(US) Child contracts herpes from used hotel condom

Overheal

For fcuks sake people: flush it. You make me sick.

http://consumerist.com/2010/09/kid-gets-herpes-from-condom-he-found-in-hotel-room.html

Last month we wrote about the 4-year-old boy in Atlanta who mistook a used condom in a hotel room for a balloon and put it in his mouth. An STD test confirmed the family's suspicions that the boy contracted herpes from the condom.
CBS Atlanta spoke to the boy's grandma, who talked about how tough it was to explain to the boy why she could no longer kiss him:

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"When the cold sores were active, he wanted to give me a kiss, especially in the hospital. I said, 'no sweetie -- you know -- not in the mouth, you can't kiss mommy.' He said, 'mommy you don't love me anymore?' And so, it was very, very --- very hurtful."”

The test came back negative for HIV.
4-Year-Old Contracts Herpes, Negative For HIV After Used Condom Incident [CBS Atlanta]

DonJose

Good thing he didn't think it was a chewing gum!!!

The_Kew_Tour

http://www.gtfo.ro/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/1264671905177.jpg

peanuthead

Overheal wrote: »

For fcuks sake people: flush it. You make me sick.

Eh, no flushing it is not a good idea.

Plus, I'd be more concerned that the hotel room wasn't cleaned properly :eek:

Was it a Motel 6 by any chance?

mikom

The pope was right....

Red Hand

You're sick people.

(And that's not the modern "cool" usage of the word sick either.)

southsiderosie

The hotel should be named and shamed.

However, the comments note that oral herpes is actually pretty common, especially among kids, and that it seems like the family is gearing up for what will be an expensive lawsuit.

Mr Benevolent

What kind of herpes? Sounds like another non-story.

DonJose

Confab wrote: »

What kind of herpes? Sounds like another non-story.

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/24737167/detail.html

"He tested negative for the HIV and the STD, but positive for the herpes. It's the oral herpes," said Jones.

Could have been worse, could have been anal herpes!!!

arybvtcw0eolkf

I thought they'd found Maddie :mad:

starbelgrade

The test came back negative for HIV.

4-Year-Old Contracts Herpes, Negative For HIV After Used Condom Inciden

What the f*ck did they test him for HIV for? Are they retarded?

mikom

Confab wrote: »

What kind of herpes?

Herpes simplex 10.

Mr Benevolent

DonJose wrote: »

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/24737167/detail.html

"He tested negative for the HIV and the STD, but positive for the herpes. It's the oral herpes," said Jones.

Could have been worse, could have been anal herpes!!!

Oral herpes? That's just a cold sore for fuck's sake! Herpes simplex does NOT count as an STD. I was right, another non-story.

Red Hand

starbelgrade wrote: »

What the f*ck did they test him for HIV for? Are they retarded?

To see if he had HIV?

southsiderosie

starbelgrade wrote: »

What the f*ck did they test him for HIV for? Are they retarded?

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

I didn't think any of this stuff could even survive long outside of direct contact?

KINGVictor

Liberty Poor Threesome wrote: »

I thought they'd found Maddie :mad:

Way out of line dude...

Absurdum

he wanted to give me a kiss, especially in the hospital. I said, 'no sweetie -- you know -- not in the mouth, you can't kiss mommy.'

**** that :mad:

starbelgrade

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

To see if he had HIV?

And why would he have HIV?

corkcomp

mikom wrote: »

The pope was right....

no he's not.. if this kids parents had used one of them evil condoms this poor std infected kid wouldnt exist

Red Hand

He might have caught the HIV.

That's why.

Absurdum

starbelgrade wrote: »

And why would he have HIV?

he might have been riding whores too, kids these days, you never know

niamhallen

So, he basically got a coldsore? Hardly healine news so.

RMD

starbelgrade wrote: »

And why would he have HIV?

