Herpetic angina

Herpetic angina is an acute infectious, febrile disease caused by many Coxsackie virus in Group A and occasionally other enteroviruses. It is characterized by herpes ulcerative mucosal damage. The disease has an epidemic trend and is common in infants and young children. Clinical features are sudden high fever with sore throat, headache, anorexia, and often neck, abdominal and limb pain. Vomiting and convulsions often occur in infants. Within 2 days after the onset, a few (rarely more than 12) small (1 to 2 mm in diameter) gray-white herpes appear around the oral mucosa, with a red halo around the periphery, which is more common in the front of the tonsils, but can also be located in the soft palate, tonsils, uvula, Tongue, etc. In the next 24 hours, the blister ulcers become superficial ulcers, and the diameter is generally less than 5mm, and heal within 1 to 5 days. Complications are rare. Symptoms usually disappear within 7 days. It can produce lasting immunity after infection, but other viruses or other enteroviruses in group A may cause recurrence.

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