Tag: herpetic angina

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Kindergarten children collectively dropped their nails. What happened to what?

In the past year, mothers on the Internet have been consulting about a symptom that makes them extremely frightened, that is, nail loss. The story starts in early 2014. At that time, a kindergarten in Hangzhou was under great pressure because more than 50 children’s nails broke and fell off in a short period of time and were also on the local news. Some medical experts were confused and kindergarten teachers were under great pressure. In addition to Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Zhangjiakou, Dongguan and other regions have also reported similar reports, with children intensively experiencing nail breaks and falling off. Why do children drop their nails collectively? At that time, various strange theories such as poisoning conspiracy and mysterious lack of Read More …

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Please say no to ribavirin!

April to July every year is the season of hand-foot-mouth disease and the season of high incidence of herpetic angina. Many parents bring their children to see a doctor. One of the questions parents often ask is whether ribavirin can be taken orally for treatment. They even say that some pharmacy staff or kindergarten teachers told them that ribavirin spray can be used to treat skin herpes in throat, hands, feet and buttocks. Not only that, the child caught a cold, and many parents’ first reaction was [give the child some antiviral drugs-then ribavirin]! It seems that ribavirin has become a golden signboard for the treatment of various viral infectious diseases. However, do ribavirin really need to be used in Read More …

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Hand-foot-mouth vaccine will be on the market in March 2016. Why can’t our children get it?

From January to April 2016, the outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease in China increased by 27% over the same period last year. Twenty-two children died in two months, and they could have avoided their deaths. On March 22, 2016, China launched the world’s first inactivated EV71 (hand, foot and mouth) vaccine. Today, most people are still hard to find everywhere. [After the vaccine accident, so many officials were dealt with. Everyone was afraid and did not want to take the initiative to take responsibility and did not want to do things. This is understandable. But who is responsible for the epidemic of infectious diseases? Who is the victim? ] Hand, foot and mouth disease, fatal threat Since hand-foot-mouth disease was first Read More …

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The summer epidemic [herpetic angina] should not be taken lightly.

As summer approaches, many children who come to the clinic due to fever are diagnosed as herpetic angina, and parents will ask with concern: Is it hand-foot-mouth disease? Is it serious? What if you don’t eat? ] Let’s answer the parents’ concerns one by one. Don’t worry, it’s not HFMD Herpetic angina and hand-foot-mouth disease have the following two main differences: Different Herpes Positions Herpetic angina only has herpes in the oral cavity, while children with hand-foot-mouth disease may have herpes in the oral cavity, perioral cavity, hands, feet, buttocks and even the whole body. Different severity Herpes angina rarely appears severe, while hand-foot-mouth disease has a certain proportion will turn into severe. A few children with hand-foot-mouth disease may Read More …