Children under age 4 get a high incidence of hand, foot and mouth disease
Posted on October 17, 2009Filed Under Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Causes, Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Prevention | Leave a Comment
CHEN Li-ming said, hand, foot and mouth disease for infants and young children common infectious disease caused by enteroviruses. The crowd on hand, foot and mouth disease virus generally susceptible, but especially in pre-school children aged 4 and under age group the highest incidence, accounting for 85% -95%, incubation period is about 2 to 7 days.
4, the highest incidence of children under the age
CHEN Li-ming said, hand, foot and mouth disease for infants and young children common infectious disease caused by enteroviruses. The crowd on hand, foot and mouth disease virus generally susceptible, but especially in pre-school children aged 4 and under age group the highest incidence, accounting for 85% -95%, incubation period is about 2 to 7 days.
Tongren Hospital, deputy director of pediatrics, according to Dr. Wei Hong, due to diseases such as herpes pharyngitis will appear similar to the rash, ulcer symptoms, many parents will be easy to confuse these patients. Wei Hong reminder, if that child has hand, foot and mouth as well as simultaneous perianal rash, ulcer symptoms, was probably hand, foot and mouth disease, should be immediately targeted for treatment.
Kindergarten is the main place to prevent
CHEN Li-ming said that the hand, foot and mouth disease in patients with latent infection and asymptomatic carriers of the virus as the main source of infection. Mainly through close contact between people and spread.
Throat secretions and saliva of patients with the virus, you can form droplets infected person; herpes fluid, feces and the virus can transmit to others. Virus-contaminated water can also be transmitted through the mouth, and often result in transmission. At present, the right hand, foot and mouth disease there is no specific prevention methods, and no effects of drug therapy. Therefore, the attention to the prevention isolation is very important.
Li-Ming Chen and Wei Hong agree that kindergarten is the hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic of the main site, so do kindergarten children must be daily necessities, toys disinfection.
Once parents suspicious cases, the child should be isolated at home and rest or medical treatment to prevent transmission to other children. Parents should let children develop the habit of washing hands before meals and after, do not let the child eat the hand or chew toy, not sharing towels, toothbrushes, handkerchiefs and tableware. At the same time, strengthening the child’s physical activity, boost resistance.
Special attention to life-threatening complications
Li-Ming Chen warned that individual hand, foot and mouth disease can be caused by myocarditis, pulmonary edema, pneumonia, encephalitis or meningitis and other fatal complications. Wei Hong also reminded parents to children with medical treatment, they should pay close attention to the children’s response, where there is decreased activity, lack of energy, long venting and other symptoms, it is possible that there is a certain complications, they should immediately seek medical treatment.
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