To not let my mum come over with a cold sore?

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She is slightly offended but dd 15 months and ds (7) have never had one.
She says it's tiny and healed - I'm still not convinced.

Would you let someone in with a coldsore? Aibu?

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Aha! See I knew they could be bad. This has just appeared on my FB. I hope it isn't an omen! My mum has been over a few times. She had a special patch thing on but I'm still slightly edgy about it.

Have you made a GP appointment yet?

That appeared on your fb because fb tracks what you google and it will now inundate you with posts about cold sores. It's not a coincidence. And are you really going to cite that article as a reliable medical source? Those stories that appear on fb are often a load of tosh.

My friend linked it! It didn't just appear. She shared it.

They can be dangerous for children, but if your Mum is careful and has strict hygiene like hand washing before holding baby etc, the risk of her catching is minimal.

If the risk was so high then nurerys nurses etc wouldn't be able to go into work if they have an outbreak. I do think you are over reacting but Having read you almost lost your baby, I can totally understand why you'd feel that way and if I knew you in real life, I'd care more about you not being anxious and would understand and not be annoyed if you asked me to stay away while I had a coldsore.

i really hope this doesn't sound arsey because I mean it kindly, but once your child starts school they come into contact with loads of germs for common childhood diseases like chickenpox, these can rarely have complications too, you won't be always able to control what she's exposed to. I was just thinking looking into strategies to minimise your understandable anxiety will help you. Like I say, I don't mean this harshly and I apologise if I offended you, I know from experience being anxious about something you can't control is the shits

Why did your friend share it? Because she knew you had health anxiety?