All About HFMD

[jkids]

hi parents


lets say if the sch finds ulcer/spots in the kid’s mouth and wants us to bring kid to see doc and in the end, its juz a common heatyness and nothing to do wif hfmd according to doc…does your sch still require parents to get the doc’s letter to prove that the kid is not sick in order to return to sch to study?

do u noe whether is it a "compulsary practice" all pre school are doing this? coz the doc’s letter itself oso costs $.

[BlurBee]

Latest updated (MOH website on the weekly report):

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
Wk8 (19-25 Feb) -
Wk9 (26 Feb-3 Mar) - 1119
Wk10 (4-10 Mar) - 1142

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

Please take care. :hugs:

[auntieM]

Thanks for the update BlurBee.. ..

Figures are scary.. Hope the term break can slow them down!

[guillemard]

My gal also got it earlier tis month but has since recovered. So scary le, lots of ulcers in her mouth so she can’t eat, even refused her favorite milk! can only give ice cream.


Nowadays don bring her to outside playground anymore, but she has always like to play there last time, so now whenever we pass by her favourite playground she will look so disappointed…

Just check MOH website the figures are still high, over 1000 cases in a week!

[MMM]

2 of my kids got it this week. They are not preschoolers. The eldest came down with fever after those 2 were confirmed HFMD. Fortunately, hers was just a case of viral rather than HFMD and she can finally go for her SYF practise tomorrow. :rahrah:


Keeping our fingers crossed that the 2nd child recover asap as he has syf practise :gloomy: Both of their fever has subside. However he still has red spots in his mouth though i see it lightening. The youngest is on her way to recovery. Their appetite is back and now full of energy and back to their old selves.

We've been giving them ling yang, chinese barley and red teak leave water to drink. Any other methods that we can help them to recover soonest. Really stressed now over the recovery.

[guillemard]

MMM:

2 of my kids got it this week. They are not preschoolers. The eldest came down with fever after those 2 were confirmed HFMD. Fortunately, hers was just a case of viral rather than HFMD and she can finally go for her SYF practise tomorrow. :rahrah:


Keeping our fingers crossed that the 2nd child recover asap as he has syf practise :gloomy: Both of their fever has subside. However he still has red spots in his mouth though i see it lightening. The youngest is on her way to recovery. Their appetite is back and now full of energy and back to their old selves.

We've been giving them ling yang, chinese barley and red teak leave water to drink. Any other methods that we can help them to recover soonest. Really stressed now over the recovery.

Arr, what is syf ah? :?

My gal is only 4 yr old when she got the HFMD, thus very irritable. the ulcers in the mouth very painful for her, cos generally she is not one who can tolerate pain, even a small little cut on her finger she also cry a lot..

So for the 2 weeks she can't eat and drink, only some ice cream. can see she lose a lot of weight, heart pain le..

For bigger kids maybe not so difficult

[MMM]

[/quote] Arr, what is syf ah? :?


My gal is only 4 yr old when she got the HFMD, thus very irritable. the ulcers in the mouth very painful for her, cos generally she is not one who can tolerate pain, even a small little cut on her finger she also cry a lot..

So for the 2 weeks she can't eat and drink, only some ice cream. can see she lose a lot of weight, heart pain le..

For bigger kids maybe not so difficult[/quote]

Sorry syf stands for Singapore Youth Festival.

Mine are all primary kids so maybe they are stronger to withstand the virus. My youngest was diagnosed this week. Wasn't able to eat for 3 days, lost weight but her appetite seems to improving though we are still putting them on soupy stuff. They were talking about their food cravings now.

[guillemard]

Sorry syf stands for Singapore Youth Festival.


Mine are all primary kids so maybe they are stronger to withstand the virus. My youngest was diagnosed this week. Wasn’t able to eat for 3 days, lost weight but her appetite seems to improving though we are still putting them on soupy stuff. They were talking about their food cravings now.[/quote]

oh, I see… Tks for the explanation.

Do take care, when kids are sick every one in the family all so stress le…

[Quizzer]

My ds1 is in K1 this year, he had 2 hfmd. The first when he had was at 21 months old and the following one was just less than a year apart from the 1st. He passed the hfmd to me and my hubby for the 1st time. Both of them had only mild symptoms, while i had the worse experience. So parents be cautious, although hfmd is childhood dieases but adult might just get it too. I believe the 2 hfmd he caught were those common strains…i can’t imagine if he gets it for the 3rd time, definitely not the weak strain anymore.

[maisatomai]

My son contracted HFMD 2 weeks ago and now he has recovered. Do we have to bring him to the same doctor who diagnosed him? Can we bring him to cheaper alternative like polyclinic or normal clinic?