Re: China: Hand-foot-and-mouth disease 2014
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Guangzhou HFMD cases almost two weeks ahead of immediate concern to quadruple
Source: Express Post Time :2014-05-07 06:42
Statistics show that before the end of April this year, the incidence of 15,000 cases in Guangzhou, increase over last year and a half times
■ Express reporter Li Qiuling in Guangdong Kang Xin Yang correspondent
"This year's foot and mouth disease in Guangzhou more particularly ferocious. Doubled in just two weeks, rising from more than 4000 cases to 15,000 cases, more than double than last year and a half." Express reporter learned yesterday from the Municipal Center for Disease Control, each year in June, July is the high incidence of foot and mouth disease, but the high incidence of early this year, but a change in the type of virus, it may result in severe HFMD occur. CDC reminds parents to make sure the city protection, children have symptoms, immediately rushed to the regular hospital treatment.
Appeared enterovirus EV71
Deputy director of the Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention Yang Zhicong, at present, Guangzhou, foot and mouth disease began to enter the peak period. April 17, the cumulative HFMD cases reported to CDC outward over 4000 cases; statistics when the end of April, this figure rose to 15,000 cases. "Since the month, especially in the last two weeks, foot and mouth disease cases soar like a rocket." 杨智聪 said.
Guangzhou past time to focus on the incidence of foot and mouth disease in the April to September, June, July is the peak period. Why is significantly ahead of the peak of this year? Yang Zhicong analysis, mainly due to the higher level of activity this year HFMD pathogen, but also with hot and dry weather and other factors.
杨智聪 said: "It is worth noting that this type of virus has changed."
Guangdong provincial CDC chief expert Jianfeng also, from the point of view of monitoring the situation of the province, the advantages of foot and mouth disease this year by last year's other pathogens EV71 intestinal virus into a type of enterovirus. Characteristics of the virus is more likely to lead to the development of severe cases and deaths.
Yang Zhicong remind parents to pay close attention to the child's hands and feet have herpes, if a fever a few days in a row, spiritual malaise, it must be rushed to a comprehensive pediatric hospital or specialist hospital, symptomatic treatment.
Experts remind children with attention handwashing
"Foot and mouth disease in children, the biggest problem is not doing hand-foot health." 杨智聪 said, public places, shopping malls, amusement parks, foot and mouth virus are breeding, a hotbed of infection, these places are not disinfected every day, the virus may persist In these places, children are susceptible to the virus. In addition, parents may bring the virus home to-child transmission.
HFMD is a common childhood infectious diseases and more, as well as children under five years of age the most common. Jianfeng, at present there is no foot and mouth disease vaccine, but foot and mouth disease is completely preventable, the key is to wash hands. After a public place after the events, contact with respiratory secretions (such as sneezing), to be used for washing hands before meals and after the children to wash their hands with soap solution or avoid sharing towels dry hands. "Parents should make hand hygiene work, especially the care of children before." Jianfeng said.
In addition, the prevention of foot and mouth disease, Qin ventilation, disinfection ground is also very important. Families, nurseries, etc. should be kept at home, classrooms and dormitories and other places of good ventilation; toys, personal hygiene utensils, cutlery, door handles, stair handrails, desktops and other items regularly cleaned and disinfected; children used items to be disinfected immediately treatment. Clothing, bedding can be set to sun exposure.
Yang Zhicong appeal, if a child diagnosed with hand, foot and mouth disease, the initiative will be the best parents of children with the disease for more information (including time of onset, location, children's name, age, contact with someone, etc.) to inform the attending physician, to facilitate disease control departments in a timely manner monitoring, develop measures to effectively control the spread of the epidemic.
Tips
"Two touch" "second look" to identify severe hand, foot and mouth disease
Guangdong CDC chief expert Jianfeng reminder, the high incidence of foot and mouth disease, parents should pay special attention to the child's physical condition, if found kids hands, feet or mouth, such as herpes, should go to regular hospital.
Jianfeng made to identify children suffering from severe HFMD signal "two touch" and "second look" law: "two touch" refers to children touched his forehead to see if there is no fever, touch the skin to see if there chills; "second look" is to look at whether children with mental malaise, whether there trembling limbs twitching. Children with these symptoms, severe cases may develop in the short term, should be promptly sent to hospital for treatment.
Kindergarten is the hardest hit by the epidemic?
CDC data fights provinces
A week ago, the Express had reported the incident Baiyun District, a disease nursery dozen children infected with foot and mouth, many parents worry that the kindergarten will become contagious foot and mouth disease "disaster." For the statistical results of HFMD cases are mainly in kindergarten, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, CDC and CDC opposite.
Provincial CDC: All outbreaks occurred in nurseries
Guangdong CDC chief expert Jianfeng, as of yesterday to monitor the situation in Guangdong this year's foot and mouth disease outbreak, all occurred in nurseries. Jianfeng urged to pay attention to all kinds of nurseries do preventive work: the good morning check off, do the cleaning and disinfection appliances children, strengthen environmental cleaning and ventilation, etc. In addition, Jianfeng reminder, children suffering from HFMD should rest at home until all symptoms disappear after a week back to school to prevent the spread of the disease to other children.
CDC: only occur in nurseries over 100 cases
The deputy director of the Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention Yang Zhicong said that they monitored 15,000 cases, most of the children are children less than 3 years old diaspora at home, the only place in nurseries over 100 cases. Among them, more than 10 cases of aggregating all cases occur in nurseries. "We continue to take measures to enhance the kindergarten disinfection and ventilation, the implementation morning check system in order to return to school after the student infected with foot and mouth disease must be cured, such as suspension." 杨智聪 said.
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