An outbreak of the highly-contagious Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease is gripping the town of Banga in South Cotabato, as local authorities confirm several dozen children have been infected.
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines – An outbreak of the highly-contagious Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease is gripping the town of Banga in South Cotabato, as local authorities confirm several dozen children have been infected.
Symptoms include fever, sore throat, and small blister-like eruptions in the mouth and on the hands and feet. These blisters can cause pain and make it difficult for children to eat or drink. Initial reports, he said. indicate that at least 15 of our 22 barangays have infected residents, and the numbers are rising rapidly.
Banga resident Edlaire Garcia, whose toddler is HFMD-infected, complained about the difficulty in accessing Isoprinosine, a drug that was prescribed to treat the infection. But the Soccsksargen Regional Epidemiological Surveillance Unit has announced that there was no specific treatment for hand-foot-and-mouth disease.
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