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Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by thatsleepboy1: 10:15pm On Dec 13, 2020
cooked up story
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by Risingblue008(m): 10:17pm On Dec 13, 2020
bamaso,,,
Bamaso
Bamaso
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by Drone95(m): 10:26pm On Dec 13, 2020
The pediatrician is right, some newborns immune system is very very low, exposure to any pathogen or microbes can cause severe illness, life threatening condition & even death. Another thing is the use of mobile phone around newborns, this is harmful to their neutral systems as well.
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by MrNipplesLover(m): 10:39pm On Dec 13, 2020
and some sweet mothers after sucking dick and swallowing cummandmemt, dem go carry the mouth go kiss the innocent baby....




inside life.

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Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by Quality20(m): 10:40pm On Dec 13, 2020
and even herpes
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by effido666: 10:40pm On Dec 13, 2020
Beamsoil:
Th
is can't be true
wat cant b true....dat der no bacteria in our mouth or babies cant b infected through direct kisses......if u like allow pple kiss ur baby in d mouth .
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by Feggie3: 10:40pm On Dec 13, 2020
post=97038821:
Fathers and Mothers should stop this rubbish NOW[b]![/b]

Half a word is enough for wise parents.

#OurBabiesLivesMatter
The only reasonable thing I've heard from Manna
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by Quality20(m): 10:42pm On Dec 13, 2020
MrNipplesLover:
and some sweet mothers after sucking dick and swallowing cummandmemt, dem go carry the mouth go kiss the innocent baby....




inside life.
those Penniz licking baebes can as well Infect u if they get hold of ur mouth or organs

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Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by mariahAngel(f): 10:51pm On Dec 13, 2020
OchoL:


Such nonsense!
We've been kissing babies for centuries.

That was before the mouths were used as organs for sex.

Adults should learn to keep their dirty mouths infested with diseases to themselves!
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by thundafire: 10:53pm On Dec 13, 2020
Beamsoil:
This can't be true
yes it's true,there was a baby naming ceremony in London and one of the guest kissed the baby and dey child got herpes
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by thundafire: 10:54pm On Dec 13, 2020
Beamsoil:
This can't be true
yes it's true,there was a baby naming ceremony in London in the year 2019 and one of the guest kissed the baby and dey child got herpes
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by Nobody: 10:54pm On Dec 13, 2020
Stupid talk. Babies have always been the subject of adoration and the most kisses creatures from time immemorial.

angry angry angry angry Every idiot who just went through the four walls of a medical school and can do small research will come and be forming bullshit. Kindly give us a list of how many babies have died from being kissed?

Every single thing on this planet has the ability to kill a man. Does it mean we should stop doing everything totally? Because even doing nothing would kill a man.

Before we were born, babies were being kissed. During our time, they're being kissed and for generations to come, babies will continue being kissed. angry angry F**k you and your cheap research made easy by a cheap grant you for from a cheap charity foundation.

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Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by Cutehector(m): 10:55pm On Dec 13, 2020
Who is allowed to kiss the baby?
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by Oyiboman69: 10:59pm On Dec 13, 2020
honourablelumis:
What about giving a day old baby, original Ògôgórò during harmattan?

Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by Zooposki(f): 11:01pm On Dec 13, 2020
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Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by MrNipplesLover(m): 11:02pm On Dec 13, 2020
Quality20:
those Penniz licking baebes can as well Infect u if they get hold of ur mouth or organs


let's be concerned about the topic here; new born babies. smiley





I hail you, gee.

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Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by MrNipplesLover(m): 11:03pm On Dec 13, 2020
honourablelumis:
What about giving a day old baby, original Ògôgórò during harmattan?

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Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by OchoL(f): 11:18pm On Dec 13, 2020
mariahAngel:


That was before the mouths were used as organs for sex.

Adults should learn to keep their dirty mouths infested with diseases to themselves!

