scholarly journals KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE STATUS OF MOTHERS AND CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OLD IN THE PREVENTION OF HAND - FOOT - MOUTH DISEASE IN TU NANG COMMUNE, YEN CHAU DISTRICT, SON LA PROVINCE, IN 2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vu Thai Son ◽  
Nguyen Thi Huong

Knowledge and practice of mothers and caregivers are decisive factors in the prevention of Hand,Foot and Mouth disease for children under 5 years old. A cross-sectional descriptive study was usedto assess the current status of knowledge and practice on prevention of Hand, Foot and Mouth diseaseamong mothers/carers of children under 5 years old in Tu Nang commune, Yen Chau district, SonLa province. Out of a total of 944 study subjects, 73% had correct knowledge about subjects at riskof disease, 84% knew about the danger of the disease and 81.4% knew about measures to preventthe spread. However, only 30.7% subjects had correct knowledge about taking care of children withHand, Foot and Mouth disease. The rate of using antiseptic solution for cleaning utensils of childrenis low, accounting for only 13.1%. Correct practice of handling measures when children are sickand preventing infection ranges from 30.9 to 59.4%. And most of the study subjects practiced goodenvironmental hygiene (92.8%).

Author(s):  
José Alberto García ◽  
Cindy Stefania Franco Cedeño

Una erupción cutánea puede tener múltiples causas, que incluyen inflamación, reacciones a medicamentos e infecciones. Las erupciones infecciosas pueden ser causadas por bacterias, parásitos y virus. Por su parte, las enfermedades exantematosas más comunes en la infancia son causadas por virus. La enfermedad mano-pie-boca es una enfermedad exantemática que se presenta principalmente en niños menores de 5 años, causada principalmente por el virus Coxsackie. Es una enfermedad completamente benigna, cuyo período de incubación oscila entre los 3 a 7 días, no deja secuelas, huellas ni cicatrices cuando desaparece. Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo y descriptivo para determinar las características de la fiebre aftosa en niños menores de 5 años durante el período junio a diciembre de 2019. La información se tomó de las historias clínicas de los pacientes. La muestra del estudio estuvo formada por 40 pacientes controlados de la consulta de urgencias pediátricas. Se determinó que la enfermedad se presenta con mayor frecuencia en pacientes varones entre 3 y 4 años de edad; además, la historia personal está estrechamente relacionada con la presentación y gravedad de los síntomas, así como la época del año.Palabras clave: Enfermedad mano-pie-boca; exantemas virales; Coxsackie; enfermedad exantemática. Abstract A skin rash can have multiple causes, including inflammation, drug reactions, and infections. Infectious rashes can be caused by bacteria, parasites, and viruses. For their part, the most common exanthematous diseases in childhood are caused by viruses. Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is an exanthematic disease that occurs mainly in children under 5 years of age, caused mainly by the Coxsackie virus. It is a completely benign disease, whose incubation period ranges from 3 to 7 days, it does not leave sequelae, traces or scars when it disappears. A retrospective and descriptive study was carried out to determine the characteristics of foot-and-mouth disease in children under 5 years of age during the period June to December 2019. The information was taken from the medical records of the patients. The study sample consisted of 40 controlled patients from the pediatric emergency department. It was determined that the disease occurs more frequently in male patients between 3 and 4 years of age; Furthermore, personal history is closely related to the presentation and severity of symptoms, as well as the time of year.Keywords: Hand-foot-mouth disease; viral exanthemas; Coxsackie; exanthematous disease.


2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 2011-2024 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Norbert Mwiine ◽  
Lauro Velazquez‐Salinas ◽  
Zaheer Ahmed ◽  
Sylvester Ochwo ◽  
Anna Munsey ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Olabode Olatunde ◽  
Kazeem Makajuola ◽  
Raji Abiola ◽  
Ibrahim Dogojijinya

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eunice C. Chepkwony ◽  
George C. Gitao ◽  
Gerald M. Muchemi ◽  
Abraham K. Sangula ◽  
Salome W. Kairu-Wanyoike

