Saturday, May 10, 2008

Hey Hey.

Let's have a blog post on useful information.


Today's topic:

Hand-Foot-And-Mouth-Disease

and

Mouth Ulcers


Hand-Foot-And-Mouth-Disease

This disease is a common one among kids normally it starts with a fever and then causes sores in the mouth and then on the hands and feet.

According to the web that i searched.
It is caused by a virus called an enterovirus.

It spreads through coughing, sneezing and also the contact with infected stool.

Normally, it takes 3 to 6 days for a person to get the symptoms of hand-foot-and-mouth disease after being exposed to the virus and this is called the incubation period.


What is eterovirus?

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Enterovirus are a larger family of viruses responsible for many infections in children.

Enteroviruses, such as Coxsackie viruses and echoviruses.

It live in the intestines of humans and other animals.
Enteroviruses usually do not cause illness but they may under certain circumstances.

Infected people pass the viruses to each other through contaminated food, water, or objects.


To prevent:

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Wash ur hands regularly


Mouth Ulcers

Yiling had lots of mouth ulcers recently and i was wondering how mouth ulcers are form.

Mouth ulcers is a big big pain especially when we are eating, drinking and at times talking.

They may be caused by

a denture or rough tooth
Poor circulation
Bacterial or fungal infection
Undetected food allergy
accidentally biting of tongue or inside of the cheek

Normally, they always occur in people who are emo or stressed!
Poor diet, lack of sleep.

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deficiency in Vitamin C!

Ulcers would usually heal within 10 days to two weeks. But, it is so pain! Have to heal it faster.


Healing:

Washing of mouth with salt water


brush teeth..

Maintaining good oral hygiene (flossing of teeth)

Apply xi gua shuang 西瓜霜 ( I self recommend. Cause it works for me)



The credits:

http://children.webmd.com/tc/hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-topic-overview

http://www.drgreene.com/21_1081.html

http://sg.images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fsg.images.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Denterovirus%26sp%3D1%26fr2%3Dsp-top%26y%3DSearch%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dsfp%26x%3Dwrt%26js%3D1%26ni%3D21%26ei%3DUTF-8%26SpellState%3Dn-2368914829_q-zuNIJuHs9zprz0CrQlYJKwAAAA%40%40&w=165&h=150&imgurl=www.worsleyschool.net%2Fscience%2Ffiles%2Fvirus%2Fenterovirus.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worsleyschool.net%2Fscience%2Ffiles%2Fvirus&size=15.1kB&name=enterovirus.jpg&p=enterovirus&type=JPG&oid=4132ef250e8cba46&no=1&tt=279


http://www.fun-fitness.com/Images/WashingHands.jpg


http://www.sunspirit.com.au/mouth_ulcers_bad_breath.htm