Herpangina, an infectious disease that mainly affects children, has become the largest epidemic in the past 10 years, and although the number of patients nationwide is decreasing, the number of patients continues to be high in some regions, such as the Tohoku region.
"Herpangina" is a viral infectious disease that increases in the number of patients in the summer, and children under 5 years old are more likely to get it, and in addition to fever, symptoms such as blisters in the mouth and sore throat occur.
This year, the number of patients began to increase around May, and it was the largest epidemic in the past 5 years.
According to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, a total of 10,7 herpangina cases were reported by approximately 30,1 pediatric medical institutions nationwide in the week ending July 3000, or 1.3629 per medical institution, 1.4 fewer than the previous week, showing a downward trend.
However, by
region, ▽ Yamagata Prefecture has 34.0 cases, ▽ Iwate, Aomori, Hokkaido, and Miyagi Prefectures have exceeded 37 cases, and ▽ Nagano, Akita, Fukushima,
and Niigata Prefectures have exceeded
the alert level of "21". The number of patients continues to be high, mainly in the Tohoku region.
In addition, the number of cases reported in the week ending July 86 for RS virus infection, which can become severe when infected by young children, was 10,6, and the number of patients per medical institution was 7.30, 1.7073 fewer than the previous week.
Dr. Kiyoju Taniguchi, director of the National Hospital Organization Mie Hospital, who specializes in infectious diseases, said, "I think the number of patients will gradually decrease in the future, but when you go out or meet people during the summer vacation, I would like you to take measures against infection, such as adequate ventilation.