How to prevent hand foot mouth disease

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Hand, foot and mouth disease is a common disease in infants and young children, which is highly infectious and easy to occur in spring. Let's take a look at how to prevent HFMD.

How to prevent hand foot mouth disease

First of all: wash hands with soap or hand sanitizer before meals, after defecation and after going out. Don't let children drink raw water or eat cold food. Avoid contacting sick children.

Secondly, caregivers should wash hands before contacting children, change diapers for children, and handle feces, and properly handle dirt. Kindergartens and kindergartens carry out morning examination every day. When suspicious children are found, they should be sent to hospital in time and have a rest at home. The articles used by children should be disinfected immediately.

Finally: during the epidemic period of this disease, it is not suitable to take children to the public places where people gather and the air circulation is poor. Attention should be paid to keep the family environment clean. The living room should be often ventilated and frequently dried. Usually, children's tableware, toys and other items should be disinfected to avoid bacterial infection.

matters needing attention

Once found infected with hand foot mouth disease, the baby should be timely medical treatment, avoid contact with the outside world, generally need to isolate for 2 weeks. Hand foot and mouth disease can be cured, parents do not need to have too much pressure, the key is to actively treat.