What causes HFMD

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If there are children at home, then every parent will let their children hold in the palm of their hands, hoping that their children can grow up healthily, afraid that their children will be affected by some diseases. But in recent years, many children have suffered from hand foot and mouth disease, increasing the harm to their own body, so what causes the development of hand foot and mouth disease What happened!

What causes HFMD

1. HFMD is mainly transmitted through close contact with people, so it is easy to be transmitted in kindergartens, schools and other places where children are concentrated. In fact, the crowd is generally susceptible to enterovirus caused by hand foot mouth disease. However, due to the improvement of the immune system, most adults have obtained the corresponding antibodies through the hidden infection, while children are easily infected because of their imperfect immunity, especially the incidence rate of children under 3 years old.

2. The enterovirus causing HFMD can be transmitted by indirect contact with hands, towels, handkerchiefs, tooth cups, tableware, milk utensils, bedding and underwear contaminated by saliva, blister liquid and feces; the virus in throat secretion and saliva of patients can be transmitted by droplets; if contacting with the water source contaminated by the virus, it can also be transmitted by water. Cutting off the transmission route of the virus is one of the effective prevention and control measures.

3. HFMD patients, latent infection and asymptomatic virus carriers were the main sources of infection, and the infectivity was the strongest in the first week. The virus can be transmitted through close contact between people. For example, the virus in throat secretion and saliva of patients can infect new susceptible persons through respiratory tract in the form of droplets; the virus in saliva, herpes fluid and feces can be transmitted to others by hand or by mouth with the help of contaminated towels, handkerchiefs, toys, tableware, milking utensils, bedding and underwear; it is easy to be infected when living in the same room with patients; Drinking water contaminated by virus can also cause HFMD. Toys, tableware, desks and chairs, stair handrails and other things that are easy to contact should be disinfected every day. It is OK to wipe or spray with 84 disinfectant.

matters needing attention

If you have a detailed reading of the above content, then I believe you should also be clear about the main transmission route of HFMD. In the high incidence season of this disease, parents and friends should do a good job in disease prevention, avoid taking children to crowded places, pay attention to children's diet regulation and personal hygiene, and check children regularly, so as to improve the quality of life It can avoid the possibility of children getting sick.