Hand-foot-and-mouth disease has entered a high incidence period, please put away this prevention and control guide!

HFMD is a common childhood infectious disease caused by a variety of human enteroviruses, most commonly occurring in children aged 5 years and younger (especially infants and young children aged 1-2 years).

Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is high in April-July, the first epidemic peak in May-August, and a sub-peak in October-December in some years. It is highly contagious and occurs in collective places such as childcare institutions and schools.

Another case of a child who died of hand, foot and mouth disease!

So, what exactly is hand-foot-and-mouth disease?

How is the disease transmitted?

What are the precautions?

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What is hand-foot-and-mouth disease?

Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a common infectious disease in children caused by enteroviruses, and its incubation period is mostly 2-10 days, mainly characterized by fever and rashes or herpes on the hands, mouth, feet and other parts.

It is more common in children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years, especially in the age of 3 years. People are generally susceptible to enteroviruses, and infection can occur in different age groups. Of course, older children and adults may also be infected, and sometimes one person will get sick and the whole family will be infected.

Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) can occur throughout the year, peaking in spring and summer in the south, and the infection may be related to the fact that enteroviruses prefer hot and humid environments.

How is hand-foot-and-mouth disease transmitted to children?

The main route of transmission is that the enterovirus can be transmitted through the gastrointestinal tract, that is, fecal-oral transmission, or through respiratory droplets, coughing, sneezing, close contact, etc., which is highly contagious and the transmission route is more complex.

It can also be transmitted through contact with the patient's mouth and nose secretions, skin or mucous membranes, vesicle fluid, and contaminated hands and objects, and it is unclear whether it can be transmitted through water or food.

What are the symptoms of hand-foot-and-mouth disease?

01

Your baby has a persistent high fever

Body temperature 38.5 ° C for more than 3 days

02

Neurologic abnormalities

Drowsiness, headache, vomiting, convulsions, etc. occur

03

Pre-signs of heart failure

Increased heart rate, cold limbs, cold sweat

Children under 3 years of age,

It is most likely to develop into severe illness!

Once the virus invades,

It may enter the brain with the blood circulation,

Causes encephalitis, meningitis, intracranial hypertension,

As soon as 2 to 4 days, it can lead to death!

Inactivated vaccine against enterovirus type 71 (EV-71) prevents HAND-FOOT-and-mouth disease (which reduces the incidence of severe and fatal hand-foot-and-mouth disease and is not protective against other enterovirus-induced HFMD infections). The vaccine is targeted at children aged 6 months to 5 years and is encouraged to complete the vaccination procedure before the age of 12 months, and the sooner children aged 1 year and older, the better.

How should it be prevented in daily life?

01 Avoid contact with patients

Avoid intimate contact with sick patients, avoid hugging and sharing toys, utensils, toiletries, and thus avoid infection.

02 Wash your hands

Handwashing is very important to prevent hand-foot-and-mouth disease, children like to touch around, there will be enterovirus on their hands, and then when they grab food, or when children eat and play, they will get sick.

It is recommended that before meals, after the toilet, children should wash their hands after playing outside, and use the seven-step hand washing method to wash well, usually use soap to wash their hands, after suspected contact with patients, because the enterovirus is not sensitive to alcohol, do not use alcohol-based hand sanitizer, you can choose to use soap or chlorine-containing hand sanitizer to wash your hands.

03 Pay attention to food hygiene

Vegetables, fruits, and meat contaminated with feces will contain enteroviruses, and fruits must be cleaned, preferably peeled before eating; do not give children raw vegetables; do not eat meat that is not fully cooked.

04 Quarantine after illness

Not only to prevent child infection, when the child is sick, do not go out to infect other children, it is recommended to limit the sick child to the home, at least until the fluid in the herpes on the body is dry (about 1 week) before going out to contact other children.

05 Adults go home to wash their faces and wash their hands and touch children

Adults will also be infected with enteroviruses, mostly asymptomatic infections, but there is contagious, the virus in the adult respiratory tract, hands retention, so adults go out to go home, be sure to wash their faces, wash their hands and then contact children.

Preventing hand-foot-and-mouth disease requires not only the efforts of parents,

Schools and societies also need to pay attention,

Only then can children grow up healthy and happy