How to help kids resist hand, foot and mouth disease?
Posted on October 14, 2009Filed Under Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Prevention | Leave a Comment
In light of recent concern to us than the hand, foot and mouth disease prevention and control knowledge, in the province of childhood diseases, experts said, hand, foot and mouth disease is a common childhood diseases, its prevalence was no significant regional, year-round may be the disease to more than summer and autumn See, rare in winter. Although the hand, foot and mouth disease is preventable, treatable, controllable, but it must not be taken lightly, the importance of early prevention and ensure early detection and early treatment.
Incidence of performance: since the beginning of flu-like illness
Children infected with the virus, the multi-onset fever, general fever of about 38 ℃. Some patients with early stage such as cough, runny nose and drooling like an upper respiratory infection symptoms, some children may have nausea, vomiting and other symptoms. 1 ~ 2 days after the fever began to appear rash, usually in the hand, foot, hip, or herpes, oral mucosa. Some children with no fever, only the performance of hand, foot, buttocks rash or herpes angina. The majority of children with less than a week the temperature drops, skin rash subsided back to normal.
Of transmission: close contact with susceptible
In close contact with people is an important mode of transmission. 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. Drinking or ingestion of virus-contaminated water, food, Infection can also occur.
Family Prevention: not to eat raw diligent hand-washing
Spring is a season prone to intestinal virus infection, we must pay attention to the environment, food sanitation and hygiene. Do not drink unboiled water, do not eat cold food, wash their hands before meals and after, maintain good indoor ventilation. Try not to bring infants and young children to crowded places. Breast-feeding mothers should wash bath, diligence and change clothes, wash nipple before breast-feeding. Found that child had a fever, rash and other symptoms there as soon as possible to a regular hospital. After the suspension of sick children go to kindergartens and schools should be to prevent transmission to others, to prevent further infection of other diseases. According to the doctor’s advice to decide whether to stay in hospital under observation, or hospital treatment. Children of families should use soap, disinfectant for daily necessities, toys, diapers for disinfection of milk set, tableware boiling disinfection. Faeces and other waste can be used in children with disinfectant or bleach disinfection; to clothing, sun exposure, indoor maintain ventilation.
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