Hand, foot and mouth hit, and how not infected?

Posted on November 9, 2009
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Hand, foot and mouth disease, also known as “hand, foot and mouth syndrome” is caused by enteroviruses rash of sexually transmitted diseases. Summer and autumn more common.

Early identification of hand, foot and mouth disease

Baby is suffering from hand, foot and mouth disease, is another drool cough, do not eat things, there are some small blisters throats. The most typical process is moderate heat onset fever (body temperature at 39 ℃ or less), which causes sore throat, the child showed drooling, poor feeding. Dental check-up, the more can be found on the pharyngeal mucosa in herpes hair, hand, foot and other remote parts are also papules or herpes, generally have a grain of rice or mung bean sample size, were round or oval, surrounded by flush, no obvious sense of itching.

Some children will also be a similar rash around the anus kind of rash. Different from it and chickenpox. Chickenpox rash to the trunk main. Hand, Foot and mouth disease rash mainly in the extremities, parents can still determine.

Expert Tips

Under normal circumstances, the patient recovered 7 to 10 days after the herpes healing, not crusted, without leaving any scar. But a very small number of patients may be complicated by pneumonia, myocarditis, meningitis, and even life-threatening. Therefore, prevention and treatment of hand, foot and mouth disease can not be ignored.

Hand, Foot and mouth disease in three major characteristics of

Love attack on the small kids

Hand, Foot and mouth disease virus is a major target for children under 5 years of age, particularly in children aged 1 to 2 mainly. Infected with the disease, the child usually will continue to heat, heat range of 2 to 7 days. The higher the temperature, thermal process longer, more serious the condition. Associated with mouth pain, throat pain, drooling, do not eat anything. A few days later, hand, foot, mouth, buttocks and other parts would be a rash.

Can be transmitted via a variety of ways

Hand, Foot and mouth disease easily transmitted, the virus primarily through the mouth into the intestine, can be a vector of food, water, saliva, air, dirty hands, toys and so on. Another child likes to lick hands, or try this touch that face to the face, intimate talk, so the kids will be infected sneezes.

The virus would violate heart, brain, kidneys and other vital organs

To enhance patient care, such as high fever, elevated white blood cell of unknown causes but can not find the other Gan Ranzao time, we must guard against the occurrence of fulminant myocarditis. Central nervous system symptoms to more common in children less than 2 years of age.

Learn symptoms, early prevention

★ Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease is currently no vaccine. The key to prevent Hand, Foot and mouth disease is usually to develop good hygiene practices.

★ period of high incidence of the disease, parents should enhance children’s nutrition and enhance their immunity.

★ supervise their children develop hand-washing before meals, will be back, do not drink unboiled water, do not eat cold and not a net food habits.

★ Parents should also be children’s tableware, toys and other supplies and timely disinfection, prevention of disease from the mouth.

★ best to avoid letting their children to crowded public places to prevent children and children with close contact.

★ Parents should also note that children’s rest, to avoid sunlight exposure, reduced resistance to prevent fatigue.

If the illness, how to care for

★ baby should stay at home after illness, until the fever, rash and blisters scab dissipated. Separation normally takes 2 weeks.

★ children used toys, utensils or other items should be thoroughly disinfected. Commonly used chlorine disinfectant soaking and boiling disinfection. Should not be cooked or soaked items to be placed in sunlight exposure. Faeces of children with chlorine disinfectants subject to 2 hours after dumping.

★ children should be fresh air inside the room, the temperature suitable for regular window ventilation, air disinfection daily. Staff room should be avoided too much, smoke to prevent the air foul, and secondary infection.

★ children should stay in bed for a week, multi-drink warm water. Children with fever, oral herpes, appetite poor, unwilling to eat. Food should light, tasty, digestible, oral erosion can eat liquid food. Fasting cold, spicy, salty and spicy food and so on.

★ oral hygiene should be maintained to prevent secondary bacterial infection, gargle with warm water for each meal. When there is erosion of oral aureomycin Tu, cod liver oil in order to alleviate pain, promote healing of erosion at an early date.

★ children with clothing, bedding should be clean. Clothing should be large, soft, often change. Beds should be dried flat. Children cropped nails, if necessary, children wrapped their hands to prevent the scratch rash.

★ buttocks rash of babies, children should always clean the toilet, keep the buttocks clean and dry.

★ herpes rupture, partial erasure 1% gentian violet can be, or antibiotic ointment.

★ Hand, Foot and mouth disease is generally low heat or medium-degree heat, no special treatment, will allow children the water. Such as the temperature higher than 38.5 ℃, can be under the guidance of a doctor taking antipyretic.

Medicine how to treat

Western medicine

If there are no complications, most of the week children hand foot and mouth disease can be cured. Principle of treatment is mainly symptomatic treatment, the doctors under the guidance of vitamin B, C, and antiviral drugs. In addition, the hand, foot and mouth disease could be combined myocarditis, encephalitis, meningitis and other illnesses, should be promptly reviewed.

TCM

★ honeysuckle, Banlangen, 6 grams each Forsythia, Coptis 3 grams, Jianshui mouthwash.

★ If the pain was severe, or there are red and swollen gums can be used Banlangen 10 grams, skullcap, white moss skin of 6 grams, 3 grams pairs of flowers, bamboo leaves, mint, 2 grams each, Jianshui rinse.

★ Hand, Foot and swelling significantly, available baicalin, berberine, paeonol each 10 grams, 6 grams of safflower, Jianshui immersion.

★ If you feel itching, available habitat, paeonol, Banlangen, white moss skin, Kochia scoparia each 10 grams, 20 grams Caulis Lonicerae, safflower 6 grams, Jianshui wash affected area 3 times a day, qd for 1 week.

Dietary Therapy

★ lotus leaf porridge: Xian Heye 2, 50 grams of rice would be Lotus leaf shredding, porridge for the baby to eat.

★ Bamboo 20, wick 10, lentils 15 grams, 6 grams of talc, add a little sugar, Jianshui baby to drink.

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