A few days after a document in The Lancet issued an alert on the rising instances of tomato fever or tomato flu in India, docs and health experts have known as it a misleading colloquial name for Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD).
Tomato fever is now not a scientific name. It has been loosely used to describe a common mild viral sickness referred to as Hand Foot and Mouth disease, as per the experts. “Unfortunately, a recent guide in The Lancet claims that the lesions gradually increase to the measurement of a tomato, which is absolutely wrong, deceptive and alarming,” specialists said.
According to Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, a member of IMA in Kochi, “The sickness is in many instances brought about with the aid of the Coxsackie virus which effects in small 4-6 mm pink spots on the skin that later grow to be bubbles with fluid inside. The skin lesions can show up on the hands, ft and buttocks. It spreads through contact between younger youth and is self-limiting, requiring solely supportive treatment. It has no connection with tomatoes.”
In the past few days, some reports have emerged from Kerela related to a new endemic disease, through the name, tomato fever.
According to the study, the frequent infectious disorder targeting mainly kids aged one to five years and immunocompromised adults should also be a new variant of Hand, Foot and Mouth disease.
