Hand foot and mouth disease is a very common disease, with the development of society, the virus also increases. Many people are worried about the prevalence of HFMD. There is no vaccine for HFMD, so how to prevent HFMD? Let's introduce it.
Hand foot and mouth disease is a highly infectious disease, which often occurs in children under five years old. It is caused by a variety of enteroviruses.
Spring is the high incidence period of HFMD. The hidden infection rate of HFMD is high. Patients and hidden infectors are the main sources of infection. The disease is mainly transmitted through food contaminated by feces, saliva and pharyngeal secretions of patients. Direct contact with blisters penetrated by patients can also transmit the virus. The virus in throat secretions and saliva of patients can be transmitted through air droplets. The patient's feces are still infectious for several weeks.
At present, there are no measures to prevent hand foot and mouth disease
1. We should wash our hands frequently, do a good job in environmental hygiene, food hygiene and personal hygiene, and control the entry of good diseases from the mouth.
2. Hand foot and mouth disease often occurs in places where infants gather. Therefore, nurseries, schools and other units should do a good job in morning examination, find suspected patients in time and isolate them in time.
3. The contaminated food, daily necessities, tableware, toys, bedclothes and toilet should be disinfected in time. The clothes should be exposed to the sun, and the indoor ventilation should be maintained.
4. The main measure to prevent HFMD is to deal with the feces of patients and cut off the route of transmission.
5. During the period, parents should try to reduce the chance of children being infected in public places.
6. During the epidemic period, check the children's skin (mainly palms and soles of feet) and oral cavity for abnormalities every morning, and pay attention to the changes of children's body temperature.
Hand foot mouth disease (HFMD) is a common multiple infectious disease, mainly in infants, which can be caused by a variety of enteroviruses, EV71 virus is one of them. Generally, it occurs throughout the year, with a high incidence from May to July.
Hand foot mouth disease generally has mild symptoms. When most patients get sick, they often have fever first, with macular papules and herpes on the palms and soles of the feet (red around the rash), herpes and / or ulcer on the oral mucosa, and obvious pain. Some patients may have cough, runny nose, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and headache. A small number of patients with severe condition, can be complicated with encephalitis, meningitis, myocarditis, pneumonia, etc., if not treated in time can endanger life.
1. How is HFMD transmitted? Is there a vaccine
HFMD is transmitted through many ways, mainly through close contact with the patient's feces, herpes fluid and respiratory secretions (such as sneezing droplets, etc.) and contaminated hands, towels, handkerchiefs, dental cups, toys, tableware, milk bottles, bedding, etc. At present, there is no vaccine for HFMD, but as long as it is found and treated early, it is completely preventable and curable.
2. Who is prone to HFMD
Infants and children are more common, and infants under 3 years old are more likely to get diseases. As the immune system of adults is relatively perfect, once infected, adults generally do not get sick and have no symptoms. But the infection will spread the virus, so adults also need to do a good job of protection, to avoid transmission to children.