THE Department of Health (DoH) has warned the public against the highly-infectious Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) after over 100 children in a town in Batangas were...
THE Department of Health has warned the public against the highly-infectious Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease after over 100 children in a town in Batangas were infected.Mayor Antonio Dimayuga ordered the suspension of classes in 15 villages in San Pascual where 150 children were reported to have caught the disease.Some of the affected villages were Pook ni Kapitan; Pook ni Banal; Resplanador; Natunuan North; Antipolo; Mataas na Lupa; Sambat; and Sto. Nino.
According to Health Officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire, HFMD can be transmitted through droplet transmission from infected persons, open wound lesions or even fecal matter.Most HFMD cases affect children, but Vergeire said that all persons can get the disease.'Ang komplikasyon po ng HFMD, although hindi sya common.... nagkakaroon ng meningitis, encephalitis, or polio-like disease ,' Vergeire said.
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