AbstractFoot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is endemic in Kenya affecting cloven-hoofed ruminants. The epidemiology of the disease in small ruminants (SR) is not documented. We carried out a cross-sectional study, the first in Kenya, to estimate the sero-prevalence of FMD in SR and the associated risk factors nationally. Selection of animals to be sampled used a multistage cluster sampling approach. Serum samples totaling 7564 were screened for FMD antibodies of Non-Structural-Proteins using ID Screen® NSP Competition ELISA kit. Data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Studies Version 20. To identify the risk factors, chi-square and logistic regression analyses were used. The country animal level sero-prevalence was 23.3% (95% CI: 22.3-24.3%) while herd level sero-prevalence was 77.6% (95% CI: 73.9-80.9%). Sero-positivity was significantly higher in the pastoral zone (31.5%) than in the sedentary zone at 14.5% (χ2 =303.2, p<0.05). In the most parsimonious backward fitting logistic multivariable regression, the only risk factors that were significantly positively associated with FMD sero-positivity in SR were multipurpose (OR=1.150; p=0.034) and dairy production types (OR=2.029; p=0.003). Those that were significantly negatively associated with FMD sero-positivity were male sex (OR=0.856; p=0.026), young age (OR=0.601; p=0.037), sedentary production zone (OR=0.471; p<0.001), bringing in of SR (OR=0.838; p=0.004), purchase of SR from market/middlemen (OR=0.877; p=0.049), no interaction with wildlife (OR=0.657; p<0.001), mixed production type (OR=0.701; p=0.016), enclosure of SR day and night (OR=0.515; p=0.001), migratory grazing system (OR=0.807; p=0.047), on-farm watering system (OR=0.724; p=0.002), male-from-another-farm (OR=0.723; p=0.030) and artificial insemination (OR=0.357; p=0.008) breeding methods.This study showed that there is widespread undetected virus circulation in SR indicated by ubiquitous spatial distribution of significant FMD sero-positivity in the country. The risk factors were mainly husbandry related. Strengthening of risk-based FMD surveillance in carrier SR which pose potential risk of virus transmission to other susceptible species is recommended. Adjustment of husbandry practices to control FMD in SR and in-contact species is suggested. Cross-transmission and more risk factors need to be researched.


2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-88
Author(s):  
Suha N. Al-Wakeel ◽  
Khansa A. Al Rubiae ◽  
Suha N. Al-Wakeel ◽  
Basil M. Hanoudi

Background: Hand, foot, and mouth disease is viral disease caused commonly by coxsackie virus A16 virus. It is a mild disease and children usually recover with no specific treatment within 7 to 10 days. Rarely, this illness may be associated with aseptic meningitis were patient may need hospitalization. Objective: To determine significance of clinical features of hand, foot and mouth disease. Methods: A cross sectional study of cases with clinical features of hand, foot and mouth disease visiting the dermatological consultation unit of Al Kindy teaching hospital. Sampling was for Zyona and Edressi Quarter patients over the period of 1st December 2017 to 30th of November 2017. Aim: To determine significance of clinical features of hand, foot and mouth disease Results: The mean age of patients (100 patients) was 29.99 months. Males were 65 (65%) and females were 35 (35%), (P 0.23). Tenderness of skin lesions, Malaise and decreased Appetite were the most frequent symptoms. Winter months illness was common .Cases were diagnosed two days before seeking medical help, while home contact of patients was most common place for infection transmission .Involvement of palms and soles was universal and indifferent (100%). Groin was more commonly affected (67%), (P 0.015). Fever was present in 81%.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 1558
Author(s):  
Ravi Sahota ◽  
Navpreet Kaur ◽  
Gurpal Singh ◽  
Nisha Upadhyay

Background: The hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) is an acute communicable disease, mostly affecting children under 5 years of age and caused by human enterovirus 71 (EV-A71) and coxsackievirus A16 (CV-A16). The usual incubation period is 3 to 7 days. Early symptoms are likely to be fever often followed by a sore throat followed by loss of appetite and general malaise. Aim and objectives was to study the trend of hand foot and mouth disease in a private hospital in Uttarakhand over 5 successive years.Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried among 297 cases of HFMD newborn screened at pediatrics department of Sahota Super-specialty hospital, Kashipur, Uttarakhand during year 2015 to 2019 after ethical clearance of institutional ethical committee. Diagnosis is coded with ICD-10. SPSS version 20 was used to calculate frequencies and percentiles.Results: Almost 29 cases of HMFD were picked in 2015, 32 cases in 2016, 43 cases in 2017, 81 cases in 2018, 112 in 2019. Fever observed in 86% cases. Neurological complications were observed in 9 (3%) cases, pneumonitis in 14 (4.7%) cases, cardiomyopathy observed in 3 (<1%) case. One death was reported.Conclusions: It is vital to screen patients with HFMD for these abnormal clinical presentations, allowing timely initiation of appropriate interventions to reduce the mortality. Increased awareness about vaccination in a developing nation like India and vaccination program at the grass root levels have eradicated certain lethal diseases.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. e0234286
Author(s):  
Eunice C. Chepkwony ◽  
George C. Gitao ◽  
Gerald M. Muchemi ◽  
Abraham K. Sangula ◽  
Salome W. Kairu-Wanyoike