Lol.
Humans have been engaging in MouthAction for centuries though.. Check out ancient karma sutra drawings/statues 69 has always been a thing.. ain't nothing new in this world

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Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by Decryptor(m): 11:38pm On Dec 13, 2020
prof2007:
A consultant paediatrician at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Dr. Agatha David, says kissing a newborn on the lips or any part of the face can lead to meningitis, a viral infection caused by herpes. She warned parents against allowing outsiders to carry their newborns, especially within the first month of life, noting that their immune system is still very fragile to fight off pathogens or environmental germs.

Dr. David, who is the head, Clinical Trial Research Group and Chief Research Fellow at NIMR, disclosed this during an interview with PUNCH HealthWise, adding that some adults have blisters on the side of their lips caused by Herpes Simplex virus, and can also have it transmitted to a newborn through their breath.

The paediatrician said, “A baby’s immune system is not properly developed to fight off the infection. Herpes can be fatal at whatever age, and can manifest like blisters or fever burns. Herpes doesn’t clear, as it stays in the body and manifests when the immune system is suppressed. Kissing a baby on the face can cause such an infection that affects even the brain, and can lead to death,” she warned.

David explained that meningitis is an inflammation of the fluid and membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. She said it is often less severe than bacterial meningitis, and that most people get better on their own, but babies younger than one month old are more likely to have severe illness from viral meningitis.

“People displaying any visible signs of illness or common cold, cough, runny nose, sore throat, or a rash should not come into close contact with a newborn. People should treat newborns with respect. Wash and sanitise your hands when paying a visit to a home where there is a new baby. Don’t get too close. It is our culture to show love and care to a newborn, but such acts can endanger the life of the baby,” the consultant warned.

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention also warned that herpes virus, which commonly affects the mouth in the form of cold sores, can cause significant infections in newborns.

“Herpes outbreaks can be painful or unsightly in adults; and when a newborn is infected with herpes, serious and, sometimes, fatal complications can occur,” CDC warned.

SOURCE: https://punchng.com/kissing-newborn-babies-can-give-them-viral-meningitis-experts/

Oyibo parents and visitors that have been kissing newborns for ages nko?

Since this is from a Yabaleft Doctor in Lagos, i regard this as total trash!
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by Sammy4Joy: 12:37am On Dec 14, 2020
honourablelumis:
What about giving a day old baby, original Ògôgórò during harmattan?

You don't mean it?

Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by ARAGON22(m): 12:58am On Dec 14, 2020
Some of these medical Experts are mentally ill themselves but they don't know... Mad people Everywhere... Mtcheww

Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by Nobody: 2:36am On Dec 14, 2020
Just look at how supposedly educated people are commenting like illiterates. Fun fact: there are more bacteria in our mouth than our anus. So aside from having herpes, kissing a new born on the lips is bad! You can start living out your fantasy when the baby is at least 4-6 months old!
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by infogeneral: 3:13am On Dec 14, 2020
Very educative
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by ikorodureporta: 3:29am On Dec 14, 2020
Zonedealt:
Na lie jor
u still dey argue...
I don't even carry them. I just watch from afar
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by MedicH: 4:54am On Dec 14, 2020
U will see some very stupid adults using their bacteria and viruses filled dirty mouth to touch on the face and body of infants whose immune system is still developing. If u come to the pediatric ward u see small small babies suffering. Some have herpes symplex/zoster ophthalmicus, some have gingivitis, some have all manner of infectious conditions. When I start to have babies, any human that try this with my baby will have me to contend with.
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by DipoToyo(m): 5:20am On Dec 14, 2020
cool
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by ceaser: 5:40am On Dec 14, 2020
Not just viral meningitis but also oral herpes (kissing virus), the latter more common as many visitors would want to innocently carry the baby and give it a peck. You can't blame them for wanting to do so though, Yorùbás have an adage which says that "no sensible person hates a newly born, they are usually a joyful sight to behold"

And you may update the list with the novel Corona "birus" covid-19.

Modified: I eventually read thru the report to see that Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) has been mentioned.

