Phuket marks third-highest hand, foot and mouth disease infection rate in the country

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Phuket marks third-highest hand, foot and mouth disease infection rate in the country

By Waranya Prompinpiras

 

Sores and lesions are among are the key signs of hand, foot and mouth disease. Photo: NNT

 

PHUKET: The Ministry of Public Health is calling on parents and schools to be on the lookout for hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) – a mild, contagious viral infection common in young children – with Phuket as of Friday (May 24) having the third-highest infection rate in the country.

 

The news comes hot on the heels of students returning in the opening weeks of returning to school after long holidays.

 

HFMD is a mild, contagious viral infection common in young children, characterised by sores in the mouth and a rash on the hands and feet. HFMD is most commonly caused by a coxsackievirus

Read more at https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-marks-third-highest-hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-infection-rate-in-the-country-71553.php#kmPO1mfFL5mfPIZ9.99 

 

 

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[Vacuum]

Does the black colored water have anything to do with this?

[PatOngo]

Black water in Phuket and Pattaya and smog in Chiang Mai, they really take care of their premier resorts, don't they!

[XenZen]

Great!!!  I got this this morning and I thought it was AIDS.

 

coxsackievirus

 

555

 

now back to swimming in the black waters......beers on me!!!

 

 

[happy chappie]

Someone should educate these people that you can't die from soap or hygiene.anyway they've got Chinese pig swine flu on its way so this virus is not worth thinking about.

[RotBenz8888]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand,_foot,_and_mouth_disease

"Breast-feeding has also shown to decrease rates of severe HFMD".

 

 

Better take that advice seriously????

 

 

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