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

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

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!!!

 

 

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.

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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