How to prevent Hand, Foot and mouth disease in infants
Posted on October 20, 2009Filed Under Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Prevention | Leave a Comment
Experts Call for, the disease is still no vaccine in the epidemic season, parents should be less fun with a baby to public places. Educational baby develop good hygiene habits, to achieve before meals, wash their hands after using, to tableware, household items, toys, etc. should be regularly disinfected.
More “attacks” in children under 5 years old
Guangzhou, China CDC director Rosanna told reporters, hand, foot and mouth disease caused by intestinal viruses, mainly in infants under the age of 5, when the incidence of children with oral cheek, tongue, soft palate, hard palate, lips inside, hand, foot and heart , elbows, knees, hips and other parts of the former Yin will appear the size of a small grain of rice or mung bean, surrounded by red-colored or red papules small herpes. Rash like mosquito bites, unlike the rash of drugs, unlike the gums, lips herpes, but also like chicken pox, so called “grotesque”; and more non-clinical pain, no itching, no scab, no scarring of the “four No “feature. Individual patients may occur myocarditis, pulmonary edema, severe complications such as aseptic meningitis, or life-threatening. If there are no complications, most of the week children hand foot and mouth disease can be cured.
Of toys and daily necessities can be transmitted through the
“Hand, Foot and mouth disease usually by sick children’s toys, tableware, as well as daily communication, easy to cause a small pop kindergarten.” Rosanna said, hand, foot and mouth disease, latent infection and asymptomatic carriers of the virus as the main mode of transmission the source of disease is most contagious the first 1 week. Virus may be spread by close contact among people. For example, throat secretions and saliva of patients with the virus that can form droplets through a new susceptible respiratory tract infections; saliva, herpes fluid, feces, or the virus can be handled with contaminated towels, handkerchiefs, toys, utensils , milk with as well as bedding, underwear and so on, through oral transmission to others; living together in a room with the patient vulnerable to infection; drinking water contamination with the virus can also be infected with hand, foot and mouth disease.
Rosanna said, need to be reminded that the hand, foot and mouth disease-free immunity, suffered at once if they pay attention to the prevention of this disease will also be suffering from.
Little kids to crowded places
Can cause hand, foot and mouth disease there are more than 20 kinds of enteroviruses, it has not yet developed the vaccine. Rosanna pointed out that to prevent Hand, Foot and mouth disease, should start with the following aspects: First, do a good job reporting the epidemic, early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment of epidemic point to take timely preventive measures to prevent the spread of the disease spread. Second, for childcare, and other units doing morning physical examination, suspected a timely isolation and treatment of patients. The third is being polluted daily necessities, toys, utensils, furniture, etc. should be disinfected, children with faecal and other excretions of 3% bleaching powder can be soaked in disinfectant, clothing, home sun exposure, indoor maintain ventilation. Fourth, we should as little as possible for their children to crowded public places and reduce the chances of infection. 5 is to educate baby adhere to wash their hands before meals, will be back can be effective in preventing disease from the mouth.
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