Adults can also be infected with their hands, feet, and mouth, such as me

Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a disease that parents are very familiar with, and it is still the season of high incidence of hand-foot-and-mouth disease, coupled with the opening of schools, many families have won the bid. And the upcoming Golden Week of The Eleventh Golden Week also requires our attention to this.

This time, it is a special reminder that many parents think that the hand, foot and mouth is only a childhood disease, but in fact, adults may also be infected. Today's author dad is infected by a sick child because he ignored this risk, let's look at his illness.

The first sentence of the CDC's page on hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) reads" "Hand, foot, and mouth disease is a common viral illness that usually affects infantsand children younger than 5 years old. However, it can sometimes occur inadults.” (HFMD is a common viral disease in infants and children under 5 years of age, although it sometimes occurs in adults.) And this time, I was accidentally put by However.

Last week, the child had a fever after school from kindergarten, and with the appearance of herpes on the mouth and hands, it was basically concluded that it was the hand, foot and mouth. Fortunately, in addition to the high temperature of the fever, the spirit and diet are not bad, so I don't worry much. However, the mistake at the time was that although it was known that adults could also get their hands on it, they completely ignored the risk of such a low-probability event with the confidence of never winning the lottery. Just suspended school, did not seriously do protection and isolation at home, and kissed the sick number.

The overconfident retribution arrived after 4 days of blockages on the road, and the first shot began with a high fever. At that time, I thought it was the flu, and swallowed a tablet of anti-fever medicine and passed out. The next day, the temperature slowly dropped, but before I could please myself, I saw that my hands began to bubble, and I could clearly feel the stinging sensation of herpes in my throat. At this time, I finally understood that it was the lottery ticket that I had won.

What is more depressing is that compared with infants and young children's hands, feet and mouths, the general disease of adult hands, feet and mouths is not obvious, and this time my rash situation is much more painful than my last home, the little comrade who can be very happy to watch cartoons and not go to school when he is sick. Her hands, feet and mouth add up to less than 10 herpes, less than a finger I have. From day 2 to day 4, it was the time when my rash broke out and worsened, and from day 5, it gradually improved. During the tragic state, the picture will not be released, and it is estimated that it will be regarded as an umbrella company employee who accidentally ran out of Raccoon Town.

To introduce such an experience of illness, the most important thing is to remind you that parents are also the subjects of hand-foot-and-mouth disease, please do not take it lightly while taking care of your children. In general, the manifestations of adult hand, foot and mouth disease are relatively mild, and it is likely to be regarded as a common cold or not noticed at all. However, there are also opinions that the incidence of adult hand-foot-and-mouth disease has increased in recent years, which requires us to consider the problem of controlling the spread of hand-foot-and-mouth disease more seriously:

Hand-foot-and-mouth disease itself is not a disease, but a series of viral infections that cause the same manifestations. Therefore, it will not be like some viral diseases, and it will be immune to recovery from the disease. At present, there is no corresponding vaccine for hand-foot-and-mouth disease on the market.

At present, there is no specific drug for hand-foot-and-mouth disease, and there is no need to take some so-called "special drugs", which excludes the possibility of severe illness, as long as the drug is used for specific symptoms such as fever and herpes.

Whether children or adults have hand-foot-and-mouth disease, the treatment methods are similar: observe the mental state, if there is mental malaise, etc., it should be sent to the hospital in time; targeted fever reduction, pay attention to hydration; pay attention to the difficulty of eating and drinking caused by oral damage; pay attention to the care of rashes.

Relative to nursing, the same need for great attention is the issue of isolation. The course of HFMD is generally about one week, but the isolation time should be 2 weeks. Don't go to school right away when the fever or rash subsides. In addition, hand-foot-and-mouth disease can be transmitted through skin contact, droplets, public tableware towels, etc., so isolation should be all-round.

The symptoms of adult infection with HFTOV are likely not obvious, but they are still contagious at this time, that is to say, parents may be infected with HFMV without their knowledge, and then go home to transmit it to their children, so children and parents must develop and maintain good hygiene habits every day.

According to the WHO report, the overall incidence of hand-foot-and-mouth disease in China this year is lower than last year, and the highest incidence of hand-foot-and-mouth disease in China every year is in April-July, but September-October is the secondary peak, and parents still need to pay more attention.

If you choose to travel abroad on Eleven, then it is necessary to note that the entire East Asian region is a high incidence of hand-foot-and-mouth disease. According to the latest report on the WHO website (25 August), the incidence of the disease in our surrounding countries and regions is:

There have been outbreaks of HFMD in Japan since 2013, but at the end of September, it has entered a low tide period of annual HFMD;

Hong Kong is the low tide of hand-foot-and-mouth disease every October, but it should be noted that the incidence of hand-foot-and-mouth disease is higher than in previous years since the beginning of autumn this year;

Since August, the incidence of hand-foot-and-mouth disease in Macao has begun to improve, but in previous years, it is presumed that October and November may still be a high incidence period;

There are more hand, foot and mouth cases in Singapore this year than in the previous two years, and the seasonal pattern of annual incidence is not obvious;

Vietnam was the peak of the incidence of HFMD last October, and more than 70% of hand,ft-mouth cases are currently occurring in the south, so families traveling to southern Vietnam need to be aware.