All About HFMD

[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:

[Zeus]

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:

Hi BlurBee,

Thank you. I am glad that my son has recovered just after 8 days. I believe that a child's immune system plays a part in the recovery process.

[Enbin]

OMG. The figure in Feb is sooo high… Take lots of water and i heard manuka honey helps in boosting the immune system…

[mich78]

Dear all,


Are the fees for HFMD consultation very high?

[Enbin]

Nope, it should be the same as normal consultation fee…

[Ichigokun]

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?

I suppose so.

When I was 5 years and under the year was 1999-2004.

Didn't catch any HFMD. Neither have I caught HFMD ever since till now :imanangel:

[struggling]

Check out this video on YouTube:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LquWcQgOlyw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Some general useful info from doctor on HFMD

[Zeus]

Enbin:

Nope, it should be the same as normal consultation fee..

Hi!

The fees are the same as normal consultation, however you are required to bring your child back to certify \"fit for school\" before putting him back into child care.

Cheers.

[toddles]

So scary, HFMD back at epidemic levels. Makes people very wary about bringing kids below age 7 to public play areas… even those nice looking indoor playgrounds can be germfests…

[daddy2007]

toddles:

So scary, HFMD back at epidemic levels. Makes people very wary about bringing kids below age 7 to public play areas.... even those nice looking indoor playgrounds can be germfests...

I avoid public playgrounds nowsaday. Precaution is always better