Because he could have potentially ingested HIV positive semen? Pretty simple ye.

southsiderosie

RMD wrote: »

Because he could have potentially ingested HIV positive semen? Pretty simple ye.

Doubtful.

Mrmoe

RMD wrote: »

Because he could have potentially ingested HIV positive semen? Pretty simple ye.

I think the odds of that happing are extremely low. It could happen if the child had bleeding gums but unlikely at that age. I don' think it has ever been proven that HIV can be transmitted through oral sex or orally transmitting body fluids such as semen.

Thephantomsmask

RMD wrote: »

Because he could have potentially ingested HIV positive semen? Pretty simplex ye.

FYP.

hypervalve

RMD wrote: »

Because he could have potentially ingested HIV positive semen? Pretty simple ye.

I'm no doctor but I don't think there's even the slightest risk of contracting HIV from trying to blow up a used condom.

The Highwayman

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

He might have caught the HIV.

That's why.

I suppose you think you can get HIV from toilet seats and kissing aswell? Back to your bible bashing there Jeremiah.

Asphyxia

Ugh! That is disgusting the poor boy he must be so confused, I agree the hotel should be named and shamed who would want to stay at an uncleaned hotel

Red Hand

The Highwayman wrote: »

I suppose you think you can get HIV from toilet seats and kissing aswell? Back to your bible bashing there Jeremiah.

Did I imply that he might have caught it from the used condom?

No.

Back to your A-Bomb, Herr Oppenheimer.;)

fonecrusher1

Overheal wrote: »

For fcuks sake people: flush it. You make me sick.

If whatever idiot that used the thing put it in the bin in the first place it would never have happened.

southsiderosie

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

If whatever idiot that used the thing put it in the bin in the first place it would never have happened.

If whatever idiot that was paid to clean the room afterwards had done their job, none of this would have happened.

hypervalve

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Did I imply that he might have caught it from the used condom?

No.

Back to your A-Bomb, Herr Oppenheimer.;)

Do you think he might have an unrelated history of high risk sexual behaviour that wasn't referred to in the article?

PeterIanStaker

Another Little Johnny story

The Highwayman

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Did I imply that he might have caught it from the used condom?

No.

Back to your A-Bomb, Herr Oppenheimer.;)

Yes you did imply it.

Working hard on my bomb maybe you can have a word with the man upstairs need about 5kg of Uranium to finish it. If he cant do it tell batman I'll settle for Plutonium.

fonecrusher1

southsiderosie wrote: »

If whatever idiot that was paid to clean the room afterwards had done their job, none of this would have happened.

Its possible the condom was partially flushed & remained unseen until maybe a few hours later it emerged after the cleaners were finished. Hence my first comment, just throw it in the bin.

FFS! who throws a rubber in the toilet? :pac:

Red Hand

hypervalve wrote: »

Do you think he might have an unrelated history of high risk sexual behaviour that wasn't referred to in the article?

Just putting it out there...

The Highwayman wrote: »

Yes you did imply it.

I implied/didn't imply several things at once with my post, one of them directly above. ^

Working hard on my bomb maybe you can have a word with the man upstairs need about 5kg of Uranium to finish it. If he cant do it tell batman I'll settle for Plutonium.

Why the middleman of atomic forces? I can get you a sweet deal with the Boss for some fire and brimstone instead. Reduce a Hiromshima to a mere Gommorah (which incidently sounds like a venereal disease) without the radioactivity.

starbelgrade

southsiderosie wrote: »

If whatever idiot that was paid to clean the room afterwards had done their job, none of this would have happened.

If people refrained from having sex, there would have been no used condom in the room & the kid wouldn't have existed and none of this would have happened.

RMD

starbelgrade wrote: »

If people refrained from having sex, there would have been no used condom in the room & the kid wouldn't have existed and none of this would have happened.

