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HFMD (Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease)
What is HFMD?
Definition
- Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) is a contagious illness caused by a group of viruses.
- Spread through direct contact with saliva, blister fluid or feces of an infected person.
- Commonly infected the children under 5 years old because their immune system is not fully developed yet.
- Also can infected to older children and adults.
- Most people can recover in 7 to 10 days without getting medical treatment but in some rare cases, the infected person need to be hospitalized for a few days or other rare complications such as encephalitis or polio-like paralysis may be fatal.
- the disease can infected a person not only once.
Cases
Symptoms of HFMD
Symptoms
- Fever.
- sore throat.
- Not feeling well
- Poor appetite.
- painful, red, blister-like lesions on the tongue,gums, and inside the cheeks.
- A red rash without irritation but sometime with blistering on the palm, soles, and sometimes on the buttocks.
- Happen among infants and toddlers
How long it takes for the symptom to appear?
Symptom
- Fever, loss appetite, and sore throat can appear from 3 to 5 days after exposure
- A blister-like rash on the hands, feet and mouth usually develops from 1 to 2 days after initial symptoms
Where does HFMD symptoms start to show up?
Area
- Usually begin as small red spots at hand, foot, mouth area, knees, elbows, buttocks or genital area.
- Often in back of mouth and can become painful.
- Viruses can live in a person's body for weeks, even after symptoms disappear
Food that can be consume when infected
Food
- Eggs
- Coconut water
- Soup
- Papaya
- Greek yogurt with honey
- Watermelon
- Porrige or congee
- Tofu
- Ice cream
- Mashed potato
Causes of HFMD
- The common cause of HFMD is Coxsackie virus A16 and also Enterovirus 71.
Causes and transmission
Enterovirus 71
Coxsackievirus A16
Transmission
- Nose and throat secretion ( saliva, sputum, or nasal mucus)
- Blister fluid
- feces
- Personal contact with the infected person (hugging or kissing)
- Cough or sneeze
- Contact with contaminated surface and object
Prevention
Prevention
Teach children about good hygiene such as:
- Washing hands with soap before and after using toilet.
- covering mouth with tissue when coughing or sneezing
- Avoid sharing food/drink, eating utensil, and private things.
- putting a face mask when not feeling well
- toys are clean from any secretion and disinfected with dettol.
4 steps before sending children to school, kidnergarden or childcare center
Also
- Take the child's temperature.
- Look for mouth ulcers.
- Look for rashes an blister on the hands.
- Look for rashes and blister on the feet.
Conclusion
Conclusion
In conclusion, Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease or HFMD is a disease that commonly infect infant and toddler. HFMD cannot be ignored because it can cause death to the children. We need to keep our surrounding clean and keep checking the children health to prevent the children from being infected.
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