Home care of patients with hand, foot and mouth disease
Posted on October 14, 2009Filed Under Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Care | Leave a Comment
Hand, Foot and mouth disease is currently no effective therapy for treating, mainly symptomatic treatment and care mainly. Therefore, children suffering from hand, foot and mouth disease, the parents do care and work on rehabilitation and prognosis in children is very important.
One, isolate disinfected should first isolated in children and healthy children. If condition is not serious in children should stay at home 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.
2, indoor air ventilation in children with bedroom windows should be on a regular basis, daily lactic acid fumigation can be used for air disinfection. The amount of lactic acid, 2ml per 10 square meters of space calculated by adding appropriate amount in the water, heating evaporation so that lactic acid thin fog lifted in the air.
Third, children with a balanced diet should be within a week of bed rest, multi-drink warm water. Children with fever, oral herpes, loss of appetite, so eating in order to light, tasty, digestible, oral ulcer or erosion can eat liquid diet.
4, oral health oral hygiene should be maintained to prevent secondary bacterial infection, for each meal and use hot water or dilute brine mouthwash, dental erosion may have painted aureomycin, cod liver oil in order to alleviate pain, promote healing of erosion at an early date.
5, skin care for skin rash in children, clothing, to clean, clothing should be loose, soft, if necessary, children with both hands wrapped to prevent the scratch rash. Buttocks rash children, children should always clean up the toilet, keep the buttocks clean and dry. Herpes rupture, partial or antibiotic ointment may be rubbed gentian violet, but should not use hormone-containing ointment.
6, to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease fever in children is generally low heat or moderate fever, no special treatment, will allow children the water. If a temperature over 38 ℃, can be under the guidance of a doctor the appropriate use of antipyretics. But the need to pay attention, do not see the heat on the back, affecting children with rash, the virus inside the closed, so that sicker.
7 to prevent complications due to hand, foot and mouth disease caused by intestinal viruses also have features against the brain and the heart can cause meningitis, myocarditis and other complications, so parents should closely observe the child’s condition changes, found that children with high fever, severe headache, vomiting, pale, crying, anxiety, or lethargy should immediately go to hospital.
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