Maldives warn of six diseases spreading rapidly – Outbreak News Today

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The Maldives Health Protection Agency (HPA) last month tweeted a list of six infectious diseases/diseases that are “currently spreading rapidly”, telling the public that precautions are important.

The six include common cold and fever, chicken pox, hand, foot and mouth disease, conjunctivitis, diarrhea and dengue fever.

Let’s look at some of these diseases:

chickenpox

Chickenpox (varicella) is easily spread from one person to another by coughing or sneezing through the air or through the fluid from a blister of a person with chickenpox. Although not usually a serious illness, it often causes children and their parents to miss days at school and work. Most cases of chickenpox in healthy children are treated with bed rest, hydration, and fever control.

Chickenpox can be more serious and cause more complications in immunocompromised individuals, children under 1 year old, and adults. Serious complications include bacterial skin infections, bloodstream infections, pneumonia, encephalitis (brain infection), and death.

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It is important to know that even healthy children and adults can develop serious complications and die from chickenpox. Another risk group are pregnant women, who can have pregnancy complications if they have varicella disease. Not only is chickenpox painful, but once you’ve contracted chickenpox you run the risk of getting shingles later in life, which is also very painful and can cause long-lasting chronic pain in adults.

Vaccination against chickenpox is the best protection against disease and spread of the varicella virus. It is very safe and prevents almost all serious diseases.

Hand Foot Mouth Disease

HFMD is typically a benign and self-limiting disease. Most common in young children, it presents as a fever, oral lesions and rash on hands, feet, and buttocks. Oral lesions consist of rapidly ulcerating vesicles on the buccal mucosa, tongue, palate, and gums. The rash consists of papulovesicular lesions on the palms, fingers, and soles that generally persist for seven to seven years 10 daysand maculopapular lesions on the buttocks.

It is spread to others through close personal contact, coughing or sneezing, or contact with contaminated objects and surfaces. It can be difficult to eradicate in schools, group housing communities, and daycares. Although not serious for most people, the infection can cause significant pain when eating, walking, and writing.

Hand, foot and mouth disease is caused by viruses belonging to the enteroviruses genus (group). This group of viruses includes polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, echoviruses, and enteroviruses. Coxsackievirus is the most common cause of HFMD.

To in the USA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there is none vaccination to to protect versus the viruses that cause hand, foot, and mouth disease.

A person can reduce their risk of infection

• wash your hands often with soap and waterespecially afterwards change diapers and use the toilet.
• Cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched surfaces and soiled objects, including toys.
• Avoid close contact like kissing, hugging, etc share Cutlery or cups with people with hand, foot and mouth disease.

conjunctivitis

Pink eye, or conjunctivitis, is a common eye condition caused by infection or inflammation of the conjunctiva. The conjunctiva is the clearthin membrane covering the white part of the eyes as well as the inner surface of the eyelids.

The three common reasons of pink eyes are viral, bacterial and allergic. That symptoms are of any shape listed under:

Symptoms of viral conjunctivitis

• Accompanied by watery eyes discharge are common.
• Light pain In the eye with itching maybe present.
• The infection usually affects one eye but can occur movement to both.

Bacterial conjunctivitis symptoms

• Watery eyes followed by yellow or green discharge are natural phenomena.
• Irritation can be found along with an itchy feeling.
• Infection usually starts in one eye and can spread to the other.

Allergic conjunctivitis symptoms

• Excessive tearing, discomfort and itching affecting both eyes are particularly likely.

Bacterial and viral conjunctivitis are very contagious. Only bacterial conjunctivitis can be treated antibiotics.