Yes but what he said is a pretty normal argument. Yours is just ridiculous. A cleaners job is to clean, if the room wasn't properly cleaned Ie a dirty johnny was still there that's the cleaner's fault.

starbelgrade

RMD wrote: »

Yes but what he said is a pretty normal argument. Yours is just ridiculous. A cleaners job is to clean, if the room wasn't properly cleaned Ie a dirty johnny was still there that's the cleaner's fault.

Ya think?

colly10

He calls his granny mommy

southsiderosie

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Its possible the condom was partially flushed & remained unseen until maybe a few hours later it emerged after the cleaners were finished. Hence my first comment, just throw it in the bin.

FFS! who throws a rubber in the toilet? :pac:

One would think that even a 4 year old would know not to fish things out of the toilet and put them in his mouth. If he's doing that, them mommy probably doesn't want to be kissing him anyway, yuck.

Bosco boy

The Highwayman wrote: »

Yes you did imply it.

Working hard on my bomb maybe you can have a word with the man upstairs need about 5kg of Uranium to finish it. If he cant do it tell batman I'll settle for Plutonium.

Hopefully you get what your looking for and when you do sit on it seconds before it goes off!!!

Royal Irish

starbelgrade wrote: »

What the f*ck did they test him for HIV for? Are they retarded?

Thats abit of a retarded comment. Why wouldnt they test their child for HIV in this situation?

hypervalve

Royal Irish wrote: »

Thats abit of a retarded comment. Why wouldnt they test their child for HIV in this situation?

Because there's no way he could have contracted HIV like this

Orange69

hypervalve wrote: »

Because there's no way he could have contracted HIV like this

Ummm, yes he could, if he had an abrasion on his lips or mouth. Sucks to be him and you.

Royal Irish

hypervalve wrote: »

Because there's no way he could have contracted HIV like this

Yes he could have caught HIV from this. All it would have taken is for HIV positive semen from the condom to get into a open cut or bleeding gums in his mouth.

If it was your child in this situation, you wouldnt get a HIV test done? Good parenting :rolleyes:

hypervalve

Orange69 wrote: »

Ummm, yes he could, if he had an abrasion on his lips or mouth

There's still no way he could have caught it. I'd be willing to bet that it was his parents and not the doctor that insisted on a HIV test. I think people can be overly paranoid about HIV because of the stigma attached to the disease and the disproportionate level of media attention it receives.

ballsymchugh

hypervalve wrote: »

There's still no way he could have caught it. I'd be willing to bet that it was his parents and not the doctor that insisted on a HIV test. I think people can be overly paranoid about HIV because of the stigma attached to the disease and the disproportionate level of media attention it receives.

given that HIV is a virus and viruses don't have much of a chance outside a living host, then you're right, the risk is between minimal and none.
but i'd say it was the doctors that insisted on it. another test to add to the insurance claim so more funds for them. there's probably a medico legal element to it too.

foxinsox

hypervalve wrote: »

There's still no way he could have caught it. I'd be willing to bet that it was his parents and not the doctor that insisted on a HIV test. I think people can be overly paranoid about HIV because of the stigma attached to the disease and the disproportionate level of media attention it receives.

There is a teeny % of a chance that HIV could be passed on this way, it is a very small chance, quite unlikely, but still possible.

If it was my child I would be very worried and concerned...

If it happened to you, or you cut yourself on a discarded needle, would you be worried?

I know I'd be terrified, regardless of media coverage.

old_aussie

hypervalve wrote: »

Because there's no way he could have contracted HIV like this

They say ignorance is bliss, go read a medical book on HIV transmission

http://www.avert.org/hiv-aids-transmission.htm

Although it is possible to become infected with HIV through oral sex, the risk of becoming infected in this way is much lower than the risk of infection via unprotected sexual intercourse with a man or woman.
When giving oral sex to a man (sucking or licking a man's penis) a person could become infected with HIV if infected semen came into contact with damaged and receding gums, or any cuts or sores they might have in their mouth.