What causes hand, foot and mouth disease? These are the reasons!

Hand, foot and mouth disease mainly occurs in children, but adults may also suffer from this disease. The main cause of hand, foot and mouth disease is viral infection, but there are many ways to be infected with the virus, so the cause of hand, foot and mouth disease is naturally very complicated.

1. Hand, foot and mouth disease mainly occurs in children under 10 years old. But adults can also get the disease, so it can be said that everyone is susceptible. After infection, you will only gain immunity to that type of virus. There is no cross immunity to reinfection with other types of viruses. That is, after suffering from hand, foot and mouth disease, you may suffer from hand, foot and mouth disease again due to infection with other types of viruses.

2. There are many enteroviruses that can cause hand, foot and mouth disease. The most common is Coxsackievirus A16, which can be transmitted through the digestive tract, respiratory tract and contact. In addition, other strains of Coxsackievirus A or enterovirus 71 can also cause hand, foot and mouth disease. Coxsackievirus is a type of enterovirus. Enteroviruses include poliovirus. Coxsackieviruses and echoviruses. The infection site is the entire digestive tract including the mouth. Through contaminated food. drinks. Fruits and other substances enter the body through the mouth and multiply in the intestines.

3. The most common cause of hand, foot and mouth disease is infection. Some children are infected when playing in kindergartens because there are many other children. Other children may have the disease but have not received treatment for it. The virus in the patient's throat secretions and saliva can be transmitted through airborne droplets. The virus can be transmitted through daily contact with hands, towels, handkerchiefs, tooth cups, toys, eating utensils, milk containers, bedding, underwear, etc. contaminated with saliva, herpes fluid, and feces, and can also be transmitted orally.

4. There are also some individual more serious viruses that cause hand, foot and mouth disease. For example, there is a type called Coxsackievirus A16. In addition, other strains of Coxsackievirus A or enterovirus 71 can also cause hand, foot and mouth disease. This is also a type of enterovirus. The infection site is the entire digestive tract including the mouth. It enters the body through contaminated food, drinks, fruits, etc. and proliferates in the intestines.

5. Also, some pets at home or stray dogs outside may have some viruses on them. If children accidentally touch them, they can easily be infected because of their poor resistance. The blood, skin and mucous membrane secretions, saliva, urine, feces and milk of sick animals all carry the virus. Most of the time, the virus enters the human body through tiny wounds in the skin during direct contact with sick animals or milking. Occasionally, the infection can be transmitted through eating contaminated milk, cheese, butter or other dairy products.