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China - Sudden Increase in Critically Ill HFMD patients

sharon sanders

Editor-in-Chief & President
Hand, Foot and mouth disease into the highest-fat sudden increase in critically ill patients in Beijing 5 times

Parents to their children every day look up the hand, foot, mouth

Healthy Times reporter Ma Haiwei

At 09:24 on the July 6, 2010

Source: People's Network - "Healthy Times"
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"Beijing ended June 23 had reported 220 cases of hand, foot and mouth severe cases, more than doubled over the same period last year, nearly 5 times." Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, the news release said the HFMD epidemic among children and parents to be vigilant.

May to August each year is the high incidence of hand, foot and mouth disease, the incidence of a general increase across the country.
The sudden increase in severe problems, Beijing You'an Hospital Infection practitioners believe that some parents less aware of the hand, foot and mouth disease, and other disease for a long time only then to the hospital in children, leading to exacerbations.

Easily combined with severe encephalitis in children, brain stem encephalitis, in which the 40 children were admitted, 1 / 3 combined encephalitis, serious impact on children's respiratory system, blood circulation, easy, pulmonary edema, brain herniation , respiratory failure and other symptoms.

"HFMD prevention and control of severe cases of the most important is the early discovery, early diagnosis, early treatment and reduce mortality." Associate director of Chinese Center for Disease Control Emergency Wang Zijun, said a recent media briefing.

So how early detection and early treatment? Beijing Friendship Hospital, Dr Liu Xiaohong, director of Pediatrics recommends that parents can check the child's hands every day, foot, mouth. Children when the disease, hand, foot, oral mucosa and buttocks rash appears, because the mouth rash cause mouth ulcers associated with pain, patients often drooling, poor feeding. Some patients with mild upper respiratory symptoms early, such as cough, runny nose, nausea and vomiting. Once such a case the parents should see a doctor, rushed to the hospital.

"Healthy Times" (2010-07-05 No. 02 Edition)\

http://health.people.com.cn/GB/12064954.html
 
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