HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR HAND-FOOT-MOUTH DISEASE
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease — a
mild, contagious viral infection common in young children — is characterized by
sores in the mouth and a rash on the hands and feet. Hand-foot-and-mouth
disease is most commonly caused by a coxsackievirus.
There's
no specific treatment for hand-foot-and-mouth disease. You can reduce your
child's risk of infection from hand-foot-and-mouth disease by practicing good
hygiene and teaching your child how to keep clean.
Causes--The
most common cause of hand-foot-and-mouth disease is infection with the
coxsackievirus A16. The coxsackievirus belongs to a group of viruses called
nonpolio enteroviruses. Other types of enteroviruses sometimes cause
hand-foot-and-mouth disease.
Oral ingestion is the main source of coxsackievirus infection and
hand-foot-and-mouth disease. The illness spreads by person-to-person contact
with an infected person's:
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Nasal secretions or throat discharge
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Saliva
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Fluid from blisters
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Stool
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Respiratory droplets sprayed into the
air after a cough or sneeze
Common in child care setting
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Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is most
common in children in child care settings because of frequent diaper changes
and potty training, and because little children often put their hands in their
mouths.
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Although your child is most
contagious with hand-foot-and-mouth disease during the first week of the
illness, the virus can remain in his or her body for weeks after the signs and
symptoms are gone. That means your child still can infect others.
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Some people, particularly adults, can
pass the virus without showing any signs or symptoms of the disease.
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Outbreaks of the disease are more
common in summer and autumn in the United States and other temperate climates.
In tropical climates, outbreaks occur year-round.
Different from foot-and-mouth disease
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Hand-foot-and-mouth disease isn't
related to foot-and-mouth disease (sometimes called hoof-and-mouth disease),
which is an infectious viral disease found in farm animals. You can't contract
hand-foot-and-mouth disease from pets or other animals, and you can't transmit
it to them
Symptoms--
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease may cause all of the following signs and symptoms
or just some of them. They include:
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Fever
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Sore throat
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Feeling of being unwell (malaise)
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Painful, red, blister-like lesions on
the tongue, gums and inside of the cheeks
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A red rash, without itching but
sometimes with blistering, on the palms, soles and sometimes the buttocks
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Irritability in infants and toddlers
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Loss of appetite
The usual period from initial infection to the onset of signs and
symptoms (incubation period) is three to six days. A fever is often the first
sign of hand-foot-and-mouth disease, followed by a sore throat and sometimes a
poor appetite and malaise.
One or two days after the fever begins, painful sores may develop in the
mouth or throat. A rash on the hands and feet and possibly on the buttocks can
follow within one or two days.
HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES
MERCURIUS SOL 30- Merc sol is one of the
leading remedies for hand foot and mouth disease . Here mouth sores can be very
severe and the person is very sensitive to heat and cold. There may have a
fever before getting the blisters and may alternate between getting too hot
with perspiration and becoming chilled at night. Becoming too hot or too cold
makes the patient worse in general. The blisters tend to be more painful at
night. One of the characteristic symptoms of Mercurius is the tendency to drool
or to have an excess of saliva in the mouth. The breath of the patient may be
quite offensive with pus visible on the tonsils or else where in the mouth.
ANTIMONIUM TART. 30-Antimonium tart is another
effective remedy for this diseases. In the chill stage of fever--.gooseflesh and icy
cold skin. Heat stage of fever.--the patient clings to those around and wants
to be carried. He does not want to be touched or looked at.Thirstless despite
the dry parched tongue.Sweat stage of fever-profuse , cold , clammy or sticky ,
dry, cracked, parched tongue with whitish discoloration in the centre. Tongue
tip and sides clean, moist and red. Thrush. There is craving for apples or
apple juice.
BORAX 3X—Borax is another top remedy for this
disease . The patient refuses to talk during fever. Desire for cold drinks and
cold food during fever.There is great heat and dryness of mouth with white
ulcers. White fungus-like growth, they are tender.Ulcers bleed on touch and
eating. Painful red blisters on tongue. Sore mouth prevents infants from
nursing. Fear of downward motion. Startle easily. Very sensitive to sudden
noises .
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