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Hand, foot and mouth disease is an acute infectious disease caused by Coxsackievirus and Enterovirus 71 (EV71) and is spread by the gastrointestinal tract, with a rapid rate of spread, with the risk of outbreaks into epidemics.The disease is usually transmitted through nasopharyngeal secretions, fluid from blisters or feces of an infected person. The first week of illness is the most contagious. Anyone is at risk for hand, foot and mouth disease, especially children. Therefore, it is necessary to have a way to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease in children so that the disease does not spread into an epidemic.
If prevention measures are not taken, children can become infected and show symptoms after about 3-7 days of infection. Symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease are common such as rash, mouth ulcers, fever or not. For typical skin lesions such as erythema, after developing into blisters, the location appears on the palms, legs, buttocks ... hand foot mouth does not cause pain, does not itch, when cured, The rash will go away without leaving a scar.
Children are unable to self-prevent hand-foot-and-mouth disease, so when mouth ulcers are painful, they eat poorly, they cry.... Parents should actively seek ways to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease in children because this is The disease can also cause dangerous complications.
In the event that hand, foot and mouth disease cannot be prevented and the child gets sick, after treatment, it will completely recover and leave no sequelae, however, immunity to hand, foot and mouth disease in children is not sustainable. This is a disease that can be caused by many viruses, so even though children have completely recovered and have taken measures to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease, children are still at risk of getting the disease again.
The best way to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease in school-age children is to regularly clean the items children use often, the child's living environment, when in contact with children, parents need to wash their hands thoroughly. , when going out and interacting with other children, when coming home, they need to bathe or change clothes for the child. In case a child is found to have hand, foot and mouth disease, the environment should be isolated and disinfected to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease and limit the spread to other children. Vaccination is an effective and safe way to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease.
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