(VIDEO) The number of children diagnosed with hand-foot-and-mouth disease is on the rise in Moldova

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17 Aug. 2021 / 20:13

(VIDEO) The number of children diagnosed with hand-foot-and-mouth disease is on the rise in Moldova

In the Republic of Moldova, there is an increase in the number of children diagnosed with hand-foot-and-mouth disease, which is an acute viral infection caused by the Coxsackie A16 virus, which is part of the family of viruses called non-polio enterovirus. The disease can occur in both adults and children, but most commonly occurs in infants up to five years of age. Specialists in the treatment of contagious diseases mention that there is no specific treatment against this disease, it being treated according to the symptoms that each patient manifests, Moldova 1 reports.

Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is an infection caused by enteroviruses. It generally affects infants and children under the age of five, but can also occur in older children and adults. The incubation period is three to six days.

The first sign of the disease is fever, then ulcerative lesions in the mouth with sore throat, decreased appetite and change in general condition. After about two days, blistering rashes appear. The disease heals in seven to ten days. It is a self-limiting disease, meaning that the body manages to neutralize the virus on its own. After healing, the child remains immune to the virus, but this does not mean that he can no longer contract the disease, which can recur as a new infection.

Health experts say there is an increase in infected children. Children contract the disease in several ways that are sometimes neglected by their parents.

"The disease is transmitted both by air and by the oral faecal mechanism, i.e. in contact with close persons, and in contact with contaminated objects, and through dirty hands, through water containing the causative agent or even through food,” says Diana Vlad, an infectious disease doctor.

Specialists mention that there is no specific treatment for hand-foot-and-mouth disease. It is treated based on the symptoms that the children complain of. Compared to last year, when there were no patients diagnosed with enterovirus infection, this year is a difficult one, doctors say, because the number of addresses has increased, starting with July, which is a common period of increased enterovirus. This year, most children affected by enteroviruses showed hand-foot-and-mouth syndrome and herpangina.

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