Vietnam: Heat, hand, foot and mouth disease complicated

04/05/2012

In recent years, especially on hot days, the hand, foot and mouth disease situation changes very complex, yet tends to decrease, each day has more than 50 hospitalizations.

In these hot days, hospitalized patients increases. Especially on 2/5, after the holiday season, hospitalized patients increased sharply, the previous day fifth only 113 cases to date is 2/5 with 467 hospitalizations.

Within a month, every day pediatric hospital inpatient treatment for 500 patients. Patients hospitalized major diseases such as inflammation VA, tonsil, hand, foot and mouth, diarrhea, Rota virus, including hand, foot and mouth disease is on the downward trend.

By the evening of 3/5, 64 hand, foot and mouth patients are treated in hospital, no complications and the case fell into critical condition.

Dr. Hoang Thi Kim Thanh, deputy director of Thanh Hoa Children's Hospital said: "Often in the heat or cold spell patients increased significantly, but the climate is cold and hot new patients increased. In hot weather conditions, many parents afraid to patients out there when trying to sick children at home, when the new illness. There should be many cases where the hospital is very easily lead to complications.

In weather like this, if the child is to regulate the temperature is too low, the fan or the use of too strong to drink more ice are factors promoting the development of chronic diseases. Furthermore, in the ice air hygiene, infants susceptible to the virus. "


Most of the patients mouth disease in the form of heavy limbs.
To meet the treatment needs of patients, since early summer, Children's Hospital Thanh Hoa has prescribed additional 100 beds, bringing the number of beds to 500 beds. Here, the hospital added 50 beds for longer statements that best meet the needs examination and treatment of pediatric patients.

Master Trinh Van Luc, Dean Infectious Dermatology, Children's Hospital said: "Like every year, hands and feet mouth disease usually develop around from August to October, but this year, early summer was highly developed. Where the level of infection in newly admitted 2a. Recently, hospitals have to test for the virus EV71 than 1,000 cases and more than 50% positive for EV71 virus.

There are many severely ill patients, particularly patients coinfected with two viruses both EV71 and Rota virus (the cause of diarrhea and dangerous to young lives. The hand, foot and mouth disease prevention are dependent on conscious living and hygiene of the whole community. Because it is not a disease that one may drive stamping is, here is the intestinal form of the virus so it is difficult to prevent. "

"Parents should be clean and hygienic environment for children bathe regularly and it is important to wash clean the anus after her children go to the bathroom. Even adults must be aware of this issue to ensure health and hygiene for the people around, "Dr. Force recommendations.