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Hand, foot and mouth disease is a common infectious disease in children. Most children with the disease will recover on their own, but there are still some children who experience complications affecting the brain, heart, etc. So are children, startled in hand, foot and mouth disease a complication?
1. What is hand, foot and mouth disease?
Hand, foot and mouth disease is an infectious disease caused by enteric viruses, most commonly Coxsackievirus A16 and Enterovirus 71 (EV71). The disease is transmitted easily through the gastrointestinal tract or through contact with blisters, feces, saliva or nasopharyngeal secretions
EV71 is uncommon but is the type that causes very serious complications. According to statistics from the Department of Preventive Medicine, the deaths from hand, foot and mouth disease are mainly caused by the EV71 virus strain, in which the most common death is in children under 3 years old.
Hand, foot and mouth disease is a disease in young children and there is no vaccine to prevent it. Most sick children will recover on their own. Although it is considered a benign disease and can be completely cured, if not detected and treated in time, it can lead to very dangerous complications such as: meningitis, encephalitis, damage to the brain. heart muscle injury..., seriously affecting the health of young children. Children with damage to the heart and breathing cannot easily progress to circulatory failure, possibly death.
When you have hand, foot and mouth disease, you will first develop blisters. If blisters in the mouth will often break open to form ulcers, while blisters on palms, soles, knees, buttocks are usually not broken but will dry out and then heal. The course of the disease usually lasts from 5 to 7 days, sometimes more than 10 days.
About 90% of children with hand, foot and mouth disease will get better on their own. The remaining children may have some complications such as affecting the brain causing respiratory failure, affecting the heart causing myocarditis, heart failure, causing acute pulmonary edema...
When the child has the symptoms of complications, it is necessary to take the child to the hospital immediately, because the time to save the child's life at this time is only about 6-12 hours.
Startling is one of the three typical severe manifestations of hand, foot and mouth. This is a sign that the child has been infected with neurotoxicity, if not treated promptly, it can cause dangerous complications such as encephalitis, meningitis, encephalitis,...
2. Startled in hand, foot and mouth disease is there a complication?
Startling signs in hand, foot and mouth disease in children are quite special. Children will often startle and struggle when parents put the child down. You can recognize the startling signs in children as follows:
The child just fell asleep when he jerked his body, raised both arms and legs, opened his eyes to look up and then closed his eyes. If the condition is more severe, the child will startle continuously, even startle even during deep sleep. There are many cases of babies who have just laid on their backs and were startled. Children are startled even while playing. Parents should pay attention to whether the number of startled children increases over time. In addition, some children show signs of walking unsteadily as usual, or vomiting, vomiting continuously. Some other children show signs of shaking hands or shaking the body. In fact, there are also children who show tired breathing, abnormal breathing, lethargic sleep and do not wake up to play, or children may have a cold sweat. These are signs that parents need to take their children to the hospital right away.
In addition to the startling expression, there are two other signs of hand, foot and mouth neurotoxicity that parents need to pay close attention to, if there are these symptoms, the child should be taken to the hospital immediately for treatment. Timely:
At a very early stage: Children show signs of crying a lot, all night without sleep, every 15-20 minutes the child wakes up crying for about 15-20 minutes and then goes back to sleep, making many parents think that Because sore mouth sores make it difficult for children to sleep. Due to a very strong inflammatory response in the body, causing neurotoxicity: Children with fever above 38 degrees for more than 48 hours do not respond to conventional antipyretic drugs. For example, a child with a high fever of 39-40 degrees does not go down, even after giving the child fever-reducing medicine, the temperature is not significant, even then the child continues to have a high fever. If the child's fever is not high or the fever can be reduced, but the child has a fever for more than 48 hours, you should take the child to the doctor immediately. According to specialists, parents need to monitor and recognize early symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease, to avoid severe progression. Early symptoms include:
Children have symptoms such as mouth sores, mouth ulcers. Children develop rashes, sores, or blisters on the palms of their hands, soles of their feet, buttocks, knees, or elbows. It should be noted that there are also cases of children with skin lesions all over the body, which are difficult to distinguish from a rash. Some children even develop very large blisters, easily confused with chickenpox. Sometimes children only have mouth sores, parents think it may be because the child is teething, because the child is just anorexic or salivating.
3. How to take care of children with hand, foot and mouth disease
The way to care for children with hand, foot and mouth disease is mainly a child's diet, because when the child is sick, it will be difficult to eat. You should give your baby foods that are easy to digest. If your child has a lot of mouth pain, you need to take him to the doctor to give him medicine to relieve pain in the mouth. With good care, the child will recover from the disease in 5-7 days.
However, the most important thing is still monitoring so that complications can be detected early with signs such as startling, sleep changes. If left too late, the child may have symptoms such as tired breathing, convulsions, rapid pulse, then failure to catch the pulse.
You can actively prevent hand, foot and mouth disease for children with very simple measures, which should be done every day such as:
Instruct children to wash their hands often with soap. Adults always wash their hands after caring for children, changing diapers, after coughing or sneezing, after using the toilet, and before preparing food. Do not let children touch areas that have not been cleaned and disinfected. Clean items that children use every day. In particular, keep children away from children who are sick or have signs of suspected hand, foot and mouth disease. Pediatrics Department - Vinmec International General Hospital is the address for receiving and examining diseases that infants and young children are susceptible to: viral fever, bacterial fever, otitis media, pneumonia in children, hands Foot and mouth ... With modern equipment, sterile space, minimizing the impact as well as the risk of disease spread. Along with that is the dedication from experienced doctors who specialize in pediatric patients, making the examination no longer a concern for parents.
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