HSV-1, which is the type of herpes simplex responsible for more than 98 percent of cold sores." From the NYTimes. Send her to the doctor. If she has HSV-1, this is really not a big deal. Your kids will almost certainly be exposed someday if they haven't been already. (Up to 25% of carriers are completely symptom free, so -- to be honest -- you don't even know that you and your DH don't have it.) Get her on antivirals, which decreases transmission rates. Make sure she is super strict about hygiene: no sharing food and no kissing; HSV-1 is actually difficult to spread indirectly (i.e., if she touches her face and then your kids, they are extraordinarily unlikely to get it).[/quote]
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