Hand, foot and mouth disease prevention faq
Posted on October 14, 2009Filed Under Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Prevention | Leave a Comment
1 What is hand, foot and mouth disease? Sick after what performance?
Hand, Foot and mouth disease is a common multiple infectious diseases to infant and child morbidity-based, multi-intestinal virus can cause, EV71 virus is one of them. Normally have taken place throughout the year, 5 ━ 7 Yue for the high incidence period.
Mild symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease in general, most patients when the disease is often the first symptoms of fever, palm and soles, rash, and herpes hearts (red rash around the can), oral mucosa herpes and / or ulcers, pain significantly. Some patients may be accompanied by cough, runny nose, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and headache and other symptoms. A small number of patients with serious condition may be complicated by encephalitis, meningitis, myocarditis, pneumonia, etc., if not treated in time can be life-threatening.
Second, how the hand, foot and mouth disease spread? A vaccine do?
Hand, Foot and mouth disease transmission, largely through close contact with the patient’s stool, herpes fluids and respiratory secretions (such as spray droplets, sneezing, etc.) and contaminated hands, towels, handkerchiefs, tooth cups, toys, tableware, bottle , bedding, etc. infections. Hand, Foot and mouth disease has no vaccine, but as long as early detection, early treatment is entirely preventable and treatable.
Third, what people tend to suffer from hand, foot and mouth disease?
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.
4, hand, foot and mouth disease is not a new infectious disease?
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’s hand, foot and mouth disease was found in 1981 that each year get sick.
5, hand, foot and mouth disease can be cured?
If you got hand, foot and mouth disease, the vast majority of cases, 7 ━ 10 was able to heal itself without side effects, the skin also does not leave scars. Based on previous illness and healing situation, only the individual may occur in patients with severe meningitis, pneumonia, etc., as long as actively cooperate with the medical care, most can be cured.
6, the children appeared suspicious symptoms how to do?
If the child fever, rash and other symptoms, we must promptly to medical institutions for treatment, while close observation. Do not go to kindergarten and crowded public places, avoid contact with other children to play. The event of a sudden onset of high fever, or confusion, drowsiness, muscle or body twitching, difficulty breathing and so on, should immediately send their children to the hospital for treatment.
7, the average family how to prevent it?
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 a hand sanitizer after hand washing with soap; do not drink unboiled water, do not eat cold food; room and often ventilation; should wash drying clothing. Take your children to the crowd during the prevalence of non-intensive and poorly ventilated public places to avoid contact with sick children.
Epidemic period may be checking their children every day early morning the skin (mainly the palms, soles of the feet), and there are no abnormal mouth and pay attention to child’s temperature changes.
8, if the family has a child infected with pay special attention to what?
Should pay attention to prevent contact with other children, sick children; children’s saliva, sputum and other secretions to use toilet paper wrap dumped into dustbins, the child’s stool to be collected well after disinfection thrown into the toilet, do not arbitrarily discard the same time disinfect urinals; caregivers access to the child before or after replacement of the diaper wash hands thoroughly after handling children with faeces; sick children’s clothes, toys, tableware, bedding, pillows, etc. to maintain health, the child’s daily utensils should be disinfected; should wash window ventilation. If the sick children in kindergarten, but also as early as possible to let the teachers do not want to rush their children to kindergarten, to all the symptoms disappeared after a week to prevent the transmission of other children. Generally mild symptoms do not have hospital treatment, home treatment, note that you can rest in order to reduce cross-infection.
9, how to disinfect for daily necessities?
If the home is not child’s hand, foot and mouth disease, prevention methods commonly used in the family can be without the use of disinfectants.
If a child got home, hand, foot and mouth disease, disinfection of the following methods can be used: pacifiers, bottles, cutlery, towels and other items with more than 50 degrees Celsius hot water soak for 30 minutes, or boil 3 minutes; pollution, toys, furniture and clothing to use chlorine disinfectants (84 disinfectant solution or bleaching powder) according to instructions daily cleaning; child’s sputum, saliva and droppings into the amount of wiping paper and so the best disinfectant, disinfectant and then thrown into the toilet stirring.
10, why recent reports of people infected with hand, foot and mouth disease in so many?
According to the monitoring of the health sector, the experts will present the report of the number of hand, foot and mouth disease incidence compared with previous years that the epidemic has come earlier this year, but still distributed. May 2 this year, the Ministry of Health will be hand, foot and mouth disease into Group C of legal infectious diseases management, medical and health institutions at all levels found in cases of direct and timely reporting system through the network reported. As in the past are not required to report, another patient did not seek medical treatment because of mild symptoms, so in the past some cases not been found or made a presentation. Accordance with the law in requesting the report, a certain increase in the number of reports is a reasonable phenomenon.
As the hand, foot and mouth disease is a common-prone infectious diseases, there is the possibility of extensive disease. To remind the health sector throughout the country, particularly in the current cases in previous years, fewer or smaller regions should strengthen disease prevention and surveillance, epidemic prevention and control do a good job.
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