I have a two year old that came today with a cold sore and keeps putting stuff in her mouth what do i do????

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Here are the technical and parent sheets for cold sores.
http://www.hennepin.us/files/Hennepi...0_s6HERPES.pdf

Parent sheet:
http://www.hennepin.us/files/Hennepi...s%20parent.pdf

As far as exclusion it says:

• Childcare: Primary infection - Until those children who do not have control of their oral secretions no longer have active sores inside the mouth.
• Recurrent infections (fever blisters and cold sores) - None

Honestly if this little ones sores are open and oozing or weepy at all, I would exclude since they still mouth things and can spread it that way. The fact sheets explain it well. I would also highlight the area on the left side of the parent sheet (where it talks about exclusion) and send it home with the parent.

HTH

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thanks for the help

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