Many Singapore Flu Strikes Children in Malaysia to Indonesia, What Is It?

KOMPAS.com- Flu Singapore is a highly contagious disease, and it affects children. Some time ago, flu Singapore has become a hot topic of discussion among people in various countries platform social media, including Twitter.

Several netizens shared that their children and nephews were diagnosed with the disease Singapore flu this.

One of them was told by the @seribu2ribu account on Saturday (14/5/2022).

“Singapore flu huh? Yesterday my niece also got it 🙁 Thank God it’s healed but my hands and feet have spots like that :(,” tweeted the account.

Not only account @thousand2ribu Of course, there are also netizens who have tweeted information that the condition of the Singapore flu doesn’t only happen in Indonesia Malaysia and Singapore only, but the Singapore flu was also found in Indonesia.

“In Indonesia too, Bali is getting worse with this Singapore flu,” wrote the account @ikapermatasari, Sunday (15/5/2022).

The tweets from the two accounts above respond to the information submitted by the Twitter account @paultantk regarding the outbreak HFMD or Singapore flu kids.

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HFMD stands for Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. HFMD is also known as the Singapore flu which generally attacks children.

“There is a HFMD outbreak in malaysia now. my two oldest kids kena HFMD before a long time ago. a time before covid. luckily it went away on its own and no complications,” write @paultankMonday (15/5/2022).

What is the Singapore flu?

In the medical world, the Singapore flu is known as Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD).

HFMD is a disease caused by a virus of the Enterovirus genus.

The most common enterovirus species that cause HFMD are Coxsackievirus and Human Enterovirus 71 (HEV 71).

Reporting from the official website of the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes), the Singapore flu has been around since 1957 and Singapore flu in children first appeared in Toronto, Canada.

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