Infection of the hands, feet and mouth.

Infectious disease caused by a virus that occurs mainly in the summer. As there are several types of viruses causing disease can contract it again several times. Healing after a few days.

Treatment

There is no treatment epecífico. You can give drugs to combat pain and fever

Care should be taken at home.

Food: if you have pain inside the mouth, giving foods that do not irritate.

Bathroom: having no fever, and being well prepared, can bathe.

School: If you are well prepared, there is no problem in going to school.

Bring back to the hospital

If you are not drinking fluids.

If you have high fever continuously for more than 3 days.

If you vomit, do not have the strength, is exhausted.

Prevention

HFMD prevention revolves around avoidance of infected individuals. Infected children are isolated and prevented from attending school or day care centers especially in the first week to prevent spreading.

Children manipulation infection, especially in kindergartens need to frequent hand washing practice and through cleaning of surfaces after removing or changing diapers and diaper, before and after eating and after sneezing or coughing and tissue manipulation etc.. with the throat or nasal discharges.

Toys and surfaces must first be washed with soapy water and then wipe with a dilute solution of bleach.