What is hand, foot and mouth disease?

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a highly contagious disease and outbreak. The disease causes water-burned lesions on the skin and many unpleasant symptoms. Every year, from months 3-5 and 9-12, there are often outbreaks in many parts of Vietnam due to favorable conditions for pathogens to develop.
This is one of the common pathologies with a fairly high incidence in children due to the weak resistance of young children, making it easy for pathogens to attack. The disease is easily spread from one child to another when exposed, easy to break out in crowded places such as schools, parks, amusement parks ...
Hand, foot and mouth not only cause discomfort for children but also can potentially risk dangerous complications such as meningitis, encephalitis, myocarditis, acute pulmonary edema... If parents are subjective in treating the child or the child is detected when it is too late.

What are the causes of hand, foot and mouth in children?

The main cause of hand, foot and mouth disease in children is due to an intestinal virus called Coxsackie A16 and Enterovirus 71 (EV71). They can survive for many hours in the wild and are difficult to eradicate. When encountering favorable climatic and environmental conditions, the virus often breaks out strongly and attacks young children.
According to experts, the virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease often resides in the fluid from the acne spots of the disease, in toys, clothes, personal belongings of infected people. Therefore, young children are at very high risk of spreading the disease if:
– Direct contact with people or children who are suffering from the disease through secretions from saliva, nasal discharge, pounding ... of the sick.

– Sharing toys of sick children and touching their eyes, nose or mouth makes it easy for the virus to enter and attack.
Regarding hand, foot and mouth disease (TCM), in week 9, HCMC recorded 61 cases of TCM, an increase of 11.9% compared to the average of 4 weeks ago (55 cases). In particular, the number of cases increased in hospitalizations, inpatient treatment and outpatient visits. The cumulative number of cases through week 9 was 493. In week 9, the entire city recorded no new TCM outbreaks.
Link: https://www.hcmcpv.org.vn/tin-tuc/so-ca-benh-tay-chan-mieng-tang-11-9-so-voi-trung-binh-4-tuan-truoc-1491905677

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