Severe hand foot mouth symptoms?

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Summer is coming again, and parents have to worry about children's hand foot and mouth disease, because summer and autumn are the high incidence period of children's hand foot and mouth disease, which mostly occurs in children under 5 years old, and individual severe children's disease develops rapidly, leading to death. So in addition to paying attention to the children's usual prevention work, what symptoms are hand foot mouth disease that can be detected and treated by parents as soon as possible to avoid delaying the best time for treatment? General children can show low fever, hand, foot, mouth and other parts of the small herpes, the following and everyone a quick look at the specific situation.

Severe hand foot mouth symptoms?

In addition to the symptoms of common cases, there is another manifestation of severe cases: when the patient is complicated with central nervous system diseases, the manifestation is drowsiness, vomiting, delirium and even coma; Weakness or acute flaccid paralysis; convulsions. If it is complicated with pulmonary edema: shortness of breath, dyspnea or rhythm changes. Complicated with myocarditis: pale complexion, skin pattern, cool limbs.

The symptoms of HFMD patients can be divided into two types: acute onset, fever, scattered herpes or ulcer in oral mucosa; And in the hands, feet, buttocks, arms, legs spot papules, after herpes. Most patients were cured within one week, and the prognosis was good.

Hand foot mouth disease can be caused by more than 20 kinds of enteroviruses. Usually the most common are coxsackievirus a16 and enterovirus 71. Mainly through the following channels, including the digestive tract, respiratory tract and contact transmission of virus, patients need to be differentiated from herpes simplex stomatitis, herpetic pharyngitis.

matters needing attention

Hand foot mouth disease in addition to active early treatment, usual prevention work is also very important, children must pay attention to personal hygiene, frequent hand washing, clothing and supplies to pay attention to disinfection, balanced diet, pay attention to the intake of vitamin B, C rich food, proper exercise, improve physical resistance.