Hand, foot and mouth disease transmission routes
Hand, foot and mouth disease is an infectious disease caused by adenovirus. The main transmission routes are droplets and direct virus contact. After a patient is infected, the virus will be excreted in body fluids such as respiratory tract, feces, urine, saliva, blood, etc., making it easily spread. In addition, the transmission routes of hand, foot and mouth disease also include the following aspects:
1. Transmission by close contact: For example, the virus can be transmitted to others through close contact with the mouth, nasal cavity, skin and mucous membranes, etc., such as droplets from the patient\’s nose, saliva, saliva, feces, etc.
2. Transmission from daily pollution: Contaminated water, food, toys, clothing, etc. are all transmission media for hand, foot and mouth disease, and the amount of virus on these media is very large.
3. Airborne transmission: Virus particles floating in the air can also transmit the virus to other people in the respiratory tract at any time.
4. Contact with patient secretions or feces: If you use daily necessities contaminated with the virus, such as towels, bath towels, tableware, etc., you can easily transmit the virus to other people.
Methods to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease
As the incidence of hand, foot and mouth disease continues to increase, how to prevent it has become one of the most concerning issues. Regarding the daily prevention methods of hand, foot and mouth disease, we can elaborate on the following aspects:
1. Personal hygiene: Remember to wash your hands frequently, especially in time and thoroughly after contact with public facilities and other places. You should apply hand sanitizer or hand sanitizing alcohol to your hands before and after you touch anything. At the same time, pay attention to moisturizing your hands to reduce local skin temperature, which can also play a certain preventive role. Moreover, personal hygiene also includes many factors such as physical hygiene and living environment hygiene, and various health prevention measures must be strengthened.
2. Crowd isolation: If you have fever, cough and other symptoms, you should actively go to the hospital for treatment and isolate and observe at home. For individuals who have come into contact with waste such as gypsum basins, attention should also be paid to isolation and observation to reduce the chance of illness.
3. Environmental hygiene: Keep the surrounding environment clean and tidy, and try not to expose pollution sources such as garbage and feces. At the same time, we must also strengthen the cleaning and disinfection of public places, such as restaurants, schools and other places, and actively carry out cleaning and disinfection work.
Early symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease
The early symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease are often subtle, and if not discovered and treated in time, it can easily develop into a serious condition. The early symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease mainly include the following aspects:
1. Rash: Within 3-5 days from the onset of illness, children often develop a red rash. The rash can appear on the fingers, palms, elbows, collar, knees, soles, buttocks, etc. The rash in these areas turns into blisters. The liquid in the bubble is clear in color.
2. Fever and cough: Early symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease also include fever, cough and other symptoms. Fever usually lasts for 2-4 days and can reach a maximum of 40℃ or above. Cough is caused by local tissue congestion.
3. Dry mouth and thirst: Due to the influence of potential symptoms in the oral cavity, children first develop the symptoms of dry mouth and thirst.
Treatment of hand, foot and mouth disease
For the treatment of hand, foot and mouth disease, viral treatment must first be given. Any antibioticsNo antibiotics can fight viruses. General treatment methods are as follows:
1. Maintain adequate rest: For symptoms such as fever and cough, we can take measures such as rest and hot compress to help regulate the body\’s condition.
2. Reasonable diet: The diet should be rich in easily digestible food, try to eat less spicy food and irritating drinks, and drink more water to improve the body\’s immunity.
3. Drug treatment: To treat hand, foot and mouth disease, it is recommended to use rapid oral disinfection drugs for rapid oral disinfection. Generally, oral benapropol hemihydrate, rabeprazole hydrochloride oral gel and other drugs are used. Can achieve better therapeutic effect.
Hand, foot and mouth disease is a relatively common infectious disease, so we must take effective preventive measures based on the transmission routes of hand, foot and mouth disease. In daily life, you should pay attention to maintaining personal hygiene, isolating patients, washing hands frequently and other preventive measures to reduce the probability of contracting hand, foot and mouth disease. At the same time, it is also necessary to have a better understanding of the early symptoms and treatment methods of hand, foot and mouth disease to facilitate early detection and timely treatment.
