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| A young hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) patient is treated at a hospital in Heze City in east China's Shandong Province, on Mar. 28, 2009. Hand- foot-mouth disease (HFMD) claimed the lives of five babies in a week in Heze City, local authorities said Saturday. Heze city reported 1,734 HFMD cases between Jan. 1 and midnight Friday, according to the city's health bureau. (Xinhua photo) |
Twenty-five experts from the provincial capital have arrived at the Heze traditional Chinese medicine hospital Saturday to help with the treatment of the disease.
According to the Ministry of Health, HFMD can be caused by a host of intestinal viruses. EV71 was the most common.
HFMD usually starts with a slight fever followed by blisters and ulcers in the mouth and rashes on hands and feet. Those with EV71 often show serious symptoms. HFMD can also lead to meningitis, encephalitis, pulmonary edema and paralysis in some children. There is no vaccine.
