How to tell if it's hand, foot and mouth disease

I believe that everyone has doubts about hand, foot and mouth disease in life, because hand, foot and mouth disease comes from many different factors, such as bacterial infection and environmental transmission. More and more children will be infected with hand, foot and mouth disease, and it often occurs under the age of six. Children’s bodies are weak, and infection with hand, foot and mouth disease is very troublesome, and may even cause some complications. How to judge whether you have hand, foot and mouth disease has become a concern.

one. What is Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease?

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a common infectious disease in infants and young children caused by enterovirus and is not currently a legally reportable infectious disease. The disease has a high latent infection rate, and the symptoms of overt patients are generally mild.

two. What is the source of infection of hand, foot and mouth disease?

Patients, latently infected persons and asymptomatic carriers are the main sources of infection.

three. How is hand, foot and mouth disease transmitted?

It is mainly transmitted through close contact between people. Hand, foot and mouth disease is mainly transmitted through food contaminated by the patient's feces. Direct contact with the patient's broken blisters can also spread the virus. The virus in the patient's throat secretions and saliva can be transmitted through air droplets, and the patient's feces can still be contagious for several weeks.

Four. Which groups of people are susceptible to hand, foot and mouth disease?

The general population is susceptible and can acquire immunity after being infected. People of all age groups can be infected and fall ill, mainly children under 5 years old.

five. What are the clinical manifestations of hand, foot and mouth disease?

Clinical manifestations: Hand, foot and mouth disease is an enteroviral disease with an incubation period of 3-7 days and no obvious prodromal symptoms: most patients develop the disease suddenly. It mainly invades four parts of the body: hands, feet, mouth and buttocks; clinically, it has four characteristics: no pain, no itching, no scabs and no scars. There may be mild upper respiratory tract infection symptoms in the early stages. Due to the pain of oral ulcers, the child drools and refuses to eat. Oral mucosal rash appears relatively early, initially as corn-like maculopapules or blisters surrounded by a red halo, mainly located on the tongue and cheeks, and often occurs on the lips and teeth. Flat or convex maculopapules or blisters appear on distal parts such as hands and feet. The rash is not itchy. The maculopapules turn from red to dark and then disappear in about 5 days. The blisters are round or oval flat protrusions with turbid fluid inside. The long diameter is consistent with the direction of the skin texture. They vary in size like soybeans. Generally, there is no pain or itching, and no trace is left after healing. Hand, foot, and mouth lesions may not all appear in the same patient. The blisters and rash usually disappear within a week.