All About HFMD

[hquek]

concern_mum:

Hi, i need some advise, my girl, 4yrs old, is affected by HFMD since Tuesday. She has not been eating anything since Wednesday and drink very very little. Should i send her to A & E? Anybody has this experience, pls share with me. How long it takes for her to recover?

Not eating could be due to ulcers in her mouth/throat that makes it painful to swallow. Advice from my friend is to get something cold like icecream. She bought soya beancurd - put in fridge. Cool and soothing...so easy to go down. But the offset is that kid may well end up with cough after hfmd.

If you are concerned, best is to go see doctor and see what s/he says.

HFMD tenure depends on severity - understand it could be 5 to 10 days.

[jce]

My daughter is also down with HFMD, think it all started on Sat with the fever she had, Sun she started complaining of pain in the throat and then ulcer started, Mon she started developing a rash and a few blisters on her fingers. Went to see the doc yesterday (ie Mon) and he suggested Isotonic drinks (like 100 plus, H2O) as they go down more easily than plain water.


So far my daughter’s appetite is normal, I’ve been cooking porridge and noodle soup. She’s also taking fluids well, but I do have a bottle of isotonic drink on standby.

[BlurBee]

Hi jce, take good care of urself as well.

Hope ur DD gets well soon.

[BlurBee]

Latest updated (MOH website on the weekly report):

Wk 6 (7-13 Feb) - 330
Wk 7 (14-20 Feb) - 367
Wk 8 (21-27 Feb) - 526
Wk 9 (28 Feb-6 Mar) - 517
Wk 10 (7-13 Mar) - 559
Wk 11 (14-20 Mar) - 496
Wk 12 (21-27 Mar) - 597
Wk 13 (28 Mar-3 Apr) - 510
Wk 14 (4-10 Apr) - 542
Wk 15 (11-17 Apr) - 572
Wk 16 (18-24 Apr) - 644
Wk 17 (25 Apr-1 May) - 631

http://www.moh.gov.sg/mohcorp/statisticsweeklybulletins.aspx

[ChiefKiasu]

BlurBee:

Latest updated (MOH website on the weekly report):

Wk 6 (7-13 Feb) - 330
Wk 7 (14-20 Feb) - 367
Wk 8 (21-27 Feb) - 526
Wk 9 (28 Feb-6 Mar) - 517
Wk 10 (7-13 Mar) - 559
Wk 11 (14-20 Mar) - 496
Wk 12 (21-27 Mar) - 597
Wk 13 (28 Mar-3 Apr) - 510
Wk 14 (4-10 Apr) - 542
Wk 15 (11-17 Apr) - 572
Wk 16 (18-24 Apr) - 644
Wk 17 (25 Apr-1 May) - 631

http://www.moh.gov.sg/mohcorp/statisticsweeklybulletins.aspx

Thanks BlurBee! It's worrying to see the number of cases trending upwards :!:

[atrecord]

concern_mum:

Hi, i need some advise, my girl, 4yrs old, is affected by HFMD since Tuesday. She has not been eating anything since Wednesday and drink very very little. Should i send her to A & E? Anybody has this experience, pls share with me. How long it takes for her to recover?

If it is just loss of appetite then it is normal. just imagine if you have a lot of ulcers in your own throat, then you would also not want anything to go through, including saliva - much less solid food.

My dd was 2 yr 2 mth old when she caught it, 3rd wk into going to childcare. she was already skinny, so you can imagine how bad it was when she took very little food for a week...
she was always asking to be carried, crying because of the pain/discomfort, with her tears, saliva and mucus all mixed and flowing down her face, which would be lying on either dw or my shoulder...

ice cream is a solution, and choose the milky ones as those will give her some milk too. the cold temp will reduce slightly the pain when swallowing too.

If got fever, make sure you give med so that the temp comes down.

[BlurBee]

Latest updated (MOH website on the weekly report):

Wk 6 (7-13 Feb) - 330
Wk 7 (14-20 Feb) - 367
Wk 8 (21-27 Feb) - 526
Wk 9 (28 Feb-6 Mar) - 517
Wk 10 (7-13 Mar) - 559
Wk 11 (14-20 Mar) - 496
Wk 12 (21-27 Mar) - 597
Wk 13 (28 Mar-3 Apr) - 510
Wk 14 (4-10 Apr) - 542
Wk 15 (11-17 Apr) - 572
Wk 16 (18-24 Apr) - 644
Wk 17 (25 Apr-1 May) - 631
Wk 18 (2-8 May) - 628
Wk 19 (9-15 May) - 668
Wk20 (16-22 May) - 667
Wk21 (23-29 May) - 681


http://www.moh.gov.sg/mohcorp/statisticsweeklybulletins.aspx

[BlurBee]

Latest updated (MOH website on the weekly report):

Wk 6 (7-13 Feb) - 330
Wk 7 (14-20 Feb) - 367
Wk 8 (21-27 Feb) - 526
Wk 9 (28 Feb-6 Mar) - 517
Wk 10 (7-13 Mar) - 559
Wk 11 (14-20 Mar) - 496
Wk 12 (21-27 Mar) - 597
Wk 13 (28 Mar-3 Apr) - 510
Wk 14 (4-10 Apr) - 542
Wk 15 (11-17 Apr) - 572
Wk 16 (18-24 Apr) - 644
Wk 17 (25 Apr-1 May) - 631
Wk 18 (2-8 May) - 628
Wk 19 (9-15 May) - 668
Wk20 (16-22 May) - 667
Wk21 (23-29 May) - 681
Wk22 (30 May-5 Jun) - 628
Wk23 (6-12 Jun) - 715
Wk24 (13-19 Jun) - 639
Wk25 (20-26 Jun) - 721

http://www.moh.gov.sg/mohcorp/statisticsweeklybulletins.aspx[/quote]

[mintcc]

thanks for the info BlurBee…the figures seems to be geting ver high…

[Charmaine_chong]

Dear All,


My son 4years old is having HFMD and couldn’t sleep last night. He keep on crying due to discomfort and itchiness of the blisters and mouth ulcers.

Today was his 3rd day. He got fever on monday morning, then late afternoon we noticed an ulcer on his mouth and one or two blisters on his feet.

We brought him to see chinese sin seh yesterday . He had more mouth ulcers late afternoon yesterday and couldn’t sleep well.

I quickly bought Manuka honey with UMF 15. Heard that it is good. Advised to take 3 teaspoon a day.

On top of that i let him take organic vitamin C, home-cook green beans, 'Luo Han Guo", paracetamol for fever and the herbs.

May i know what is good to take to help him recover faster and reduce discomfort.

Thanks