{"id":63866,"date":"2025-09-17T13:04:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=63866"},"modified":"2025-09-17T14:29:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:59:57","slug":"hand-foot-and-mouth-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/hand-foot-and-mouth-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A viral infection known as Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) is spreading rapidly among children across Delhi and neighbouring Haryana, prompting health experts and schools to issue advisories. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a very <\/span><b>contagious illness caused by a virus.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The disease gets its<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">name from the<\/span><b> blister-like rash <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that forms <\/span><b>on your child\u2019s hands and feet <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>painful sores<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that develop <\/span><b>in their mouth.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rash can actually appear anywhere on their body, including their chest, back, arms, legs, genitals, and buttocks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I<\/span><b>nfants and children younger than 5<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are <\/span><b>most likely to get HFMD.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is extremely <\/span><b>uncommon in adults<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; however, it is still a possibility.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It tends to <\/span><b>spread quickly among children in daycare and school<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because <\/span><b>several viruses can cause <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the disease, it\u2019s <\/span><b>possible to get HFMD multiple times.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is often <\/span><b>confused with <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/foot-and-mouth-disease-fmd\/\" target=\"_blank\">foot-and-mouth<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (also called <\/span><b>hoof-and-mouth) disease,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a <\/span><b>disease of cattle, sheep,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and swine; however, the t<\/span><b>wo diseases are not related<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014they are c<\/span><b>aused by different viruses.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Humans do not get the animal disease,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>animals do not get the human disease.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Transmission<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It easily spreads through c<\/span><b>ontact with unwashed hands, feces, saliva , mucus from the nose, or fluid from the blisters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease <\/b><b>Symptoms<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fever<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sore throat<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Painful mouth sores that blister<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rash commonly found on the hands and feet<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Complications <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from HFMD <\/span><b>are rare.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease <\/b><b>Treatment<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There&#8217;s<\/span><b> no cure <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for HFM and <\/span><b>no vaccine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to prevent it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Most people get better on their own in 7 to 10 days<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with minimal or no medical treatment.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, it can take children younger than 2 years old a little longer for their bodies to clear the virus.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/lifestyle\/health-and-fitness\/rare-hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-grips-delhi-ncr-children-doctors-warn-of-no-cure-yet-ws-kl-9575756.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N18<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease is a very contagious illness caused by a virus. 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