Do a good job in the spring to prevent Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Posted on October 29, 2009Filed Under Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Prevention | Leave a Comment
Spring, all things recover, influenza, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, measles, chickenpox, and hand, foot and mouth disease has reached epidemic season. Maybe you still remember last year, in March, Anhui Fuyang endemic infections caused by the EV71 virus, hand, foot and mouth disease, once aroused attention. May 2, 2008, the Ministry of Health to hand, foot and mouth disease into the management of Class C infectious diseases. Recently, the municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention through disease surveillance, found that hand, foot and mouth disease have occurred, in particular, to remind parents and children should put emphasis on the prevention of hand, foot and mouth disease.
“Hand, Foot and mouth disease prevention, the key lies in the spring.” Experts: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease is a common childhood infectious diseases, is not terrible, the parents do not have to panic. As long as early detection, early treatment is entirely preventable and treatable. Children do a good job of individuals, families and nurseries in health is the key to prevention of the disease.
Strong ability to communicate several times a year, children infected with
Hand, Foot and mouth disease is caused by intestinal viruses nearly 30-year-old infectious diseases, mostly occurs in infants under the age of 5, the incubation period is usually 2-7 days, most patients had mild symptoms, fever and hand, foot, mouth and other parts of the rash or herpes as the main feature. Can occur in patients with severe aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, acute flaccid paralysis, respiratory infections, complications such as pulmonary edema, and myocarditis. Main mode of transmission is closely transmission source can also be through air droplets, or through the mouth or contact with virus-contaminated water, food. Hand, Foot and mouth disease is spread very wide, non-strictly regional. Four Seasons may be the disease, usually in March a gradual increase from May to June to reach the peak, the disease is contagious strong and rapid spread of features, easily result in an outbreak of epidemic.
According to reports, three-year-old and 3 years of age in infants and young children are most susceptible to hand, foot and mouth disease. As adults, the immune system better, adult infection is generally not the disease, nor any symptoms, but the infection will spread the virus, so adults need to do a good job protection, to prevent transmission to children. Because it can cause hand, foot and mouth disease in many different types of intestinal virus, different types of intestinal virus infection have little or no cross-immunity, an enterovirus infection body to produce immunity to short duration, will not be for life immunization. Therefore, the hand, foot and mouth disease every couple of years there will be a pandemic. In addition, different types of the virus may be prevalent in the same year, so there may be several times a year early childhood infections, suffering from hand, foot and mouth disease.
There is no preventive vaccine, improving health is the key to
It was explained that can cause hand, foot and mouth disease virus types are more present, no can prevent Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine, therefore, the main preventive measure is to educate the public about hand, foot and mouth disease, pay attention to health, and strengthen management. Hand, Foot and mouth disease prevention should begin in early spring, when the disease was not yet common, strengthening monitoring, detecting early cases, early isolation and early treatment before they occur.
Prevention of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease, the key is attention to the family and the surrounding sanitation and pay attention to hygiene. Before meals and after meals, or wash your hands with soap after the liquid to the children wash their hands, do not drink unboiled water, do not eat cold food; caregivers with children before, on behalf of young children, after changing nappies or handling of waste have to wash their hands and properly handle the dirt; room and often ventilation, ground drying clothing.
In epidemic periods, the parents bring the child to less crowded public places and reduce the chances of infection. If the child fever, rash and other symptoms, it is necessary and timely treatment.
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