Priyanka Tiwari
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Relatives caring for children is a common phenomenon, but going overboard with affection can lead to serious health problems, sometimes permanently damaging your child. One such heart-wrenching case happened to a particular family whose toddler son lost an eye because a relative kissed him on the face too eagerly.
As reported by Daily Mail, this incident happened in Namibia with Michelle Simon’s son, Juan. At sixteen months, Juan was stricken with a rather mysterious eye infection. At first, it did not appear to be serious and seemed like an ordinary eye infection. To his dismay, follow up tests revealed that Juan had a herpes virus infection in his eye which put him at risk after a family member kissed him.
Simon shared her experience on Facebook and public doctors groups: Juan's eye was so deeply scratched and inflamed and he could not discern anything in the eye. Eventually, doctors came to the conclusion it was pessimistic and rather careless herpes simplex virus bursting out of an active cold sore.
Optic cornea tear
The herpes virus infected Juwan's eye advanced eye so much that it caused a deep hole to develop in the cornea. After this infection spread, doctors The doctors tried suture fusion of the eye lids in an attempt to save the eyeball. The doctors further added that Juwan was now completely blind.
No kissing of children.
During an interview Ms. Michelle Simon stated how kissing children is like giving more harm than good. That's what parents must learn from this story and reconsider giving kisses to children. This story shows that one must to exercise prudence when it comes to the welfare of children. Medical professionals warn that it is always better to be safe than sorry so make sure there is zero chance of an infectious disease before giving children kisses, the herpes virus especially.
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