Recurrent episodes of hand, foot and mouth disease

Hand, foot and mouth disease usually occurs in autumn. Many kindergartens will take preventive measures in autumn to prevent babies from getting hand, foot and mouth disease. Hand, foot and mouth disease is highly contagious. If one child gets the disease, many children will become ill one after another, causing fear in many people. The symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease are obvious, and can manifest as damage to the oral mucosa and skin papules. So, what should we do if hand, foot and mouth disease recurs?

1. Causes of recurrence of hand, foot and mouth disease: There are many viruses that cause hand, foot and mouth disease

Hand, foot and mouth disease is caused by enterovirus, and there are more than 20 types of enterovirus that cause hand, foot and mouth disease, among which Coxsackie virus A16 (Cox

A16) and enterovirus 71 (EV71) are the most common. "The patient may have been infected with Coxsackievirus A16 and had hand, foot and mouth disease before, and then had antibodies to Coxsackievirus A16 in the body, but this does not mean that the patient will no longer have hand, foot and mouth disease caused by enterovirus 71 in the future.

2. Hand, foot and mouth disease usually recurs two or three times

Children are not immune to hand, foot and mouth disease for life. Patients who have had hand, foot and mouth disease may still suffer from hand, foot and mouth disease two or three times in a row, and may still be infected and develop the disease even after the season has passed. Therefore, parents cannot take it lightly.

3. When is the peak period of hand, foot and mouth disease?

The peak season for hand, foot and mouth disease in children is approximately from April to July each year, reaching its peak in May and June, and then slowly decreasing. Summer vacation is also the epidemic season for hand, foot and mouth disease, but large-scale outbreaks generally do not occur. It is the epidemic season of hand, foot and mouth disease, but generally there will not be large-scale outbreaks.

4. Myth: Kissing and hugging a child will not spread the hand, foot and mouth disease virus

Parents' daily intimate actions towards their children may spread the hand, foot and mouth disease virus. Because hand, foot and mouth disease is caused by enterovirus, it can be transmitted through the fecal-oral route and contact, and can also be transmitted through contact with the patient's skin and mucous membrane herpes fluid. If the patient does not wash his hands after defecation or the feces of a child with hand, foot and mouth disease is not handled properly, the virus may be brought into the environment and, through close contact, may be transmitted to other children.