Hand, foot and mouth disease English composition, protect health

Infectious foot-and-mouth disease is caused by enteroviruses. There are 20 types of enteroviruses that cause hand-foot-mouth disease, among which Coxsackievirus A 16 (Cox A 16) and Enterovirus 7 1 (EV 7 1) are the most common. Occurred in children under 5 years old, manifested as oral pain, loss of appetite, fever, small sores or ulcers on hands, feet, mouth and other parts, most patients recovered in about one week, and a few children can cause complications such as myocarditis, pulmonary edema and aseptic meningoencephalitis. Individual children's illness progressed seriously and quickly, leading to death. At present, there is no effective treatment, mainly symptomatic treatment. If the disease has no complications, the prognosis is generally good, and most of them are cured within one week. Mainly symptomatic treatment.

(1) When children are isolated for the first time, attention should be paid to disinfection and isolation of contacts to avoid cross-infection.

(2) Symptomatic treatment and oral care. For oral herpes and severe ulcers, use a new solution to wash the rehabilitation or smear the surface, or use Smecta powder to paste the surface ulcer applied with cotton swabs.

(3) Clothes and bedding should be clean, and clothes should be comfortable and soft, and should be changed frequently.

(4) Cut off the baby's nails and wrap the baby with your hands when necessary to prevent scratching the rash.

(5) Early hand-foot rash can be coated with calamine lotion, and herpes zoster can be treated with 0.5% povidone iodine.

(6) When the baby has a rash on the buttocks, the toilet should be kept clean to keep the buttocks clean and dry.

(7) You can take antiviral drugs, Chinese herbal medicine for detoxification, vitamins B and C, etc.