Posted on 05/07/2008 2:24:26 AM PDT by Flavius
BEIJING - New outbreaks in China reported Wednesday put the number of children infected with hand, foot and mouth disease above 15,000 and the death toll has risen to at least 28 across the country.
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just a scary place
That country is a cesspool. My daughter was in Beijing for two weeks and was sick the whole time she was there.
My uncle just got back following a two week training course and his throat started to hurt a few days after arrival. Breathing was raw and painful for him after a few days. He's back now with an extremely sore throat.
It seems to me that people refuse to learn from history.
Given that the Olympics are going to be held there, I’ve got a feeling that the spread of this new illness around the world will be like nothing that we’ve ever seen before.
I mean, come on... Does anyone remember reading about the Spanish flu pandemic that killed more people around the world than WWI? And it spread through the end of the war, when the soldiers went home... The only difference here will be how much faster it spreads.
HELLO??? IS ANY BODY LISTENING???
Mark
One of the things that I simply can't get over is how the leftists have taken over the "environmentalist movement." Every communist country was or still is an environmental disaster. Yet these are the countries with which the "environmentalists" align themselves. Liberalism really is a mental disease.
Mark
Poor kids. :-(
So how many people will bring kind of stuff back with them from the Olympics?
So how many people will bring kind of stuff back with them from the Olympics?
A person who works with my Wife has children who supposedly have HFM virus. They work with people who travel back and forth to China.
Does anyone know if this is a common disease/sickness here in the states?
If the Chinese admit to 15k sick,I wonder what the real number is?Maybe 10 times that many?Or 100 times as many?
Quarantine China.
I’ve always disliked the Olympics. I say, if they go, make them stay there!
What a wonderful place to have the Olympics!!!
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a common childhood illness. It starts with a fever and then causes sores in the mouth and on the hands and feet. It usually goes away by itself in a week or so.
You can treat symptoms at home by giving your child pain relievers and plenty of fluids.
Wash your hands often when you care for a child with this illness. It spreads easily through coughing and sneezing. You can also get it from changing your child’s diaper. If your child goes to day care or school, talk to the staff about when your child can return.
What is hand-foot-and-mouth disease?
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a common childhood illness. It causes sores in the mouth and on the hands, feet, and sometimes the buttocks and legs. Mouth sores can be painful and may make it hard for your child to eat. The disease is not serious, and it usually goes away in a week or so.
It can occur at any time of year, but hand-foot-and-mouth disease is most common in the summer and fall.
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is not the same as other diseases that have similar names: foot-and-mouth disease (sometimes called hoof-and-mouth disease) or mad cow disease. These diseases almost always occur in animals.
What causes hand-foot-and-mouth disease?
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is caused by a virus called an enterovirus.
The virus spreads easily through coughing and sneezing. You can also get it by coming in contact with infected stool, such as when you change a diaper. Often the disease breaks out within a community. Children are most likely to spread the disease during the first week of the illness. But the virus stays in the stool and can sometimes spread to others for several months after the blisters and sores have healed.
It usually takes 3 to 6 days for a person to get symptoms of hand-foot-and-mouth disease after being exposed to the virus. This is called the incubation period.
What are the symptoms?
At first your child may feel tired, get a sore throat, or have a fever of around 101°F (38°C) to 103°F (39°C). Then in a day or two, your child may get sores or blisters on the hands, feet, mouth, and sometimes the buttocks. In some cases a child will get a skin rash before the blisters appear. The blisters may break open and crust over. The sores and blisters usually go away in a week or so.
How is hand-foot-and-mouth disease diagnosed?
A doctor can tell if your child has hand-foot-and-mouth disease by the symptoms you describe and by looking at the sores and blisters.
How is it treated?
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease does not usually need treatment. Most cases go away in 7 to 10 days. You can use home care to help relieve your child’s symptoms.
Offer your child plenty of cool fluids. Your child may also have Popsicles and ice cream.
Do not give your child acidic or spicy foods and drinks, such as salsa or orange juice. These foods can make mouth sores more painful.
For pain and fever, give your child acetaminophen (such as Tylenol) or ibuprofen (such as Advil). Do not give your child aspirin. It has been linked Reye’s syndrome, a serious illness.
To help prevent the disease from spreading:
Teach all family members to wash their hands often. It is especially important to wash your hands after you change the diaper of an infected child. This is because the virus may stay in the stool for several months after the blisters heal.
Do not let your child share toys or give kisses while he or she is infected.
If your child goes to day care or school, talk to the staff about when your child can return.
Wear latex or rubber gloves when you apply any lotion, cream, or ointment to your child’s blisters.
How in the world are the Olympic athletes going to be able to compete in this festering boil of a country? They will be lucky if they don’t get seriously ill, let alone come home free of disease. Not to mention all of the tourists going to watch! China was going to clean up their whole country in time for the Olympics — yea, right. You couldn’t pay me to go to China.
the above was taken from Health Encyclopedia
Bingo.
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