The virus is usually present in the feces of infected people for up to 10 weeks; the disease can be transmitted even after symptoms resolve.
The state of São Paulo recorded 391 cases of foot and mouth disease between January and March of this year. This number represents a 149% increase over the first three months of last year.
According to the Department of Health of the State of São Paulo, the number of cases of the disease in 2023 already exceeds the 385 notifications recorded during 2022. The trend is for it to increase even more, as the disease tends to have greater transmission during the ‘year. fall. The data was also made available by Agência Brasil.
Foot and mouth disease is a contagious disease caused by a virus. It is more frequent in children up to five years of age, whose transmission occurs through airway secretions, saliva droplets, the fecal-oral route and contact with lesions.
The virus is usually present in the feces of infected people for up to 10 weeks, but can last for several months. In oral and respiratory secretions, the virus can be found up to 04 weeks. Infected people who are not sick can also transmit the virus, just as people who have become ill can continue to transmit even after symptoms have resolved.
To avoid illness, basic hygiene measures are necessary, such as washing hands well and avoiding crowds. It is also necessary not to share objects and objects cleaned for personal use and for the environment with a 70% ethyl alcohol solution or chlorine solution. The secretariat advises parents to keep sick children at home, preventing them from attending nursery school for about seven days or until the skin lesions have completely disappeared.
The disease has no cure. The use of pain relievers, antipyretics, and hydration can help with recovery. According to the secretary, the recovery can last between seven and ten days.
The disease-causing virus can cause stomatitis, a kind of canker sore. The symptoms are associated with a high fever in the first few days and later with small blisters on the hands and soles of the feet, as well as red spots in the mouth, tonsils and pharynx. Other symptoms are: vomiting and diarrhea, as well as difficulty swallowing and a lot of saliva. Foot and mouth disease is caused by the virus Helmsman A16 of the enterovirus family.
“Usually, as with other virus infections, the disease regresses spontaneously after a few days. There is no vaccine against this disease, so in most cases only the symptoms are treated,” he explained. Helmar Abreu Rocha Verlangierispecialist in pediatric infectious diseases at Darcy Vargas hospital, in a note to Agência Brasil.
My little one is recovering from a viral disease called hand foot mouth. Which is more common in the little ones (here he’s 10). Boring business, see? The pediatrician said there is a wave here in RJ. The soles of his feet burned so much that he didn’t sleep for two nights.
— Euothers (@malicamotta) April 17, 2023
Source: Terra
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