手足口（Hand foot mouth）.doc

手足口（Hand foot mouth） Recognizing hand foot mouth disease Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common disease in infants and children. Characterized by fever, mouth ulcers, and herpes. The initial symptoms of fever, loss of appetite, and often accompanied by sore throat discomfort. 1-2 days after fever oral ulcer, began as a small red and then often become ulcers herpes. Oral herpes is common in the tongue, gums, and buccal mucosa. 1-2 days after visible skin rash, some herpes, rash does not itch, common in the palm of your hand and foot, also found in the buttocks. Symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease 1, acute onset, fever; 2, the oral mucosa appeared scattered in herpes, grain size, pain obvious; 3, palms or soles of the feet appear in the size of the size of herpes, hip or knee may even be involved; 4. There is an inflammatory blush around the bleb. There is less fluid in the blister; 5, some patients may be accompanied by cough, runny nose, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, headache Is hand, foot and mouth disease serious? Usually not serious. Almost all patients recover without treatment. HFMD usually heal in 7-10 days. Complications are uncommon. Very few patients can develop aseptic or viral meningitis with symptoms of fever, headache, straight neck or back pain, which require hospitalization for a period of time. What kind of people are susceptible to hand, foot and mouth disease? The population was generally susceptible to hand, foot and mouth disease virus, and all age groups could be infected. However, the disease prevention practice showed that the patients were mainly preschool children, especially those under 3 years of age. incubation period The incubation period of the disease is 2~7 days, and the source of infection consists of patients and those with latent infection. During the epidemic, patients were the main source of infection. In the acute phase of the disease, the patient can excrete the virus from the pharynx; there is a large amoun