Spring and summer is a high incidence period of HFMD for infants. It is necessary to pay attention to the baby at home. Besides not allowing adults to kiss the baby, it is also necessary to do a good job in cleaning the baby. It's about HFMD. You have to know something about it. Let's know.
Is the rash of HFMD getting better soon
Now hand foot mouth disease does gradually enter the epidemic season, and more children are suffering from hand foot mouth disease. Parents should pay attention to the rash of children's hands, feet and mouth, and take it seriously. Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is an infectious disease of children, also known as eruptive vesicular stomatitis. Most of them occur in children under 5 years old, which can cause herpes in hands, feet, mouth and other parts. A few of them can cause myocarditis, pulmonary edema, aseptic meningoencephalitis and other complications. Most hand foot mouth diseases are caused by fever, generally around 38 ℃. There are scattered herpes in the oral mucosa, the size of rice grain, and obvious pain; there are rice grain size herpes in the palm or foot, and the buttocks can be affected. There is inflammatory erythema around herpes and less fluid in the blister. So a rash of HFMD is not a good sign.
Rash of HFMD can be cured in a few days
If hand foot mouth disease has no other complications, the prognosis is generally good. The long blisters on the hand can self heal in about a week, while the pockmarks will take about a month to subside, generally leaving no trace and no pigmentation.
The rash characteristics of HFMD can be abbreviated as' four unlike 'and' four not '. Because the rash is not like mosquito bites, drug rashes, lips, gums or chicken pox, it is often called "four unlike". Moreover, it has the characteristics of no pain, no itching, no scab and no scar.
Precautions for hand, foot and mouth disease
1. Keep children away from other healthy children
Parents need to pay attention to whether or not there are typical HFMD symptoms, as long as the child is infected with the enterovirus that can cause HFMD, it will become the source of virus infection, as long as other children are exposed to the faeces, respiratory secretions and blister fluid of the child, they are likely to be infected with HFMD.
2. Disinfect daily utensils
Parents also need to disinfect their children's daily utensils, such as pacifiers, bottles, tableware, towels and other items, which need to be soaked in hot water above 50 ℃ for 30 minutes or boiled for 3 minutes.
3. In addition, children's toys, desks, chairs, clothes, bedpans and other items should also be cleaned every day with disinfectants containing chlorine (such as 84 disinfectant or bleaching powder).
4. Bed rest
For children with HFMD, parents should let their children rest in bed and give them warm boiled water. In terms of diet, they should pay attention to light, delicious and digestible diet. If the child has symptoms of oral erosion, then you can give the child some liquid food, to avoid letting the child eat cold, spicy, salty and other stimulating food.