Singapore flu

Modes of Transmission

The disease is highly contagious and often occur in summer. KTM is a common disease which affects children aged 2 weeks to 5 years (sometimes up to 10 years). Adults are generally immune to enterovirus. Transmitted through direct contact from person to person is through droplets, saliva, feces, fluid from the vesicles or excreta. Indirect contact transmission through the items were contaminated by secretions. No one but no carrier vaktor such as flies and cockroaches. KTM has a disease-specific immunity, but children can be exposed to the virus strain KTM again by other enteroviruses. The incubation period is about 2-5 days. While for the time from exposure to the disease 3-7 days.
symptom

At first, not a high fever for 2-3 days, followed by sore throat (pharyngitis), no appetite, runny nose, rash around the mouth, hands and feet, and probably in the diaper. Flu-like symptoms in general are not lethal. Vesicles arise which then broke out, there are 3-10 such as thrush in the mouth ulcer pain so difficult to swallow. Arise rash / rash or vesicles (blisters reddened / blister small and flat), which do not papulovesikel ditelapak itchy hands and feet. If there is vomiting, diarrhea or dehydration, and weakness or other complications then the patient should be treated.

Certain types of viruses can be more severe the symptoms are:

     High fever of more than 38% for 2 days.
     There are flu-like symptoms, shortness of breath, seizures, ulcers, ulcers in the mouth, tongue, and esophagus.

If symptoms like these please as soon as possible to a nearby hospital for intensive care as it can cause death. Tempo isolation is recommended until the blisters dry.