Why is EV71 virus strain causing hand, foot and mouth disease dangerous to death?

EV71 is a virus strain with fast spreading characteristics, causing high fever and causing many serious complications such as: Neurology, cardiovascular, pulmonary edema, shock, heart failure, encephalitis . can cause rapid death for hand patients. foot mouth.

Associate Prof. Dr. Tran Minh Dien - Deputy Director of National Hospital of Pediatrics - said that since the beginning of the year, the hospital has received more than 200 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease requiring hospitalization. Among those cases of foot and mouth disease, there are complications other than every year, which are related to problems of CNS infection.

The number of children with hand and foot and mouth disease is increasing.

Also according to Associate Professor Tran Minh Dien, EV71 is a virus strain with fast spreading characteristics, causing high fever and causing many serious complications such as Neurology, cardiovascular, pulmonary edema, shock, heart failure, encephalitis . can cause death. fast death.

The explanation for EV71's hand, foot and mouth disease is usually worse due to other viral strains, at the online exchange session with the topic "Why is hand and foot disease disease unusual?" took place on the afternoon of October 3, Associate Professor Phan Trong Lan said that hand, foot and mouth disease caused by intestinal virus infection - this is a virus group that often infects the central nervous system, capable of stopping the apparatus translation of cells, the ability to destroy cells high and thereby causing dysfunction and cause central nervous system diseases such as inner meningitis, acute paralysis, encephalitis . These viruses still cause many Other diseases such as myocarditis, pancreatitis, chronic cardiomyopathy.

Among intestinal viruses, EV71 and coxsackievirus A16 (CA16) are common causes of hand, foot and mouth disease. CA16 infections often cause mild illness and less neurological complications. EV71 infection is often associated with severe neurological complications and can lead to death because the virus infects and attacks cells.

EV71 virus infection causes 5.1 times higher neurological complications than other intestinal viral infections that cause hand, foot and mouth disease. The majority of deaths were detected by EV71: 93% of deaths in China in 2008-2012, 82% in cases of hand, foot and mouth disease in Vietnam in 2011 and 100% of deaths This year, samples of pathogens were taken.

The recurrence of EV71 virus causes many children to become seriously ill.

So far there is no specific treatment drug and no vaccine to prevent EV71 virus infection in Vietnam. Therefore, good personal hygiene, environmental sanitation and bringing children with signs of suspicion of disease to the nearest medical facility are extremely important measures to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease.

According to the Ministry of Health, from September 26 to October 1, the country recorded nearly 11,000 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, bringing the total number of cases nationwide to 53,500, of which nearly 26,000 cases. hospitalized for treatment.

Up to now, there have been 6 cases of hand, foot and mouth deaths in 5 provinces including Tay Ninh, Ben Tre, Dong Thap, Binh Duong, Dong Nai. In which Tay Ninh takes 2 shifts.

In the southern provinces, in August and September, the number of cases increased dramatically by 50% compared to the previous months. In Ho Chi Minh City, there are more than 300 hospitalizations per week, each week has nearly 300.

Hand and foot and mouth disease is a common disease in children under 5 years old with the following symptoms: Fever, rash, vesicles in the palm, legs and buttocks, ulcerative lesions in the mouth . This disease is very contagious, especially in places like kindergartens, kindergartens .