What is hand, foot and mouth disease in children
Posted on October 19, 2009Filed Under Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease Diagnosis | Leave a Comment
What is hand, foot and mouth disease in children? What are the characteristics?
Hand, Foot and mouth disease occurred in children with an acute infectious disease caused by intestinal viruses come often occurs in 4 to 7 months, three more children under the age of opinion, can be scattered in a family disease, can also be in nurseries, kindergartens or primary schools took place pop collective.
In the early stages, children may have fever, mouth pain, throat pain, drooling, not love things and other symptoms. 1 ~ 2 days after the child’s hands, feet and mouth, etc., there may be red spots, spots gradually developed into herpes, herpes slightly cloudy liquid within. Mainly due to herpes-based diseases, but also more concentrated in children with hand, foot and mouth and other parts, so called hand, foot and mouth disease.
After the formation of ulcers due to herpes simplex ulceration, therefore, the children suffering from hand, foot and mouth disease usually affected due to mouth pain, feeding, eating, crying disturbed. Most children in the 3 ~ 4 days, herpes can be self-limiting, or desquamation and healing, the prognosis is good, only a very small number of children may be complicated by myocarditis, or diseases such as aseptic meningitis.
Got hand, foot and mouth disease in children how to do?
Because of this disease is caused by a viral infection, there is no more effective treatment, but treatment can take the following measures:
① taking anti-viral drugs, such as ribavirin and so on.
② maintaining local clean to avoid secondary bacterial infection.
③ oral cavity due to erosion, eating difficulties in children, you can stream to the easy-to-digest food, or semi-liquid food, mouthwash after meals.
④ local aureomycin liver oil can be used to relieve pain and promote healing of erosive surface at an early date.
⑤ When the children have a fever, you can use some heat-clearing and detoxifying Chinese medicine. General 1 ~ 2 weeks to heal.
Such as in the nursery or kindergarten in popularity, the first children and healthy children should be isolated, will toy with the disinfectant disinfection; healthy children can be given orally to prevent Banlangen granules.
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