Source: http://english.vietnamnet.vn/Health/2009/04/840740/
Hand-foot-mouth disease breaks out in the South
15:04' 08/04/2009 (GMT+7)
VietNamNet Bridge ? The number of hand-foot-mouth patients that are children at the HCM City-based Children?s Hospital 1 is 25 at present. Doctors said this dangerous disease is spreading rapidly.
The hospital?s chief of the Infection and Mental Disease Ward, Truong Huu Khanh, said the number of patients was between 10-15 two weeks ago. At present, the number of hand-foot-mouth patients is increasing. This included both those who came to the hospital for examinations as well as resident patients. The hospital received some patients with cardiovascular complications.
Other hospitals in the southern provinces of Dong Nai and Binh Duong also reported the rise of hand-foot-mouth patients who were children.
According to health experts, this disease often reaches its peak in October, but the disease often breaks out as of April. The disease attacks children of less than three years old. Patients that catch virus Entero 71 can suffer brain and heart complications.
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Hand-foot-mouth disease breaks out in the South
15:04' 08/04/2009 (GMT+7)
VietNamNet Bridge ? The number of hand-foot-mouth patients that are children at the HCM City-based Children?s Hospital 1 is 25 at present. Doctors said this dangerous disease is spreading rapidly.
The hospital?s chief of the Infection and Mental Disease Ward, Truong Huu Khanh, said the number of patients was between 10-15 two weeks ago. At present, the number of hand-foot-mouth patients is increasing. This included both those who came to the hospital for examinations as well as resident patients. The hospital received some patients with cardiovascular complications.
Other hospitals in the southern provinces of Dong Nai and Binh Duong also reported the rise of hand-foot-mouth patients who were children.
According to health experts, this disease often reaches its peak in October, but the disease often breaks out as of April. The disease attacks children of less than three years old. Patients that catch virus Entero 71 can suffer brain and heart complications.
PV
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