Interpretation of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Since the mid-2009 early April 7, more than three months, the nationwide network of direct reporting system of infectious diseases have been reported cumulative 115,618 cases of hand, foot and mouth cases, of which 773 cases of severe, 50 patients died. Hand, Foot and mouth disease is a common intestinal infectious disease caused by a virus, one of more than occurred in infants under the age of five incubation period is generally 2 to 7 days.
Symptoms of the disease
1. The majority of children with an abrupt onset of the disease, first manifested as high fever, body temperature over 38 degrees Celsius, accompanied by headache, cough, runny nose and other symptoms, persistent body temperature, body temperature, the higher the longer the course, and my condition more weight.
2. Children with fever or fever, while 1 to 2 days, could be in their oral mucosa, lips seen in herpes, herpes ulceration after the formation of ulcers, pain, feeling heavier, children often show irritability, crying , drooling, not eating does not apply.
3. Oral herpes simplex 1 or 2 days after the children’s palms, and small Pipi Zuxin see the skin rash to soles of the feet up to the Ministry, herpes were round or oval-shaped flat as small as a grain of rice, as large as peas large , hard, and there are turbid liquid, rash around the weeks to flush.
4. Children with hand, foot and mouth disease occurred less rash on the trunk and face, usually seven days or so will be able to fade, does not cause scars, but do not leave blotting.
5. Children with hand, foot and mouth disease is a mild self-healing disease, most children with a better prognosis, a few children could be combined with severe myocarditis, encephalitis, but this may be small.
6. The whole course of the disease around the end of a week or so are generally not complicated by serious consequences, as long as proper care and will not leave any skin pigmentation marks or scars.
Cause hand, foot and mouth disease there are more than 20 kinds of enteroviruses (type), which Coxsackie virus type A16 and enterovirus 71 (EV71) the most common. Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease is not a new disease, the cases of more than 30 years of history, Zhejiang, there are some sporadic cases occur each year.
Transmission
Hand, Foot and mouth disease spread through close contact with the main crowd. Virus may be saliva, herpes fluid, feces contaminated hands, towels, handkerchiefs, tooth cups, toys, utensils, milk with as well as bedding, underwear, etc. caused by indirect contact transmission; patients with throat secretions and saliva of the virus may be droplets, such as contact with water contaminated with the virus can also be infected through the water; out-patient cross-infection and oral device sterilization failure can also lead to the spread of one of the reasons.
Prevention
Hand, Foot and mouth disease transmission and more generally susceptible infants and children. Children do individuals, families and nurseries in the health is the key to prevention of transmission of this disease.
Personal precautionary measures: 1. Before meals and after meals, or wash their hands with soap after the liquid, etc. to children wash their hands, do not let children drink unboiled water and eating cold food, avoid contact with sick children; 2. Caregivers with children before, for the children change diapers, have to wash their hands after handling feces and properly handle the dirt; 3. infant and young child to use baby bottles, pacifiers should be fully cleaned before and after use; 4. during the prevalence of this disease should not take children to the crowd, poor air circulation public places, pay attention to maintaining household sanitation, indoor and often ventilation, ground drying clothing; 5. Child-related symptoms appear to be in time to medical institutions for treatment. Home treatment of children, avoid contact with other children, parents must be promptly carried out on children’s clothing drying or disinfected, the disinfection of children with stool in a timely manner; mild in children with no hospitalization, appropriate home treatment, rest, in order to reduce cross-infection.
Treatment
Once suffering from the disease, children should be immediately isolated to prevent transmission to others.
Chinese medicine practitioners, available honeysuckle, Banlangen, 6 grams each Forsythia, Coptis 3 grams, Jianshui mouthwash. Tong Shen, gingival redness and swelling were used Banlangen 10 grams, skullcap, white moss skin of 6 grams, 3 grams pairs of flowers, bamboo leaves, mint, 2 grams each, Jianshui rinse. Hand, Foot and swelling significantly, available baicalin, berberine, paeonol each 10 grams, 6 grams of safflower, Jianshui immersion. Itching were available habitat, paeonol, Banlangen, white moss skin, Kochia scoparia each 10 grams, 20 grams Caulis Lonicerae, safflower 6 grams, Jianshui wash affected area three times a day, used in conjunction week.
Western medicine is available vitamin B2, each 5 mg three times daily. Levamisole per kilogram body weight for each 125 mg twice a day. Topical 0.1% liquid rinse mine where Nur, five times a day; 0.02% chlorhexidine solution rinse hydrochloric acid, five times a day; aureomycin glycerol paste coated surface of the skin four times a day.
Hand, Foot and mouth disease therapeutic side: 1. Lotus leaf porridge: Xian Heye 2, 50 grams of rice would be Lotus leaf shredding, porridge consumption; 2. Bamboo 20, wick 10, lentils 15 grams, talc 6 g, add a little sugar, fried for human consumption; 3. Yinhua Chan Yi Yin: Yin-hua 15 grams, Chan Yi 3 grams, a little tea, Jianshui drink.
If there are no complications, most of the week children hand foot and mouth disease can be cured.
Tip: 1. For the sick baby, a certain separation from the disease began 7 to 10 days in order to avoid transmission to other children. 2. Food should light non-irritating, not eat spicy, fish, shrimp, meat and other foods prone to exacerbations. 3. Food temperature should not be too high, consumption of hot food can stimulate the pain caused by ulcerated Department is not conducive to lesion healing; 4. While the hand, foot and mouth disease similar to chicken pox, generally heal quickly, but it can not be taken lightly and care should be careful and pay attention to Prevention of isolation, to non-proliferation popular. When the family does not recognize this disease, we should see a doctor, to rule as early as early diagnosis and early isolation.