This site is intended for healthcare professionals

Go to /sign-in page

You can view 5 more pages without signing in

Management

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

Authoring team

The most appropriate form of management is prevention; in mothers known to have active genital Herpes simplex infection at the time of delivery there is an approximate 50% risk of the development of a severe infection in the child. In this situation elective Caesarian would be undertaken in most centres.

Other actions include:

  • isolate mother and child, from other neonates
  • the mother should be advised on hygiene and cover active herpetic lesions
  • breast feeding is permissible if there are no lesions on the breasts
  • acyclovir reduces mortality

Related pages

Create an account to add page annotations

Annotations allow you to add information to this page that would be handy to have on hand during a consultation. E.g. a website or number. This information will always show when you visit this page.