Hand, Foot and mouth disease is self-limited
Posted on November 8, 2009Filed Under Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Causes | Leave a Comment
Hand, Foot and mouth disease is caused by a variety of intestinal virus, a common infectious disease in infants, EV71 virus is one of them.
Common in spring and early summer, the peak incidence is mainly in May -7 months. Clinical manifestations were fever and hand, foot, mouth, buttocks and other parts of the rash or herpes as the main feature. If you got hand, foot and mouth disease, the vast majority of cases, 7 to 10 days can be self-limiting, do not leave after-effects, the skin also does not leave scars. Based on previous illness and healing situation, the extremely rare disease in patients after severe or complicated for the rapid development of encephalitis, encephalomyelitis, meningitis, pulmonary edema, circulatory failure, if not life-saving treatment will be life-threatening, and even death .
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease is not a new infectious diseases, it is a global epidemic, first recognized in 1957 and named the world cases occur each year. China in Shanghai in 1981, first discovered the disease, after Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Fujian, Jilin, Hubei, Qinghai, Guangdong, and more than a dozen provinces and municipalities in our province have reported the incidence. May 2, 2008, the Ministry of Health decided to hand, foot and mouth disease as a national statutory report of the C class infectious diseases.
Hand, Foot and mouth disease, primarily through the following three kinds of transmission:
First, people in close contact with the spread of children through contact with the virus contaminated hands, towels, handkerchiefs, tooth cups, toys, utensils, milk with as well as bedding, underwear, etc. cause infection.
Second, patients with throat secretions and saliva of the virus can be transmitted through the air (droplet) communication, so close contact with sick children can cause an infection.
Third, drinking or ingestion of virus-contaminated water, food, Infection can also occur. In close contact with the crowd which is an important mode of transmission of the disease. Hand, Foot and mouth disease has no vaccine, but as long as early detection, early treatment is entirely preventable and treatable.
Infants and children generally multiple, 3-year-old and 3 years of age it easier for sick infants and children. As adults, the immune system better, once the infection in adults 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.
To do the following: before meals and after contact with public facilities such as handrails, door handles, elevator buttons, public phone, go out after the wash their hands with soap or hand sanitizer; Do not allow children to drink unboiled water and eating cold food, to avoid the contact with sick children; cough or sneeze, you should cover your nose and mouth; caregivers with children prior to the replacement diapers for young children, have to wash their hands after handling feces and properly handle the dirt; infants and young children use bottle, pacifier use should be fully cleaned before and after; in during the prevalence of the disease not to take children to the crowd gathered in public places with poor air circulation to keep the household sanitation, indoor and often ventilation, ground drying clothing. That once their children develop fever, rash and other suspected symptoms should promptly go to hospital.
Spring Outing fun to go out more people, we should pay particular attention to children’s personal hygiene, not to crowd too dense areas. The reach of children toys, mud and other things, be sure to wash their hands in time, must not eat things that do not wash their hands. Do not share utensils with others, do not share with others the same same food or sip a drink.
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