All About HFMD

[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?

[kooky83]

I think the older your kid, the stronger his or her immune system so can better fight against HFMD. Recently, my 20 plus year old daughter was contracted with HFMD but luckily hers is not full blown so she recovered within a week. I heard from my other friends that their grandchildren or young children got contracted HFMD and their conditions are much more serious. Wish all the kids with HFMD, especially young kids recover soon!

[Quizzer]

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?

I thought if you bring your child back to the same clinic, the doc will just charge you the review rate not the full consultation rate?

[Precious2.012911lee]

I paid only $10 from my family doctor. My children’s PD charged 3 times more for that piece of clearance letter.

[Imami]

Quizzer:

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?

I thought if you bring your child back to the same clinic, the doc will just charge you the review rate not the full consultation rate?

My child's pd did it for free. Fee aside, I thought shd. Bring back to the same doc to get clearance?

[Ed1975]

Doc should not charge too much for just clearance

[MMM]

Imami:

Quizzer:

[quote=\"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?

I thought if you bring your child back to the same clinic, the doc will just charge you the review rate not the full consultation rate?

My child's pd did it for free. Fee aside, I thought shd. Bring back to the same doc to get clearance?[/quote]I personally think it's better to go back to the same doc who declared to MOE? We did that at Raffles medical and I think the review rate was much lower.

[cherrygal]

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[Mega103]

Hi,

This is the first time I write in this forum.
Would like to check the following for a friend.
Hope someone can help…

My friend got HFMD, does her child need to be kept at home? Not allow to go to school (preschooler)? Is there such official requirement from MOE/MOH?

I do know cases where elder child got HFMD, younger child still go to preschool.

TIA