For those who kpansh indiscriminately, know that there is genital herpes caused by HSV-2, it is an STI and used to be strictly so until recently when you now have the anomaly of HSV-1 (that used to be sole cause of oral herpes) now causing genital herpes, and vice versa with HSV-2

The cause of this anomaly: Oral s3x

And on the flip side, to those cursing people because they are happy to see and touch a newborn, well I've got news for you. Getting a newborn exposed to some environmental microbes may be beneficial in the long term, some findings have suggested.

It was discovered that there has been increased rate of diseases such as Peptic Ulcer Disease, obesity, allergies and a couple of others I can't really recall now amongst children of the 21st century. Reason was adduced to the fact that Ceaserean section has become the common means of child delivery and children born via CS tend to have these problems in higher proportion.

The logic behind this: the human immune system has two types namely the innate immunity and the adaptive immunity. The innate are your skin, integuments and mucous membranes, digestive juice of the mouth, acid of the stomach and these are just basic while the adaptive are principally cellular and humoral with a large chunk of it in the blood, and of course are more versatile. The "adaptive" as the name suggests is designed to adapt, change and morph as needed and according to the prevailing situation. Think of it as a photosensory cells of the skin of the chameleon that changes according to the incident colour it gets exposed to.

But unlike the innate (inborn) immunity which has just a basic degree/qualification/B.Sc, the "adaptation" of the adaptive immunity needs to be trained to attain a professional/specialized status/P.hD. This training involves exposure to various stimuli in form of all kinds of microbes. Think of this as the way your antigen based vaccine works. With prior exposure to a microbe comes the ability for faster response, attack and eventual defeat of such microbe on subsequent exposure.

The mother's birth canal is filled with various good microbes and bad microbes. The good ones are constantly present to keep in check the bad ones from overgrowth/overpopulation which may lead to things such as bacterial vaginosis and some other like that. These microbes especially the good ones are also there for the baby. In utero, the amniotic sac (birth sac/bag) ensures that the milieu of the baby is completely sterile (free from germs). At birth, this birth bag will first need to be broken and that is when you see that water comes out of the mother's "vaga-ina" (in the dicktator's voice - the dictator is a comedy movie you should see). With this breakage, the baby is no longer protected from the environment filled with good and bad bugs and especially exposure to the good bugs which is desirable. If he is not quickly delivered within minutes to hours, the bad bugs can also get access and that's the problem that isn't desirable.

During delivery per vaga-ina, the movement of the baby thru the birth canal ensures that it carries with it the whole gamut of microbes that is in the mother's vaga-ina, a recipé to provide for the child some level of adaptive immunity being the first ever, naturally designed microbe it is exposed to. This exposure helps it to formulate some body mechanisms and processes that guide against some issues like PUDx, obesity etc amongst other things.

Cesarean section bypasses all these natural selective processes so babies born via CS might not have the opportunity of getting the whole recipé or "microbe soup" during birth.

Aside the issue of CS, another issue that has contributed to increased PUDx amongst twentieth century dudes is the increased use of antibiotics. Some bugs are meant to be in the gastrointestinal system as protectors but indiscriminate use of antibiotics kill these good bugs giving way for the only bug able to stay cool in the acidic environment of the stomach (bad guy Helicobacter pylori) and the only implicated microbe in gastritis, PUDx and gastric cancer to flourish and well, have its way.

I hope someone has been educated this morning.
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by Sunnykleen: 6:36am On Dec 14, 2020
True talk
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by Babastrong(m): 9:18am On Dec 14, 2020
It is this fear of unknow that will kill us if we always be careful. during our fathers' time, they'll perform many rituals for new born where hundred of people were free to curdle the baby yet they spent 100+.
Nowaday, we are practing whetever you told us medically, yet we die prematurely.
Re: Kissing Newborn Babies Can Give Them Viral Meningitis - Medical Experts by lascos912(m): 12:13pm On Dec 14, 2020
I hate it

some people will just come with smelling potopoto mouth and start kissing baby,I really hate to see it

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