What Are Some Risk Factors for Cerebral Palsy?
Discussion
The term, cerebral palsy, or CP has gone through many iterations with the first description in 1861 by W.J. Little who described it as “The condition of spastic rigidity of the limbs of newborn children.” The most recent definition is from Rosenbaun et al. in 2007 which states it is “a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain. The motor disorders of cerebral palsy are often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, perception, cog...
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Neutralizing Antibodies Against Enteroviruses in HFM Disease Neutralizing Antibodies Against Enteroviruses in HFM Disease
A better understanding of neutralizing antibody responses in hand foot and mouth disease could have important implications for vaccine development.Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 19, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Arizona primary school forced to close amid outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease
An unspecified, growing number of kindergartners and pre-kindergartners at Tse'hootsooi' Primary Learning Center in Window Rock, the capital of Navajo Nation, have contracted the disease in recent days. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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Experimental anti-viral drug 'cures' three hand, foot and mouth disease sufferers in just three days
Doctors from Florida State University College of Medicine treated two brothers, aged two and four, and their mother, 37, with the drug acyclovir after they all developed the disease's tell-tale rash. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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The 'worst hand, foot and mouth disease doctors have EVER seen'
Emma Reavley, 41, first noticed red spots on her two-year-old daughter Emily's neck on April 25. Doctors at Hemel Hempstead's Urgent Care Centre diagnosed the rash as 'chickenpox'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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Hand, foot and mouth disease OUTBREAK: Virus spreads across UK - symptoms to watch out for
HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH disease has been reported across the UK, as schools are on alert after a virus outbreak. These are the warning signs and symptoms of the disease you should know about - are you at risk? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Infectious Diseases A-Z: What you need to know about hand, foot and mouth disease
Hand, foot and mouth disease?is a highly contagious childhood illness that commonly affects kids ages 5 or under. However, anyone can become sickened ? especially those residing in close living environments, such as college campuses.?Hand, foot and mouth disease is most commonly caused by a Coxsackievirus and, in the U.S., most outbreaks occur in summer [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
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Mother, 18, angry after her 10-month-old daughter caught hand, foot and mouth disease in Majorca
Gemma Whitelaw, 18, from Airdrie in Scotland, took her 10-month-old daughter Ayla to Majorca for her first holiday abroad but the infant fell ill with the viral rash when they returned home. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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9-month-old twins caught hand, foot and mouth disease at Spanish hotel
Kimberley McCabe, 28, claims her twins Mila-Rose and Kyson broke out in painful red sores during a week-long holiday to the three-star Club Mac Hotel in Alcudia, Majorca, last month. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nine-month-old twins have the worst case of hand, foot and mouth disease doctors have ever seen
Kimberley McCabe, 28, claims her twins Mila-Rose and Kyson broke out in painful red sores during a week-long holiday to the three-star Club Mac Hotel in Alcudia, Majorca, last month. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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Hand, foot and mouth disease infects more children holidaying in Majorca
An eight-month-old girl from South Cave in East Yorkshire has become the latest child to catch hand, foot and mouth disease on the Spanish island of Majorca, where parents say it is spreading. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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Mother says her daughters caught hand, foot and mouth disease on holiday
Danielle MacIntyre spent £3,000 on a seven-night break to the Club Mac hotel in Alcudia, Majorca, with children Nevah, aged three, and five-month-old Milla. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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Houston Astros pitcher becomes third baseball player diagnosed with hand-foot-and-mouth disease
Houston Astros pitcher Brad Peacock revealed he has hand-foot-mouth disease just one month after pitchers Noah Syndergaard and JA Happ were both diagnosed with the illness. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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Would global warming increase childhood viral infection rates?
(Wiley) Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common childhood viral infection that is most common in warmer summer months. A new International Journal of Dermatology review of published studies reveals a positive relationship between HFMD and temperature and humidity. No significant relationship was identified between HFMD and precipitation, wind speed, and/or sunshine. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
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