I read in the papers today that certain kindergartens are closed because some children are infected with the Hand, Foot & Mouth (HFM) disease. It was also reported that a pupil from S.K. Seri Mega school has HFMD. This school is just opposite Ashley’s kindy 🙁 I checked with a mother of Ashley’s classmate as she has 2 older daughters attending this school. She confirmed that the news is true and many students have HFM and not only 1 as reported in the papers. Even some officers from the Ministry of Education were at the school yesterday to check on the situation. So far, there is no directive to close the school yet. Guess there is an outbreak of HFMD now. This is so scary eventhough it’s not as bad as mesothelioma. Have to be extra careful and practice good personal hygiene. I better avoid crowded places too.
Below is some information from the Sarawak Health Government website :-
HFMD is moderately contagious. A person is most contagious during the first week of the illness. The virus can be transmitted from person to person via direct contact with nose and throat discharges, saliva, fluid from blisters, or the stool of infected persons. The virus may continue to be excreted in the stools of infected persons up till 1 month. HFMD is not transmitted to or from pets or other animals
oh..not again??
oh dear..so many types of new diseases nowadays..one after another.. just now read the malaysiakini that one man is suspected of this HN1..something… gotta be careful.. but how ah?
HFMD is so common nowadays, no thanks to abuse of antibiotics usage. I think if we go back to organic farming the problem might reduce!
Oh no..KL also got HFMD ah. My nephews in Singapore just recovered from it.
Yes Barbara,
HFMD will not going to end if the dry season is still on as the bacteria is more active during dry season….pray for more rain to come….
The weather’s freakingly hot, making our kids icky and sticky all day long and more susceptible to falling sick or cathing an infection. Better take care .
Sigh. I got worried when it said 5 schools in Bangsar. Adoi. Irfan just recovered from it, hope he’ll be okaylah. Nowadays macam-macam penyakit, man. Tsk!
I hope Ashley is doing fine. Just be careful when you guys go to public places. Take care!
HFM is most easily spread in kindie as kindie kids are all explorers. hand, feet going into their mouth and all. so just take care and advise ashley to never put her hands in her mouth and try to keep clean all the time. but it wont be easy as her classmates can easily be not too clean n touch her as they play. when i was in smart reader, the HFM out break too and we had such a headache to control the situation. it’s a nightmare!
HFM start again…sigh!! 🙁
Some schools r taking precaution measures…which is a good sign.. cos quite a number of my colleagues today had to bring their kids to clinic for random check up..
Hi dun worry as my kids had it before wat u need to do is make sure u give enuf vitamins C and also practise good hygiene 🙂
omg..its my ex- skool man!..tiz yr i’m13..it means laz yr i’m there..may i noe who get da disease 1st?? how they noe tat my ex skool gt tat disease??