Hand Foot Mouth Disease (HFMD)

Last week on 2 January 2012..tah macam mane AQEEL bleh kena HFMD...a good start for the new year kan...i n hubby memang x exxpect nak kena sebab we all a pergi mane pun..doctor said within 48 hours virus ni merebak...tapi dah nak kena kan..mula2 tue everybody thought it was Chicken Pox/ campak... so aku pun biase je la...sebab esoknye dah nak start keje kan so biase je la tapi start malam Aqeel menangis x henti2 itu yang membuatkan aku x tahu x wat ape... meleleh jgk la air mate ni kan sebab buntu... dia menangis non stop ok...guling2 hentak2 kaki..pastu demam... so esok pagi tu aku pun bw gi KPJ KAJANG jupe Paed's Aqeel DR Asmuni...dh lah lame tunggu...ramai plak org aritu so aku minta dicepatkan sebab Aqeel still merengek2.. so doc checked n confirm dia kn HFMD...aku x tau pun virus ni...so kene la warded masuk isolation ward ok!!!... sebab Aqeel demam n dia minum or makan pun ..so dia kena drip..n doctor bagi ubat tahan gatal,bengkak n ubat tido.. sian dia... 4 hari duk hspital...isolation ward mahal ok!! lebid mahal dari single room suite.. tapi takpe laa bayor je laa...

Now dia dah beransur pulih hanya tinggal bintik2 je la penuh kat tangan n kaki dia..macam kudis bute pun ye gak...dah la dia putih gebu...so memang nampak la spot spot tu....hmm still on meds lagi...hopefully bleh hlang la...jgn ade parut dah la...jatuh saham AQEEL...muke dah la cam omputih...kaki n tangan berpeta-peta hehee nasib baik dalam mulut dia dah ok..kalau tidak penuh ulcer...

SO u all semua ...jaga2 la ye..anak i x duduk umah orang or taska..still bleh kene...so jaga la persekitaran n kalau boleh jgn la dekat dgn budak2 yg x diknali...bukan kite nak sombong tapi precautions.....prevention is better than cure..kan...





Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a human syndrome caused by intestinal viruses of the Picornaviridae family. The most common strains causing HFMD are Coxsackie A virus and Enterovirus 71 (EV-71).[1]


HFMD usually affects infants and children, and is quite common. It is moderately contagious and is spread through direct contact with the mucus, saliva, or feces of an infected person. It typically occurs in small epidemics in nursery schools or kindergartens, usually during the summer and autumn months. The usual incubation period is 3–7 days.

It is uncommon in adults, but those with immune deficiencies are very susceptible. HFMD is not to be confused with foot-and-mouth disease (also called hoof-and-mouth disease), which is a disease affecting sheep, cattle, and swine, and which is unrelated to HFMD (but also caused by a member of the Picornaviridae family).

Symptoms of HFMD include:[2]

Fever

Headache

Vomiting

Fatigue

Malaise

Referred ear pain

Sore throat

Painful oral lesions

Non-itchy body rash, followed by sores with blisters on palms of hand and soles of feet

Oral ulcer

Sores or blisters may be present on nose and nostrils

Sores or blisters may be present on the buttocks of small children and infants

Irritability in infants and toddlers

Loss of appetite.

Diarrhea

The common incubation period (the time between infection and onset of symptoms) is from three to seven days.
Early symptoms are likely to be fever often followed by a sore throat. Loss of appetite and general malaise may also occur. Between one and two days after the onset of fever, painful sores (lesions) may appear in the mouth and/or throat. A rash may become evident on the hands, feet, mouth, tongue, inside of the cheeks, and occasionally the buttocks (but generally, the rash on the buttocks will be caused by the diarrhea).