{"id":2383,"date":"2021-05-04T01:58:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T01:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chantampharma.com.vn\/uncategorized\/canh-giac-cao-do-voi-dich-benh-tay-chan-mieng\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T03:47:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T03:47:42","slug":"canh-giac-cao-do-voi-dich-benh-tay-chan-mieng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chantampharma.com.vn\/en\/featured-articles\/canh-giac-cao-do-voi-dich-benh-tay-chan-mieng\/","title":{"rendered":"Be on high alert for hand, foot and mouth disease"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the infectious disease surveillance system from early 2021 to May 2021, our whole country has recorded more than 17,450 cases of infection, 4 times more than the same period last year, of which 4 children have died. dead.<\/p>\n

The disease spread in all 63 provinces, especially the infection rate, the number of cases increased, and many severe cases occurred, mainly in the southern provinces. In Ho Chi Minh City alone, according to the Center for Disease Control, the number of children suffering from hand, foot and mouth disease is increasing rapidly, 2.5 times higher than the same period last year (according to March 2021). The numbers are alarming!<\/p>\n

According to experts, the disease is forecasted to continue to grow stronger in mid-April to the end of May, especially when the weather is turning into summer, the hot and humid climate creates conditions for the disease to spread quickly, especially Especially during the holidays and summer vacations, parents often take their children to crowded and fun places, neglecting to maintain hygiene and prevent diseases for children.<\/p>\n

Hand, foot and mouth disease is an acute infectious disease, the most susceptible subjects are children under 5 years old. Currently, there is no vaccine for the disease, and it is extremely dangerous if not treated promptly, not only affecting life but also life. It is also easy to leave many neurological complications such as encephalitis, encephalitis, meningitis, …, and other complications of cardiovascular, respiratory, even death.<\/p>\n

The mistake of parents is to think that hand, foot and mouth disease will not recur, and wait until the child has obvious symptoms such as sores in the mouth, and red spots. When the water starts to develop a rash on the skin on the hands and feet, accompanied by a high fever that does not go down, lethargy, just taken to medical facilities, the disease is likely to have begun to worsen.<\/p>\n

According to the Ministry of Health and Children’s Hospital I, Ho Chi Minh City, children can get Hand, Foot and Mouth disease many times because there is currently no vaccine, the ability to create antibodies against the virus that causes the disease in young children. is very weak, each infection, produces only a small amount of antibodies to a certain virus, and over time is not enough to protect the child. When a child is infected with another virus in the Enterovirus group (there are more than 10 other strains), there is a high chance that the child will get the disease again.<\/p>\n

Signs of hand, foot and mouth disease are divided into stages and levels, but typically, the initial symptoms will be as follows:<\/p>\n