Hand, foot and mouth in Hanoi doubled
The leader of the Hanoi Preventive Medicine Center said that the number of hand, foot and mouth cases from the beginning of the year until now is more than 1,600 cases, nearly doubled compared to the same period last year.Currently, an average of 30-50 new cases per week.
At the National Hospital of Pediatrics, from the beginning of the year until now, the hospital has received more than 770 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, including many serious complications in the heart, lungs, brain, especially encephalitis complications of 15-20%, while every year this rate is below 5%.Currently, there are 12 children being treated at the infectious department.
At BV Vietnam - Cuba, Dr. Nguyen Thi Anh Xuan, Head of Pediatrics Department, said that 1 month ago, on average, the Faculty only received 3-4 bamboo with hand, foot and mouth, but the current figure increased more than 2Time, from 8-10 shifts.
If the whole country is calculated, from the beginning of the year until now, there have been nearly 54,000 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, 6 cases of death in the southern provinces.
The above figures show that hand, foot and mouth disease is in danger of strong outbreak.This requires parents with young children to calm down, equip themselves with sufficient amount of knowledge about the disease to be able to distinguish hand, foot and mouth disease from other diseases early so that their children can be treated early,Limit bad complications.
Signs that are easily confusing
Hand, foot and mouth disease has the same manifestations as many other diseases.Should often make parents confuse with other diseases such as chicken pox or ulcer - mouth heat ... leading to slow treatment, improper treatment, making the disease progress faster and difficult to control when severe.
The characteristic of the mouth ulcer is that there are usually red or damaged sores in the mouth.When breaking, it will form ulcers in the mouth.
And the rashes due to hand, foot and mouth disease are a bit different.Note usually has different colors, sizes and shapes.The rash is from 2 - 5mm in size, in the middle is dark gray and oval.
Hand, foot and mouth disease is often confused with herpes virus stomatitis.(Photo: Artwork)
According to experts, to distinguish in this situation, parents should check if those burns appear in the soles of the feet, pillows, palms, buttocks of children.If so, it is necessary to pay attention, because it is likely that at this time the child has hand, foot and mouth disease.
PhD.Nguyen Thi Anh Xuan, Head of Pediatric Department, Vietnam - Cuba Hospital, said many viruses can cause erythema on the skin and ulcers in their mouths.However, it is possible to distinguish between hand, foot and mouth virus from other viruses equal to the age of the child.Hand, foot and mouth disease is most common in the group of 2 - 6 years old.
Hand, foot and mouth disease usually starts from symptoms such as high fever and mouth pain, sore throat, pneumonia, bronchitis, acute diarrhea ... These symptoms make children tired.
After that, the ulcer develops in the child's mouth, followed by the rashes in the hands and feet.
Hand, foot and mouth disease is a viral disease infection with respiratory and gastrointestinal tract, so the disease is easily spread into fluid and develops rapidly.
Children with hand, foot and mouth often have rashes in both hands and feet.
Currently, hand, foot and mouth without specific treatment that the drug is mainly treated to support symptoms.
“A pathology with symptoms is similar to the hand, foot and mouth disease is the stomatitis caused by the herpes virus.However, this pathology only has mouth ulcers with swollen gums, no rash on the skin ”, PhD.Xuan added.
According to experts, children who have suffered from hand, foot and mouth does not mean they cannot continue to have this disease, because the disease has some different elixites.The most common tubes are Coxsackiewus A16, A6, A10 and Entovirus 71.
Prevention of hand, foot and mouth disease for children, parents should note:
Regularly wash your hands with water and bactericidal soap for both adults and children when going to the toilet, before and after eating.Isolate children close to people with hand, foot and mouth.
Regular hygiene and sterilization of daily contact items such as toys, school supplies, door handles, tables, chairs, floors with soap or common detergents.
Children with disease must be isolated at least 10 days from the beginning of the disease.Do not allow children to show the disease to class and play with other children isolate but immediately take children to medical facilities for examination and treatment.
In addition, when children have hand, foot and mouth, parents should not abstain too for children.Because when children get sick, parents need to bathe their children daily, oral hygiene, eat enough nutrients, drink enough water to recover quickly.