A simple kiss did this to our healthy baby boy

A MUM has warned people never to kiss babies after her son contracted herpes simplex from a cold sore.

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Jed Scanlon was rushed to hospital by parents Amanda, 39, and David, 40, after he came down with a high temperature.

Medics diagnosed the three-year-old with herpes simplex and encephalitis.

Jed has been left with severe learning difficulties after the virus attacked his brain.

Amanda, from Derry, said he was thriving and ahead of his milestones until he was six months old.

She added: "When he was diagnosed, I didn't realise the complications he was going to be left with.

"The virus attacked his brain instead of the immune system and left him with an acquired brain injury.

"He has significant brain damage to his temple lobes and a rare form of epilepsy caused by the damage.