Clinical profile of hand, foot, and mouth disease and its associated complications among children in Shimoga City, southern Karnataka: A hospital-based study

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is one of the important public health problems. It has become a common childhood illness in our part of the country. In most instances, this is a mild self-limiting illness. The affected children are often given outpatient care. However, over the last decade, HFM...

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Published inIndian journal of public health Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 141 - 144
Main Authors Kumar, Vikram S, Budur, Sangeeta V, Odappa, Girish H, Bankolli, Shambulinga Y, Rao, Anand P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.04.2015
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects
and mouth disease (HFMD)
Aseptic meningitis
Children
Children & youth
Complications
Complications and side effects
Coxsackievirus infections
Diagnosis
Edema
Encephalitis
Fever
foot
hand
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease
Health problems
Hospitals
human enterovirus 71 (HEV71)
Laboratories
Meningitis
Outbreaks
Pathogens
Pediatric diseases
Pediatrics
Primary care
Public health
Shimoga
Studies
Vaccines
India
Sarawak Malaysia
South Korea
Borneo
Singapore
Asia
Pacific region
China
Japan
Taiwan
Malaysia
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Summary:Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is one of the important public health problems. It has become a common childhood illness in our part of the country. In most instances, this is a mild self-limiting illness. The affected children are often given outpatient care. However, over the last decade, HFMD has emerged as a growing health problem in Asian countries following frequent outbreaks of deaths associated with HFMD caused by a more virulent member of human enterovirus (HEV), namely, HEV71. A hospital-based descriptive study about the clinical presentations and complications of HFMD at the hospitals of Shimoga city between March 2013 and August 2013 is documented and presented here. HFMD was more common in the 1-3-year old age group, with aseptic meningitis being the most common complication. Surveillance of HFMD must be maintained as there is no effective chemoprophylaxis or vaccine available.
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ISSN:0019-557X
2229-7693
DOI:10.4103/0019-557X.157536