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Can HFMD be transmitted to adults? Tips to prevent hand foot mouth disease

Every spring is the season of high incidence of HFMD, so parents must be very vigilant. When taking their children out to play, they must avoid bacterial infection and go to places where there are many people. What should we do to prevent HFMD?

Q: can you get lifelong immunity from HFMD once?

A: after a disease, although the child can produce certain resistance to the enterovirus causing the infection, a variety of enteroviruses can cause the disease. Therefore, children who have had HFMD once may be infected again in the future.

Q: is HFMD contagious?

A: it's contagious. HFMD is moderately contagious. Human to human transmission is through direct contact with nasal and pharyngeal secretions or feces. It is the most infectious in the first week. HFMD does not spread between people and animals or pets.

Q: is there a vaccine to prevent HFMD?

A: since the virus that causes the epidemic of HFMD is uncertain every time, and the course of the disease is mild, there is no specific vaccination for this disease.

Four tips to prevent hand foot mouth disease in children

In children with hand foot mouth disease, there are small white herpes or red papules about the size of millet or mung bean and red around the buccal, tongue, soft palate, hard palate, inner lip, hand foot heart, elbow, knee, buttock and anterior vulva. Mothers should learn basic family nursing measures in order to effectively prevent and deal with the occurrence of HFMD.

About hand foot mouth disease, I believe that mothers will not be unfamiliar, because it is often plagued by a common disease of the baby. Hand foot mouth disease is an infectious disease caused by enterovirus. Its main symptoms are as follows: baby's buccal, tongue, soft palate, hard palate, inner lip, heart of hand, foot, elbow, knee, buttock and anterior genitalia, with small white blisters or red papules about the size of millet or mung bean and red around. The baby becomes restless, feverish, salivating and unwilling to eat due to oral pain.

To prevent hand foot mouth disease in children, mothers should pay attention to the following four aspects:

1. Babies should wash their hands before meals, after defecation and after going out;

2. During the epidemic period of HFMD, we should take the baby less to crowded public places to reduce the chance of infection;

3. Keep the room clean and ventilated; often clean and disinfect baby's tableware and toys;

4. For the baby to supplement adequate nutrition, and ensure adequate sleep, in order to enhance the body immunity.

In diet, mother can refer to the following 'Lily almond red bean porridge', for children with hand foot mouth disease has the role of adjuvant treatment.

Lily, almond and red bean porridge: detoxify and discharge pus, moisten lung and relieve cough, promote diuresis and detumescence

Ingredients: 10g lily, 6G almond, 60g adzuki bean, 60g rice

Seasoning: rock sugar 20g

Method:

1. Peel and wash the lily, clean the red bean and rice respectively;

2. Add water to the pot, first put the almonds into the pot to soak for 10 minutes, then open fire to heat, wait for the water to boil and take out for standby;

3. In another pot of water, add red beans and rice. After boiling over high heat, simmer over low heat for 20 minutes;

4. Add the lily and almond and cook together, continue to cook for about 10 minutes, then add the rock sugar.