What is hand, foot and mouth disease?
Hand, foot and mouth disease is caused by two groups of agents: Coxsackievirus A16 and Enterovirus 71 (EV71). The disease is common in children under 5 years old, especially concentrated in the group under 3 years old.
Hand, foot and mouth disease appears with skin and mucosal lesions in the form of blisters that are very typical in the oral mucosa, palms, soles, knees, buttocks, and back. Severe complications are often caused by EV71 infection.
Signs of hand, foot and mouth disease in children
At each stage, hand, foot and mouth disease has different recognizable signs, specifically as follows:
- Incubation period 3 - 6 days: At this time the patient has no obvious signs.
- Initial stage: Children have fever, fatigue, mild fever (37.5-38 degrees Celsius) or high fever (38.5-39 degrees Celsius), sore throat, burning pain in the oral mucosa, loss of appetite, diarrhea several times a day, and drooling a lot.
- Full-blown stage (usually starts 1-2 days after the onset of the disease): Children show typical symptoms such as:
+ Blister rash on the palms, soles, knees, and buttocks. The gray, oval-shaped blisters may be raised or hidden under the skin, feel rough to the touch, are painless, and do not itch.
+ Mouth ulcers: On the mucous membranes of the cheeks, gums and tongue of the child, blisters appear that easily break. When broken, they form ulcers that cause pain when eating and make the child cry.
+ On the buttocks of infants and young children appear blisters and sores.
+ General signs: Children have impaired perception, delirium, convulsions,...
Hand, foot and mouth disease has many blister-like rashes.
How is hand, foot and mouth disease transmitted?
The virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease can spread very quickly, transmitted directly from person to person through the mouth, through secretions from the nose, mouth, feces or saliva of sick children.
People with hand, foot and mouth disease are able to spread the virus during the first week (incubation period). However, the period of infection can last for several weeks because the virus still exists in the patient's stool and saliva.
Transmission routes of the virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease include:
- Children in direct contact with sick people.
- Healthy children hold toys and touch objects of sick children.
- Normal people come into direct contact with fluid from blisters, vesicles, and feces of sick people.
- Inhaling secretions, contact with saliva of sick people when eating together, coughing, sneezing, talking.
Hand, foot and mouth disease can be transmitted directly from person to person.
When does hand, foot and mouth disease stop being contagious?
Hand, foot and mouth disease is usually contagious for several weeks even after the patient has recovered. The disease can be spread during the incubation period when symptoms are not yet apparent and is most contagious during the first week.
How to treat hand, foot and mouth disease in children
Currently, the main treatments for hand, foot and mouth disease are to improve symptoms, take care of children at home and use fever-reducing, pain-relieving and rehydrating drugs according to the doctor's instructions.
In case your child has a high fever, you can use Paracetamol to reduce fever and relieve pain. Note, absolutely do not use drugs containing Aspirin. In addition, parents should also use 0.9% saline to disinfect the child's mucous membranes, and clean the mouth regularly with antiseptic solutions.
Regarding daily diet, it is necessary to ensure adequate nutrition and timely rehydration to prevent dehydration and hypoglycemia. For breastfed babies, it is necessary to increase the number of times they breastfeed during the day.
For older children, it is necessary to avoid foods that can cause pain and damage to the mouth, such as hot or solid foods. Instead, parents should feed their children liquid, cool, easily digestible foods such as thin porridge, milk, etc.
If your baby refuses to eat, do not force him to eat, but give him milk or yogurt instead. Fruits rich in vitamins and minerals are also necessary foods for children while treating hand, foot and mouth disease.
Parents need to bathe and gently clean their baby's body every day with clean water to avoid infection. The sick child's clothes and diapers should be soaked in antiseptic solution or hot water before washing. In addition, parents need to wash the sick child's clothes separately from other children's. The child's eating and drinking utensils, such as milk bottles, cups, bowls, spoons, towels, etc., should be sterilized and used separately for each child.
Parents should treat hand, foot and mouth disease early in children.
Improve hand, foot and mouth disease with Subac powder and gel duo
To prevent and support rapid improvement of hand, foot and mouth disease and prevent complications, parents should give their children a combination of herbal medicine "internal oral - external application" granules and Subac gel.
In particular, Subac gel is a topical product that uses Nano silver technology to help fight bacteria, strong viruses, clean the skin, and quickly heal skin lesions caused by hand, foot, and mouth disease. In addition, Subac also contains neem extract and chitosan to help fight bacteria, stimulate skin regeneration, and prevent the formation of dark scars.
With Subac gel, measles, chickenpox, shingles are gone; hands, feet and mouth are clean, skin is smooth
Besides, if you want to help your child prevent and support the improvement of hand, foot and mouth disease, you need to support the child's resistance with Subac granules.
Subac granules contain herbs such as neem leaf extract, mango leaf extract, Eclipta prostrata extract, zinc gluconate, angelica extract, L-lysine,... which help to enhance resistance, prevent and support healing of skin lesions caused by hand, foot and mouth disease, and help relieve symptoms in case of infection.
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Above is information about hand, foot and mouth disease and the ways it is transmitted. Hopefully the above content will help parents prevent and treat their children effectively!
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