What are the dangers of hand, foot and mouth disease?

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a common disease in children. After the disease occurs, the child's body will have obvious symptoms. Generally, children with hand, foot and mouth disease will have a fever, and blisters will appear on the body, which will hurt when touched. Parents should pay attention at this time and let the child receive timely treatment to avoid further impact on the child's body. What are the dangers of hand, foot and mouth disease? There are many aspects.

The hazards of hand, foot and mouth disease:

Because hand, foot and mouth disease mainly breaks out in children under two years old, infants of this age group are mostly in nurseries and are relatively concentrated. In addition, enterovirus is highly contagious, has complex transmission routes, spreads quickly, and is difficult to control, making it easy for an epidemic to break out in a short period of time.

Life-threatening, small children

In recent years, a small number of children have been affected, mainly infants under two years old. When high fever and unexplained increase in white blood cell count occur and no other infection foci can be found, we should be alert to complications such as myocarditis, encephalitis, pulmonary edema, etc. Infants have weak immunity and their lives are often in danger. In particular, children infected with EV71 may develop meningitis, encephalomyelitis, neurogenic pulmonary edema, circulatory disorders, etc. The condition is serious and may lead to death or leave sequelae.

Major complications

1. Ulcers. Since the skin and mucous membranes of infants and young children's hands, feet, mouths, and perianal areas are relatively thin and tender, ulcers are easily formed, and long-term ulcers are difficult to heal.

2. Infection, due to gastrointestinal viruses, systemic infection can occur, such as infection of the myocardium, causing myocarditis; infection of the brain or meninges, leading to encephalitis or meningitis; infection of the lungs, causing pneumonia and pulmonary edema.

3. Severe cases may lead to death. In a small number of infants, due to low immunity and infection, they may develop myocarditis, meningitis, and pulmonary edema. If not treated in time, it will endanger life.

By understanding the hazards of hand, foot and mouth disease, we know that treatment should not be delayed after a child suffers from this disease, otherwise it will not help the child's physical condition in any way. Especially for children with poor physical constitution, they should pay more attention to reasonable diet arrangements after suffering from this disease, which will help improve the disease.