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is endemic in Kenya affecting cloven-hoofed ruminants. The epidemiology of the disease in small ruminants (SR) in Kenya is not documented. We carried out a cross-sectional study, the first in Kenya, to estimate the sero-prevalence of FMD in SR and the associated risk factors nationally. Selection of animals to be sampled used a multistage cluster sampling approach. Serum samples totaling 7564 were screened for FMD antibodies of non-structural-proteins using ID Screen® NSP Competition ELISA kit. To identify the risk factors, generalized linear mixed effects (GLMM) logistic regression analysis with county and villages as random effect variables was used. The country animal level sero-prevalence was 22.5% (95% CI: 22.3%-24.3%) while herd level sero-prevalence was 77.6% (95% CI: 73.9%-80.9%). The risk factor that was significantly positively associated with FMD sero-positivity in SR was multipurpose production type (OR = 1.307; p = 0.042). The risk factors that were significantly negatively associated with FMD sero-positivity were male sex (OR = 0.796; p = 0.007), young age (OR = 0.470; p = 0.010), and sedentary production zone (OR = 0.324; p<0.001). There were no statistically significant intra class correlations among the random effect variables but interactions between age and sex variables among the studied animals were statistically significant (p = 0.019). This study showed that there may be widespread undetected virus circulation in SR indicated by the near ubiquitous spatial distribution of significant FMD sero-positivity in the country. Strengthening of risk-based FMD surveillance in small ruminants is recommended. Adjustment of husbandry practices to control FMD in SR and in-contact species is suggested. Cross-transmission of FMD and more risk factors need to be researched.


2014 ◽  
pp. 37-40
Author(s):  
Nu Van Anh Ton ◽  
Din Rmah

Objectives: Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) caused by enterovirus, is a common infection in children. HFMD caused by enterovirus 71 can cause some serious complications, such as encephalitis-meningitis, myocarditis, pulmonary edema. The early detection of clinical manifestations of severe contribute to reducing mortality. So aim of this study to describe the clinical characteristics of hand foot and mouth disease in the Department of Pediatrics at Hue Central Hospital. Methods: Random sampling of all hospitalized patients from 1/2/2012 to 31/1/2013 diagnosed HFMD accompanied EV71 serum test. Method of cross-sectional descriptive study. Results and conclusions: with 441 patients admitted Hue Pediatrics Centre, 41,0% cause by EV71 and 59,0% cause by other enterovirus. 97,5% are under 5 years, male/female is 1,15/1. 68,5% coutryside. Almost patients admitted in 2rd and 3rd day (57.1%). Hospitalized reasons are fever (95,5%) and erythema rash. Majority of patients are grade 1 and 2a (87.3%). Grade 3 and 4 only (4.5%). Erythema higher proportion of vesicle, rash on foot is common.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1661-1666
Author(s):  
Wafaa Abd El Wahab Hosny ◽  
Eman Mohamed Baheeg ◽  
Hala Abd El Raheem Aly ◽  
Samia Said Abd El Nabi ◽  
Nadia Maher Hanna

Aim: In this study, laboratory scoping on the viruses that cause peste des petits ruminants (PPR), bluetongue (BT), and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) was performed to evaluate the current status of animals illegally introduced into Egypt. This study aims to help control these infectious illnesses and tries to prevent the introduction of other strains of these three viruses to Egypt, as these illnesses spread quickly if not controlled. Materials and Methods: In the year 2018, 62 serum samples were collected and serologically tested through competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) kits to detect antibodies against PPR, BT, and FMD, which are three important transboundary infectious illnesses. Results: The results indicated that 60 out of 62 serum samples were positive for PPR antibodies (96.7%), 31 out of 62 were positive for FMD antibodies (50%), and 59 out of 62 serum samples were positive for BT antibodies (95%). Conclusion: This study revealed that PPR, FMD, and BT can be introduced into Egypt through the illegal introduction of sheep and goat from neighboring countries. Laboratory diagnostic abilities should be improved for the early detection and control of these illnesses.


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