Information from the Department of Health of Binh Thuan, the province has just recorded one more pediatric patient in La Gi town who died suspected of having hand, foot and mouth disease, bringing the total number of deaths due to suspected this disease from the beginning of the year to now to 3 cases. fit.
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The local health sector is urgently implementing measures to handle disease clusters, treat the environment and promote communication on hand, foot and mouth disease prevention and control in the community.
According to a report from La Gi Medical Center, on the morning of August 8, a 8-month-old girl in Binh Tan ward was taken to La Gi Regional General Hospital with symptoms of blisters on the forearm, back of the hand, and forearm. foot; diagnosed pharyngitis with enteric virus blisters with rash (hand, foot and mouth disease day 17) and acute nasopharyngitis (common cold). The patient was admitted to the Department of Infection.
At 17:30 on the same day, the baby was breathing hiccups, convulsions continuously, convulsing the whole body, startling, rash, blisters scattered on thighs, forearms, legs on both sides, fever 2 degrees C ... transferred to resuscitation. At 38:19 on the same day, the Department of Intensive Care and Toxicology diagnosed a pediatric patient with cardiac arrest, respiratory failure, and failed resuscitation, monitoring for hand, foot and mouth disease of grade 30 days 4, epilepsy. Clinical suspicion of death due to hand, foot and mouth disease.
As soon as this case was recorded, La Gi Medical Center cooperated with Binh Tan Ward Medical Station to investigate and monitor the epidemic situation within a radius of 100m around the case house; at the same time make a list of households with children under 5 years old for health monitoring; implementing environmental treatment measures with Javel water. For households with cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, health workers propagate and mobilize to eat main meals, drink boiling water, wash hands with soap, and clean the environment to prevent and control the disease from spreading to the community. ; instructing families to self-monitor the health of members, especially children under 5 years old, if detecting symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease, they should immediately go to a medical facility for timely examination and treatment.
Statistics from the Provincial Center for Disease Control show that from June 6 until now, patients with hand, foot and mouth disease have increased rapidly in Binh Thuan and have not shown any signs of cooling down. From the beginning of the year to August 2023, the province recorded 6 cases, including 8 deaths due to suspected cases. Localities with a high number of cases such as La Gi town 710 cases, Ham Thuan Nam 3 cases, Ham Thuan Bac 161 cases, Phan Thiet city 137 cases... Binh Thuan also recorded the appearance of Enterovirus 107 (EV93) strain. . Of the 71 samples sent to the Pasteur Institute Nha Trang for virus isolation, 71 were EV31 strains (accounting for about 15%).
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Enterovirus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease is a highly virulent virus that can easily cause severe disease and can be fatal.
