Be careful with hand, foot and mouth disease complications in children!

Causes of hand, foot and mouth disease in children

Hand, foot and mouth disease is an acute infectious disease that can be transmitted directly from person to person with typical symptoms being the appearance of blisters in the mouth, palms, soles of the feet, knees and buttocks.

Hand, foot and mouth disease is caused by the invasion of intestinal viruses, commonly Coxsackie A16 virus and Enterovirus (EV71). Most cases of hand, foot and mouth disease related to EV71 will progress rapidly, with a high risk of complications.

Hand, foot and mouth disease has the potential to spread rapidly in the community.

Classification of hand, foot and mouth disease levels

Hand, foot and mouth disease is divided into 4 levels. Depending on the symptoms and severity of hand, foot and mouth disease, it is classified into the following levels:

Hand, foot and mouth disease grade 1

This is the initial stage of the disease, children often have a mild fever, red spots on the skin, mild skin lesions or superficial mouth ulcers. Children with level 1 hand, foot and mouth disease will usually recover after 7-10 days if properly cared for. Otherwise, the disease will progress to become more severe.

Hand, foot and mouth disease grade 2

Hand, foot and mouth disease grade 2 includes grade 2a and grade 2b, specifically as follows:

Level 2a: The child has a high fever above 39°C, lasting more than 2 days, and is easily startled. In addition, the child's body is tired, often fussy, lethargic due to fever, sore throat, vomiting...

Level 2b: Some children will be startled more than twice within 30 minutes, have a rapid pulse, high fever that does not go down, drowsiness... Some children will have shaking hands and feet, eye twitching, unsteady walking, or choking when swallowing.

Hand, foot and mouth disease grade 3

At this level, children will have the following signs: High blood pressure, rapid pulse, sometimes over 170 times/minute, shortness of breath, rapid breathing, cold body and profuse sweating, and impaired perception.

Hand, foot and mouth disease grade 4

At this most severe level, the child may have respiratory failure, circulatory failure, cyanosis of the whole body, etc. At that time, the child needs to be taken to the nearest medical facility for timely treatment to avoid affecting their life.

Hand, foot and mouth disease has 4 levels

Be careful of complications of hand, foot and mouth disease

If a child has low-level hand, foot and mouth disease, it usually does not cause dangerous complications. However, if the disease is not actively cared for and treated, and progresses to later stages, it can potentially cause some dangerous health complications.

Some signs suggesting the risk of complications of hand, foot and mouth disease include:

- High fever for many days (over 2 days) above 39 degrees Celsius.

- Children vomit a lot, vomiting is not accompanied by diarrhea.

- Children often cry and are easily startled.

- The patient's white blood cell count increased.

- The patient has difficulty breathing and stridor.

- The patient's underlying skin lesions increased.

When any of the above signs appear, take your child to the hospital immediately for timely treatment to avoid the risk of dangerous complications.

Hand, foot and mouth disease can cause dangerous complications for children.

Solution to help improve hand, foot and mouth disease thanks to the duo of Subac granules and gel

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a common skin disease in children. Currently, to quickly improve the condition, parents should give their children a combination of herbal medicine "oral and topical" Subac granules and gel.

With the main ingredient of nano silver, Subac gel has strong antibacterial and antiviral properties. Using Subac helps clean the skin and quickly heal skin damage caused by hand, foot and mouth disease. In addition, Subac also contains neem extract and chitosan to help fight bacteria, stimulate skin regeneration and prevent the formation of dark scars.

With Subac gel, measles, chickenpox, shingles are gone; hands, feet, and mouth are clean, skin is smooth

In addition, to achieve optimal effectiveness in improving hand, foot and mouth disease, you need to support strengthening your baby's body's resistance with Subac granules.

Subac granules contain herbs such as neem leaf extract, mango leaf extract, Eclipta prostrata extract, zinc gluconate, angelica extract, L-lysine,... to help increase resistance and quickly heal skin damage caused by hand, foot and mouth disease.

Subac rice helps increase resistance, anti-virus, anti-bacterial

Instructions for caring for children with hand, foot and mouth disease at home

When children have hand, foot and mouth disease, parents need to pay attention to the following in caring for them:

- Isolate children to avoid infecting other children.

- Clean teeth and apply medicine to the child's damaged skin areas.

- Dress children in loose, sweat-absorbent cotton clothing.

- Continue breastfeeding, while providing a suitable, nutritious diet. Feed your baby cold, soft, liquid, easy-to-digest foods and divide meals into smaller portions.

- Give your child more water than usual to balance electrolytes, making up for the amount of water lost when the child has a fever or vomits.

- Children's personal items such as bowls, chopsticks, spoons, milk bottles, cups/mugs... should be used separately and boiled.

- Wash hands with soap every time you take care of your child.

- Children should be bathed daily with warm water.

- Baby's diapers and clothes should be washed clean and soaked in disinfectant solution.

- Closely monitor the child's condition and symptoms. If the child has the following signs: rapid pulse, tremors in the limbs, unsteady gait (if the child can walk), startles >2 times/30 minutes, the child should be taken to the emergency room immediately for timely treatment.

Above are the consequences of hand, foot and mouth disease in children, treatment methods and notes when caring for patients to help hand, foot and mouth disease recover quickly. Hopefully the above content will help you treat hand, foot and mouth disease in children most effectively!

Anh Thu

*This food is not a medicine and does not have the effect of replacing medicine to cure diseases.

*Products are available at pharmacies nationwide.

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