Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease comes again, Who is the culprits?
Posted on November 11, 2009Filed Under Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Causes | Leave a Comment
Hand, Foot and mouth disease is caused by enterovirus, one of a common infectious disease that mainly affects the target infants and young children under the age of five. Can be seen throughout the year to summer and autumn more. By toys, utensils, nasopharyngeal secretions, droplets and other means of transmission, with rash, fever is characterized by the incubation period is 3 ~ 8.
Expert enterovirus 71 (EV71) infection control knowledge
First, the early onset of fever, cough, runny nose, and drooling, and similar symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection, some children may have nausea, vomiting reactions. After the hand, foot fingers and toes appear oval or spindle-shaped back blisters, surrounded by flush. Blister fluid clear, and then the center of blister slowly depression, yellowing, drying off (desquamation). In addition fingers, toes-side comparison of a hard scattered reddish papules or blisters in the mouth at the same time, such as the lips, tongue, oral mucosa, gums, there are also scattered in the blisters, but the mouth of the blisters formed off-white ulcerated soon Small points, or a layer of film around a flush, in the white dot can be seen under the membrane, or sheet of the erosion surface.
Such diseases are no more effective treatment, but can take the following measures:
1. Taking anti-viral drugs, such as ribavirin, the virus Ling, etc.;
2. Maintaining local clean to avoid secondary bacterial infections;
3. With oral erosion, eating difficulties in children, you can eat liquid food, meal mouth;
4. Local aureomycin cod liver oil can be coated in order to alleviate pain, promote healing of erosive surface at an early date;
5. Some B vitamins can be given orally, such as vitamin B2, etc.;
6. If the fever in children, you can also use some heat-clearing and detoxifying Chinese medicine.
Experts Xiangjie intestinal virus EV71 high-risk population, mainly in the 3 years of age in infants
Q: What is the enterovirus EV71 infectious disease?
A: The intestinal virus, enterovirus EV71 is a human one, known as EV71, a common cause of children’s hand, foot and mouth disease, viral angina, can occur for children with severe pulmonary edema, encephalitis, etc., collectively known as gastro-intestinal virus, EV71 infection.
Q: What people tend to suffer from this disease?
A: The disease usually occurs in pre-school children, especially infants and young children under the age of three multiple adults can also be infected. Sanitation, poor food hygiene, poor personal hygiene easy to disease. Most cases have been mild, cured. A small number of patients, there may be encephalitis and encephalomyelitis, pulmonary edema, circulatory failure and so on, in severe cases can be life-threatening.
Q: What is the season of the most vulnerable to this disease, how it spread?
A: The disease can occur throughout the year, commonly found in 4 ~ September. Mode of transmission of the following:
1. In close contact with people is an important mode of transmission, children’s contact with the virus through contaminated hands, towels, handkerchiefs, tooth cups, toys, utensils, milk with as well as bedding, underwear, etc. cause infection.
2. Throat secretions and saliva of patients with the virus can be transmitted through the air (droplet) communication, so close contact with sick children can cause an infection.
3. Drinking or ingestion of virus-contaminated water, food, Infection can also occur.
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