Rise in hand, foot, mouth cases

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Updated March, 18 2010 10:17:30
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Rise in hand, foot, mouth cases

HCM CITY ? The number of children that contracted hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is on the rise even though the peak season is still one month away, Children Hospitals No1 and 2 in HCM City has announced.

Dr Truong Huu Khanh, head of the Infection and Neurology Department at Children's Hospital No1, said that nearly 20 children were hospitalised due to HFMD in the past three days, which brings the total number of infected children to 39.

According to Khanh, 28 of the cases involve serious nerve complications that require special treatment. More than 60 per cent of the patients lived in the city, while the rest of the people come from neighbouring areas.

Dr Tran Van Thao, deputy head of Children Hospital No2, said the hospital received 32 children with HFMD, an increase of 50 per cent during the last week.

A 18-month-old baby was reported to have been in critical condition and died after 20 hours of being hospitalised.

The peak season for the disease is between April and May. However, early hot weather has led to the recent outburst. The EV71 virus is known to cause high fever with blisters appearing on the mouth, palm or on the sole's of the feet.

Doctors have warned that it's easy to misdiagnose the disease as scabies. Parents should take their children to hospitals immediately if they are showing symptoms to avoid complications, such as heart failure, lung swelling or brain damage.

Currently, there are no vaccines or specific remedies to cure the disease, according to the doctors. ? VNS

 

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Re: Rise in hand, foot, mouth cases

Translated by year SXH, hand-foot-mouth, influenza A/H1N1 overlap simultaneously. All three of these patients have initial symptoms are fever, it is difficult to distinguish be sick SXH or hand-foot-mouth or influenza A/H1N1. Indeed there have been cases of suspected hand-foot-mouth to hospital but later track is SXH. There are cases initially suspected SXH but is influenza A/H1N1.
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Tuesday ,Apr 13,2010
[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Ho Chi Minh City hospitals April 12 reported an alarming rise in the number of children being diagnosed with hand-foot-and mouth disease over the past week.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]The city?s Children Hospital I, II and the Tropical Disease Hospital have each seen nearly 100 children recently admitted with the disease, while doctors have expressed concern that families are waiting too long to bring children for medical treatment. [/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Delays in treating the illness can cause complications to the nervous system while some children have required the use of breathing machines.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Dr. Nguyen Dac Tho, deputy director of the city?s Preventive Health Center, said hand-foot-and mouth cases amongst toddlers and young children have skyrocketed since January with the health sector reporting 667 cases since the beginning of the year, 57 percent higher than the same period last year.[/FONT]


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