”Wash your hands regularly, drink boiled water, eat cooked food, ventilate often, and dry your clothes.” Yesterday, the city health bureau, the city CDC jointly issued the “prevention of hand, foot and mouth disease informed children’s parents book”, informed parents of the prevention of hand, foot and mouth disease mantra. 1, hand, foot and mouth disease into the high incidence of the city CDC immunization planning section experts Li Feng introduced, hand, foot and mouth disease is a common childhood infectious diseases, can occur throughout the year, generally May to July is the peak incidence. “But this year, the high incidence of hand, foot and mouth disease has advanced by one month and is currently at a high incidence.” Chongqing Southwest Hospital Dermatology Wang Huan The data released by the provincial TV and telephone conference on the prevention and treatment of hand, foot and mouth disease shows that as of March 25, the city reported 1,632 cases of morbidity, 9 cases of serious cases, the number of morbidity ranks second in the province, the hand, foot and mouth disease epidemic is more serious. Among them, 402 cases in Jinshui District, 187 cases in Guancheng District, 170 cases in Erqi District, 162 cases in Zhongmou County, and 155 cases in Zhongyuan District. At present, the city has launched a daily reporting system for HFMD medical treatment information, designating a person responsible for not concealing, late reporting or misreporting. At the same time, a special outpatient clinic for pediatric fever and herpes was set up, with full-time medical staff, special wards and detention rooms, strict pre-screening and triage, strict clinical diagnosis, strict isolation and treatment, and strict epidemic reporting management system to ensure early detection and standardized treatment of children with HFMD. On March 21, Ms. Luo’s one-and-a-half-year-old child had many small red herpes on the palms and soles of her hands, accompanied by a low fever, and a small red herpes in her mouth. After coming to the City Children’s Hospital for examination, doctors diagnosed the child with hand, foot and mouth disease. Li Feng said that the onset of hand, foot and mouth disease is generally more acute, children often have a fever, body temperature 38 ℃ ~ 40 ℃, the fever is more than 4 to 7 days, more than 7 days is rare. “At the beginning of the disease some children are mostly accompanied by symptoms such as runny nose, sore throat, anorexia, vomiting and diarrhea.” Clinically, the disease is characterized by herpes on the hands, feet and mouth, so it is commonly known as hand, foot and mouth disease. Oral herpes are mostly distributed on the tongue, cheek mucosa, lips, hard palate, pharynx and tonsils, and quickly become small ulcers, the affected children drooling, painful when eating, and even affect eating. Li Feng said, there are very few seriously ill children can appear mental depression, drowsiness, frequent vomiting and even convulsions, and some children show irritability, breathing difficulties, tachycardia, bradycardia, abdominal pain, cold hands and feet, etc. The family is the first line of defense against disease in children and adolescents. The “Notice” reminds parents to pay attention to the health of their children, once the child is found to have a fever, rash and other manifestations, to take the child to the regular hospital as soon as possible. 3, pay attention to hygiene is the key “Notice” tells parents that the prevention of HFMD should start from paying attention to personal hygiene. First of all, avoid letting children come into contact with affected children or those with suspicious symptoms, always wash your hands before eating, do not use other people’s tableware or other household items at will, and go to densely populated public places as little as possible. Secondly, the stool should be disposed of immediately, and the potty and clothes should be disinfected in time to protect the skin of hands and feet and the cleanliness of clothes and sheets to avoid contaminating the broken rash. Parents should wash their children’s hands regularly and keep their nails short to prevent skin infections caused by scratching the rash. HFMD can be prevented and treated. Parents should not be too nervous, as long as they pay more attention to their children’s dietary hygiene and living hygiene, they generally will not catch HFMD.