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GEORGE TOWN, July 30 – A 17-month-old baby died because of the foot-and-mouth disease virus, on June 6, the Penang Department of Health confirmed today.
In a report published by Dr. Rozaini Mat Shah of the Penang Department of Disease Control Center, the boy reportedly had a fever on June 3 but had no blisters, cough or runny nose.
The boy's mother took him to a specialized children's clinic in Bayan Baru on June 4, but his fever did not subside
. On June 6, the mother took the boy to a private hospital in Bayan Baru where he was initially diagnosed with dehydration virus fever.
"The physical examination at around 12:10 on June 6 revealed that he had a fever of 38.9 ° C, a discreet ulcer on the soft palate and no other blisters on his skin ", she said
The boy's condition worsened around 4 pm the same day and he was transferred to the intensive care unit but died at 8:38 this night. the.
The cause of death was originally classified as circulatory sepsis with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
A mortality review meeting was held today where the chronology of events and clinical conditions of the boy were presented and reviewed.
An X-ray of the boy at 8:57 pm on June 6, there was pulmonary hemorrhage due to a thoracic viral infection.
A nasal specimen was taken and sent to the Federal Public Health Laboratory on June 13 and laboratory results on July 8 showed that enterovirus 71 was detected. "Based on the symptoms of the victim, the radiology report and the laboratory report of the nasal swab, the final conclusions about the cause of death was neurogenic pulmonary edema related to the infection to enterovirus 71.
HFMD is caused by The virus is spread by saliva, blisters and feces of infected persons.
Symptoms of the disease include fever, rash or blisters on the palms of the hands, feet and ulcers, in the mouth and on the tongue
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