1,000 children in Chiang Rai infected with hand, foot and mouth disease

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1,000 children in Chiang Rai infected with hand, foot and mouth disease

CHIANG RAI, 10 September 2015 (NNT)-Nearly a thousand grade school students in Chaing Rai have reportedly come down with hand-foot and mouth-disease.

Chiang Rai Provincial Public Health Office has advised schools to keep their students under surveillance after an outbreak has been reported. The type of virus that has killed some children is believed to be the deadliest strain called enterovirus 71, although other strains are less potent.

Children will become weak quickly after contracting the disease. It could be deadly, if they didn’t receive medical treatment soon enough. Schools and childcare centers have been instructed to keep their places clean. Toys and teaching materials must be disinfected frequently.

Around 500 young children at Mareerak School have had their mouths, hands and feet checked by their teachers in an effort to stop the spread. Those sent home were said to have a fever. Parents have been advised to take their children to hospital for treatment.


-- NNT 2015-09-10

[empireboy]

Geez <deleted> advise the parents to take the kids to hospital!?

Why not go to the school and thoroughly check every kid!!??!!

[nakhonandy]

Might not be a bad idea to find out where it came from.

This is the norm in EU countries.

The source, usually cattle are then destroyed (burnt).

[Colabamumbai]

I am not surprised that the government is not releasing more information about this.

[springheeled jack]

hand foot an mouth disease does not sound very good and this is obviously an infection which spreads and more to the point can it effect adults and what is the cure.

[ripstanley]

It can affect adults but usually only affects young children. http://www.cdc.gov/hand-foot-mouth/

Our boy was affected last year. He only had a mild case and had no problems recovering.

[MaeJoMTB]

Might not be a bad idea to find out where it came from.

This is the norm in EU countries.

The source, usually cattle are then destroyed (burnt).

Hand, foot and mouth is a minor viral infection in children and has nothing in common with foot and mouth disease found in livestock.

[ozyjon]

Has this anything in common with the

bad milk given to schoolkids.