Is the Singapore Flu Contagious?

KOMPAS.com – Singapore flu is a viral infectious disease that is susceptible to attack infants and children under the age of five.

However, children and adults can also get a health problem known as hand, foot and mouth disease.

Check out what explanation singapore flu infectious, contagion, to recognize the symptoms of this disease.

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The Singapore flu is highly contagious disease. Reported from the official page US Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), Singapore flu is transmitted through:

• Contact from a very close distance, for example hugging
• Sharing the same spoon, fork, or cutlery with the sufferer
• Inhaling fluids from the respiratory tract, nose, and throat; such as splashes of saliva, sneezing, or coughing
• Touching fluid from blisters or rashes on the patient’s skin
• Touching bowel movements (BAB), for example when changing diapers
• Touching objects or surfaces that have been exposed to the virus, such as doorknobs or toys, then accidentally touching the face

This disease is easily transmitted in crowded places, such as day care centers, boarding houses, huts, or dormitories.

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When is the Singapore flu contagious?

Quoted from HealthyChildrenSingapore flu is the most contagious within a week after the patient is exposed to the source of the disease.

Sometimes, sufferers can also transmit hand, foot, and mouth disease even though the symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared or are in asymptomatic condition.

To prevent the spread of hand, foot and mouth disease, everyone needs to be vigilant Singapore flu symptoms. According to Ministry of Healthhere are some of them:

• Fever
• No appetite
• Sore throat
• Feeling unwell
• There is a wound on the inside of the mouth like thrush
• A rash or red blisters appear on the palms of the hands and feet, elbows, knees, or around the groin
• Swollen lymph nodes in neck

Singapore flu symptoms usually appear three to seven days after the patient is exposed to the virus that causes the disease.

However, as mentioned above, before symptoms appear, Singapore flu can still be transmitted from sufferers to people around them.

Read also: Causes of the Singapore Flu and its Transmission

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