Beware of hand, foot and mouth disease in children in summer
Posted on October 19, 2009Filed Under Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Prevention | Leave a Comment
Recently, some hospitals out-patient gradually discovered that many infants and young children suffering from hand, foot and mouth disease in a small patient. Medical experts advise, even though Shanghai this year found no signs of an outbreak of group, but the summer period of high incidence of the disease, parents should pay close attention to children’s health status.
According to Children’s Medical Center, director of infection introduction, hand, foot and mouth disease is caused by the Coxsackie virus, an acute intestinal infectious diseases, through food, water, saliva, air and other media, through the intestinal tract, respiratory tract or skin contact, is still there is no vaccination against the disease.
According to experts, hand, foot and mouth disease started easily confused with other diseases. The incubation period is usually 3-7 days, the majority of patients in a sudden onset. Mainly affects the hands, feet, mouth, buttocks four parts, the typical symptom is the palm of the hand and foot blisters and rash (rash, other symptoms, mainly in the face and body), were round or oval-shaped flat convex, there are turbid liquid, the size of soybeans, usually no pain and itching, usually subside in a week, healed without leaving any traces. Hand, Foot and mouth disease when the rash is not typical, with a cold or other symptoms of intestinal infection confused. At the same time, the patient will appear in the oral mucosa rash, initially for the corn-like maculopapular rash or blisters surrounded by flush, are mainly located in the Department of the tongue and cheeks, lips and teeth-side is also common. Because oral ulcers cause pain, often drooling in children with food refusal. Hand, Foot and mouth disease is most contagious in the early stages, the general will be accompanied by sore throat, diarrhea, loss of appetite, fever and other symptoms. It should be noted that the above hand, foot, mouth symptoms, not necessarily in the same patients all appeared.
Ruijin Hospital of bacteria and viruses control expert Professor Yu-xing Ni, five children under the age of hand, foot and mouth disease in high risk group for adults will be infected. As the disease course of the disease will be fully susceptible to other viruses and bacteria, induced viral pneumonia, myocarditis, encephalitis or sepsis and other complications if not treated in time can be life-threatening.
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