Prevention and treatment of hand foot mouth

The virus first spread to the tissue in the mouth, near the tonsils, and down into the digestive system.

Then the virus can spread to nearby lymph nodes and blood throughout the body. The immune system will fight the virus returns to prevent it spread to key organs, like the brain.

The mechanism of spread of disease

Hand foot mouth disease spread by spreading the virus. The disease can spread through droplets from the respiratory tract secretions translation-almost identical to the way of the spread of flu or via contaminated surfaces or waste (feces).

Usually the disease spread by the hands of getting viruses from the infected objects, then put your hands near the mouth or nose. The disease can also spread the virus by inhaling through the droplets suspended in the air.

The disease is caused by a virus, was first spread to the tissue in the mouth, near the tonsils, and down into the digestive system. The virus will not spread in this way once the patient has symptoms.

However, viruses can also be present in large amounts in the feces of infected people, and can survive there for up to four weeks after the symptoms have gone.

Hand foot mouth disease if exposed to the room from the acne patient's saliva or water.

Treatment methods

There is no medication for his illness. The disease usually resolves after 7-10 days.

Diseases caused by viruses, meaning that cannot treated by antibiotic. Antiviral drugs are also not effective in the treatment of hand foot mouth.

Need to visit a doctor if the symptoms are more severe than

Can alleviate symptoms in children by:

-Encourage children to rest and drink plenty of water (preferably water or milk; avoid the drinks are mad as she ca or orange juice)

-Eat soft foods like mashed potatoes and soups, because eating and swallowing will quite difficult

-Use of drugs treat symptoms

When to visit?

The majority of the patients mouth limbs do not need to stay in hospital symptoms will end within 7 days without treatment.

However, if the child is not sure the right hand foot mouth disease is or not, can take a visit to the doctor.

Should also contact your doctor if:

-The child can't or won't drink any drink anything

-The child has signs of dehydration, including not urinating as much as usual

-The child's symptoms don't improve or weighing up after 7 days

-The child has these symptoms, such as changes of mental status, seizures, personality changes and behavior

To prevent the disease from spreading

-Clean for bathing every day with SOAP and clean water.

-Encourage children to wash hands properly, clean with SOAP and water to clean under the tap water flow to prevent the re-infection through hand to mouth-TCM omitted the adhesion of pathogenic virus TCM on children's hands.

-Clothing, nappies of the disease should be soaked aqueous antiseptic solution such as Cloramin B 2% or boil water before boiling dry.

-Personal items such as milk's dining, drinking glasses, cups, eat tablespoons ... boiling and boil should be used for each child.

-Absolutely avoid 3 common misconceptions: Abstinence, abstinence-too-carefully brewed wind stinging for the blisters quickly rupture, this is exactly what the cause of the child's illness made worse and is the shortest path of multiple bacterial infections so dangerous to the life of the child.

Create a clean living environment and safety

-Childcare as parents, grandparents, babysitters ... need to keep clean hands in the limited spread of the virus causing the disease to healthy children in TCM'S family.

-Toys and often-used items of the child need to be to disinfect clean with antiseptic solution such as Cloramin B 2% solution, Javel water solution or antiseptic SOAP to make it safe for children to use.

-The rooms where children need active ventilation, enough oxygen for is the floor should be cleaned regularly by the sterilizing solution to facilitate clean and safe for the child when living and playing.

Schools and kindergartens:

-If the child is sick of his mouth, needed for young school children tired.

-The child can go back to school just to see better. No need of getting children to school until the last country they return sailings acne, as acne and all the water would.=