Every year around the summer, it is a "virus transmission outbreak" that makes parents shiver.
The cases of hand-foot-and-mouth disease and herpetic angina have increased sharply, and early warnings and prevention notices have been issued throughout the country:
Occurs in children 5 years of age and younger
(especially infants and young children aged 1-2 years)
High incidence period: April to July
First peak of popularity: May-August
Secondary peak: October to December in selected years
It is highly contagious and occurs in collective places such as childcare institutions and schools.
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease belongs to the management of Class C infectious diseases, and the incubation period is generally 2 to 10 days, with no obvious warning.
How to tell if your baby is infected with hand-foot-and-mouth disease?
How to determine the incidence of hand-foot-and-mouth disease?
Chengdu CDC issued a reminder -
Self-examination of the degree of onset
Judgment part one: oral cavity
Judgment site 2: Foot
Judgment part 3: Hand part
Judgment point four: buttocks and limbs
Infected with hand-foot-and-mouth disease, what should parents do?
Doctors recommend:
The hand, foot and mouth are self-limiting diseases.
Like most infected diseases, antibiotics are not required, and there is no antiviral specific drug, it can heal itself, and the symptoms can be relieved by symptomatic medication.
Fever:
Mentally ill or hyperthermia, depyretic treatment is given, and tylenol (acetaminophen suspension drops or suspension) or merlin (ibuprofen) is recommended.
Sore throat:
If the sore throat is severe, medications to relieve the sore throat, such as oral acetaminophen and ibuprofen, can be given to ensure water intake.
Rash
Calamine lotion can be used when your baby has just developed a rash and trim your baby's nails in time to avoid scratching herpes.
If herpes ruptures, replace it with a disinfectant to prevent infection.
There are 3 kinds of severe diseases, and timely medical treatment
Most hand-foot-and-mouth diseases are mild and can heal themselves without deliberate treatment.
The CDC reminds that if the baby has the following three symptoms, it is necessary to seek medical treatment in time:
Mental psychiatric disorder: whether the child has mental difference, jumping (easy to frighten and show involuntary twitching of limbs), vomiting, drowsiness, dizziness, headache, convulsions, panic, restlessness, irritability, crying, weakness, and dislike the performance of standing abnormal posture;
Poor peripheral circulation: whether the child has poor peripheral circulation, cold hands and feet, cold sweat;
Abnormal respiratory heart rate: whether the child has an accelerated respiratory rate, uneven respiratory rhythm, or tight breathing.
Children under 3 years old are most likely to develop severe illness! Once the virus invades, it may enter the brain with blood circulation, causing encephalitis, meningitis, intracranial hypertension, as soon as 2 to 4 days, it will lead to death!
Although the onset of the disease is very common, there is no cure for hand-foot-and-mouth disease, and the focus is on prevention!!
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There is no cure, the emphasis is on prevention
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.
Vaccination targets: Children aged 6 months to 5 years
The earlier the vaccination, the better
In order to prevent infection, parents should usually eat more vegetables and fruits for their babies, do a good job of personal hygiene, wash their children's faces and wash their hands frequently, and do a good job of isolation measures.