Hand-Foot-Mouth disease in children

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<div><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Hand-Foot-Mouth disease caused by the virus, symptoms are fever, ulceration in the mouth, blisters on the palms,  hands, feet, and body commonly found in children under age of 5. Infected by touching, coughing or sneezing. However, the virus that causes the Hand-Foot-Mouth disease are Coxsackievirus A16 and Enterovirus 71 which symptoms and severity based on individual</span></div>
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<h4><b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">This disease is easily contacted  by &#8220;one touch&#8221;</span></b></h4>
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<div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Parents whose children study in kindergarten-grade will know that if a school has infected children from the disease. There may be a day-off for a big cleaning day. However,  this infection contacted directly by secretion exposure. Such as mucus, saliva or blister water. Including indirect contact as using or sharing items and toys infected from this disease. Therefore, kindergarten school and nursery are the easiest source and channel of the spread.</span></div>
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<h4><b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Symptoms </span></b></h4>
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<div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">a child with Hand-Foot-Mouth <span class="">disease ,</span> the symptoms is similar to a cold such as blisters, ulceration in the mouth and small rashes or blisters on the palms, fingers, feet and mouth. <span class="">If  it</span> is not severe, these symptoms will disappear within 4-5 days. However, the hand-foot-mouth disease can cause serious complications; Children younger than 3 years old or children with <span class="">chornic</span> diseases such as meningitis, e<span style="color: #545454; font-size: small; text-align: left;">ncephaliti,</span><span class="">muscle</span> weakness,<span style="color: #000000; text-align: start;"> </span><span style="color: #000000; text-align: start;">paralysis, </span>myocarditis have a risk for complications that <span style="text-align: justify;">may lead to death.</span></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> We can observe the complications in children, for example, looking stress, not eating and playing, having a headache, neck <span class="">pain, stiff</span> neck, not being able to communicate, shock, cough, rapid breathing, etc. refer to these symptoms the child should be sent to a hospital as soon as possible.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Verdana;">However, the complications in brain and heart may occur during the first 1-2 weeks after being infected. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Therefore during the first week, parents must give a special care to the child.</span></div>
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<h4><b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">A cure is not difficult.</span></b></h4>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">   <span style="font-family: Verdana;">Hand-Foot-Mouth disease both for medicine and vaccine are still unavailable. Then all treatments are based on a condition. If they are only able to have food with a less amount, provide them a diet or soft stream rice, ice cream and sweet drink including drinking a lot of water. Or may stay in a hospital and receive an intravenous catheterization with saline. Accordingly, children need to keep the body healthy, because it can block and prevent the body from the infection as well. including enough resting.</span></span></div>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><b style="color: #00a186;">Prevention </b><b style="font-family: Verdana; color: #00a186;"> </b><span style="font-family: Verdana; text-align: justify; color: #636363;">Washing your hands and keeping a good hygiene help defense against this disease, including cleaning toy, keeping your children away from crowded areas,  and avoid being close to patients. In addition, if you know your children infected by the disease let them stay home at least 1 week for wound healing and better condition.</span></span></p>


Hand-Foot-Mouth disease can infect preschooler as same as cold caused by the virus. Symptoms are fever, ulcer in the mouth, blisters on the palm,  hands, and feet, including the body. This dangerous

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