How to identify hand, foot and mouth disease

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a common infectious disease in infants and young children. This disease develops rapidly and needs timely treatment. If the treatment is not effective or the treatment is delayed, it will cause great harm to the child's health. Because it is an infectious disease, it is very important to maintain good hygiene. It is necessary to understand some of the characteristics of hand, foot and mouth disease, which will help timely treatment and avoid greater harm. In the early stages of the disease, patients generally have a fever and a rash.

Hand, foot and mouth disease is widely transmitted, and paying attention to hygiene is the key

The peak season for hand, foot and mouth disease is from April to June each year, and the children most affected are under 3 years old. There are many ways of transmission of hand, foot and mouth disease, the main ones are the following five. The virus is first transmitted through close contact between people's hands, feet and mouth. Second, it is transmitted through air droplets, where the virus in the patient's throat secretions and saliva is spread in the air. Third, it is transmitted through daily contact, through saliva, herpes fluid, and daily necessities contaminated by feces. Fourth, it is transmitted through water sources. Fifth, it is medically transmitted, through cross-infection in outpatient clinics and lax disinfection of oral instruments. Hand, foot and mouth disease is ultimately caused by enterovirus, so to block the spread of hand, foot and mouth disease, the first thing to do is to pay attention to personal hygiene.

Hand, foot and mouth disease has "four" characteristics, teach you how to identify hand, foot and mouth disease

The initial symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease are similar to those of a cold, both with fever. However, the child develops a rash after having a fever. The rash is located in four parts - hands, feet, mouth, and buttocks. The rash has "four unlikes" - not like mosquito bites, not like drug rash, not like oral herpes, not like chickenpox pain, and "four no characteristics" - no pain, no itching, no scabs, no scars, which is hand, foot and mouth disease. If a child has a fever and a rash at the same time, he or she should be taken to a regular hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time to avoid delaying the disease.

Know more: How to distinguish between chickenpox and hand, foot and mouth disease?

1. The rash shapes of the two are different. The characteristic of chickenpox is called "three generations living under one roof", which means that there are blisters, papules and scabs.

2. The two are distributed in different locations. Chickenpox is more concentrated in the center of the trunk, while hand, foot and mouth disease is mostly distributed in the hands, feet, mouth and buttocks.

3. The time when the rash appears is different. The rash of chickenpox appears earlier, usually on the second day after the child has a fever. There is no clear time point for the rash on hand, foot and mouth disease, and it usually appears three to five days after the fever.