Hanoi and HCM City record rising hand-foot-mouth cases
One of the serious cases is a two-year-old child from Phuc Tho District. When he was admitted to the hospital, he was nauseous and had a seizure. Doctors said he had brain complications from having the hand-foot-mouth disease. Another case, a 13-year-old child has had hand-foot-mouth disease three times. He used to be treated at home but this time, his condition got much worse and he suffered from high fever for days.
According to Hai, they receive 15-20 children each day. Some children have clear symptoms but other children didn't have so their parents couldn't tell why they had a high fever. Many children have brain complications.
For the first 39 weeks in 2020, HCM City has recorded 6,358 cases. Of which 640 cases are recorded in the 39th week alone. The number of weekly cases rose in 19 out of 24 districts. The authorities of four districts had to raise warnings against hand-foot-mouth disease to parents.
Doctors advise both children and parents to wash hands and feet regularly. Parents should notice if their children have any rash and quickly bring them to the doctors. Hand-foot-mouth disease is often seen among children under 10 years old but there are also adult cases.
The first symptoms are usually hard to detect including having a fever, lack of appetite and sore throat. The rash only appears one or two days after having the fever. When the situation gets worse, there may be brain complications. Parents should bring the children to the hospital if their children have high fever for more than two days, are nauseous, cry constantly and muscle tremors.
