‘Mor Yong’ assumed tomato flu. Similar to hand, foot and mouth disease, mild disease, self-healing, no deaths.
Reporters reported that on August 28, 2022, Dr. Yong Phu Worawan, the head of the Center specializes in clinical virology. Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Post messages via facebook Yong Poovorawan Identified about tomato flu (Tomato Flu) that, as news in the past week, it was mentioned that tomato flu occurred in India, Kerala, in hundreds of children under 5 years old, and more were found. In Tamil Nadu and Odisha, the naming of tomato flu Because children who are sick will have a red rash, a water blister, similar to a tomato. and later a rash The rash appears red. and a blister The disease is not severe and heals on its own. no one died
Prof. Dr. Yong also stated that from the assumption of similar symptoms fever, joint pain, mosquitoes (Chikungunya) Dengue Fever Hand-foot-mouth In fact, the current diagnosis for viral causes not complicated The incident in India should have known which virus was caused. But at present there is no official announcement.
However, from following and look at the appearance of the rash from the photograph reported by Indian newspapers. I could almost tell that This is a rash that appears like HFMD found in our home
The main infection of this type of rash is Coxsackie A6 (CA6), a rash that appears on the hands, feet, elbows, knees, around the buttocks, and if it is severe. It will look quite intense. This is a specific character of the CA6 virus that has been tracked since 2012. It has spread in Thailand and this year, Thailand has been infected with the CA6 strain and has a rather severe rash. Most of them are in children. but was found in adults
As for fever, joint pain, mosquitoes As far as I’m currently following In young children, there is very little pain in the joints. Not like an adult or an elderly person
Prof. Dr. Yong reiterated that we would have to track where the virus originated in India came from. My speculations are that it is caused by the Coxsackie virus that causes HFMD and is not as severe as Enterovirus A 710, which can cause encephalitis. myocarditis especially in young children