Is hand, foot and mouth disease infectious?

Is hand, foot and mouth disease contagious?

When many people suffer from hand, foot and mouth disease, patients will experience fever, body papules and other phenomena, and the disease may develop in a serious direction, but many people do not know whether it is highly contagious.

1. It has various ways of spreading

There are many ways for hand, foot and mouth disease to spread. It can be spread through contact between people. Its own virus can be spread through saliva, herpes, feces, etc. Bacteria contaminated hands, towels, handkerchiefs, tooth cups, toys, food, personal items, underwear, etc. can cause contact infection. The patient's oral secretions and saliva viruses can also spread bacteria through droplets. If people come into contact with water contaminated by the virus, they can be infected. Cross-infection can also occur in hospital outpatient clinics. Poor disinfection of medical equipment is also a cause of disease infection.

2. Susceptible populations are susceptible to infection

Some people are easily infected with the hand, foot and mouth disease virus, and they can also acquire strong immunity after infection. Due to the lack of protection of antibodies after infection with different pathogens, people can also be repeatedly infected. Adults basically acquire antibodies through latent infection, so most patients with hand, foot and mouth disease are preschool children, and the epidemic occurs every 2-3 years.

3. How the disease is spread

Hand, foot and mouth disease is widely distributed and has no strict regional restrictions. It can occur all year round, but is very common in spring and summer and rarely in winter. When the disease is prevalent, kindergartens and other places are susceptible to infection. Families are also gathering areas for the disease. Hospital outpatient infection and equipment disinfection are not strictly related, which can also cause the spread of the disease. Hand, foot and mouth disease is highly contagious, the way the disease is transmitted is extremely complex, the epidemic intensity is high, and it has the characteristics of rapid transmission, which can form a pandemic in a very short period of time.

Although the disease infects quickly, it can heal itself when it is mild. As long as you pay attention to personal hygiene and your own nutritional status during the epidemic period of hand, foot and mouth disease, the disease can be prevented and treated. As long as you actively treat it, the patient will recover quickly and rarely develop into a serious disease.