All About HFMD

[BlurBee]

Dino mummy:

Hifive:

Hi


My DS2 was diagnosed with HFMD yesterday. He was complaining of sore throat and think due to the ulcers in his mouth, he was in pain. Now no appetite to eat as he can't swallow. But have been giving him plenty of water.

Thanks to this forum and parents contributing ideas in this thread, read about giving ice-cream during this time. Tried giving him ice-cream last night when he kept complaining of the pain in his mouth and he was happily eating it.

Would need some advice here : my DS1 is 12 yr old and I am quite afraid that this HFMD may pass on to him. I've asked DS1 to sleep in another bedrm (they actually shared the same bedrm) last night, separated their utensils, keep 1 toilet solely for my DS2 to use. What about disinfecting e.g. toys (but they don't play together now), books, etc? Do I have to do disinfect everyday since they don't share all those things at home during this period? appreciate advices, thanks.

Hi hiFive
Keep monitoring your 12 years old...I recalled the last day of my younger one's MC was the 1st day of my elder one's MC. That is, his bro recover, his HFMD starts altho, we separated them once the younger is confirmed HFMD. And the elder one's condition is worst than the younger one. :sick:

Last time my elder also got from my younger. I think the virus had already spread before we noted the symptoms.
Take care. :hugs:

[BlurBee]

Zeus:

The HFMD is back. My son was infected after a few of his friends in child care center got it. Now struggling to apply leave to take of my kid, while in the midst of heavy workload.


Some general guidelines that I am currently following:

1) Drink lots of fluid.

2) Ensure that his hands are washed before meals.

3) Coax him into taking light food (even though its very painful).

4) Get an oral drop from the doctor which relieve the pain for a short period of time.

:sad:

ur DS get well soon.

U take care. :hugs:

[BlurBee]

chibi:

my DD1 got HFMD. it was detected a few days ago . the school immediately ask us bring her to the doc.

then my ds2, who is 14 months just went to doc and confirm he had hfmd too.
DD1 who is 7 this yr is stil quite alright. she stil ask me if it is ok for her to cry as she is feeling very terrible. :hugs:
ds2 is crying quite badly, and refuses to drink milk the whole day :gloomy:

ur DDs get well soon.

U take care. :hugs:

[xueyan]

Ds who is 4 years old got HFMD again!


Last year he got infected twice… I heard that kids from 5 years old onwards are less likely to get infected, is it true?

[BlurBee]

Oh dear. DO take care. :hugs:


Dun think the assumption is true as even adults will get it too.

[xueyan]

It seems that his immune system is no good for HFMD. Is there any way to boost his immune system in this area?


This is the third time he is infected with HDFM since beginning of last year but i understand that some of classmates did not infect at all.

[missy]

Are we all wondering WHY the increase in HFMD at this time of the year?

It's getting earlier in the year and sky rocketting.
Is it because the Childcare providers not being proactive in PREVENTING and not WILLING to spend more in research & prevention OR..........
Are we not learning from previous years outbreak?
Anyone in reading has any input?

[angell]

missy:

Singapore, up to 14 Jan 2012 (source MOH) (No. of cases)


Singapore: Reported number of cases continuing to remain low but slight increase
since Dec; 673 HFMD cases reported up to 14 Jan in 2012; 347 cases during 8-14
Jan 2012, which is below the warning level (603 cases/week)

Am thinking how ALL infant/child/student care services and even adults can prevent this.........and chance upon this website http://www.ablasia-silver.com that has Silver antimicrobial products that is alcohol and chemical free! I now know that there IS such a product that is Alcohol & chemical free that provides up to 4 hours of protection unlike those currently in the market that is cheap and short lived! It should be short live bacteria & long live silver antimicrobial!
After more snooping around .... Think there was a promotion in Guardian Pharmacy last month....on this Silver gel and Solution. As mentioned I tried the gel and its fantastic on almost anything.....I mean, any kind of cut, scratch, redness, itch, pain (even toothache/bad breathe/sty in the eye/doggie ear infection) ! DO NOT believe me........GO, try it for yourself and benefit from it.

Hi Missy,
As a parent of a preschooler, I am also very concern about the HFMD epidemic.
The product that you mentioned is Antimicrobial, effective against bacteria. But is it effective against viruses? HFMD is caused by a virus.

[missy]

hi Angell… According to the site, the Silver Sol binds the viral DNA and render it harmless but not kill it. … and I think so too, cos virus are toughies…

Above and beyond, the supplement and gel is use more as a preventive measure in stagnating the replication of the virus and thus allowing the body system to not be overwhelmed and succum.
Hope this helps…

[Jworld]

BlurBee:

Latest updated (MOH website on the weekly report):

Wk49 (4-10 Dec) - 464
Wk50 (11-17 Dec) - 423
Wk51 (18-24 Dec) - 326
Wk52 (25-31 Dec) - 284
Wk1 (1-7 Jan) - 326
Wk2 (8-14 Jan) - 347
Wk3 (15-21 Jan) - 463
Wk4 (22-28 Jan) - 375
Wk5 (29 Jan-4 Feb) - 445
Wk6 (5-11 Feb) - 686
Wk7 (12-18 Feb) - 815

http://www.moh.gov.sg/content/moh_web/home/statistics/infectiousDiseasesStatistics/weekly_infectiousdiseasesbulletin.html

Please take care. :hugs:

Oh dear. The latest number is so high. :shock:

All Daddies and Mommies (incl. myself), please take care! :grphug: