Parents around the world are sounding the alarm about the 'tomato' flu: it causes painful blisters and fever in children

Fears of an outbreak of "tomato" flu are intensifying as more children are exposed to the infection. Read more about the situation told the publication The Sun.

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This prompted India's health officials to issue a warning about the disease, as well as recommendations for its prevention.

Doctors say tomato flu symptoms overlap with many other illnesses, including the common flu and COVID-19.

It was called "tomato" because of the painful red blisters that appear on the patient's body.

More than 100 children across the country have been infected since the first case was reported in Kerala on May 6.

In the southern state, about 82 sick children under the age of five are registered.

Another 26 cases in children under the age of nine were found in the state of Odisha, as well as in Tamil Nadu and Haryana.

The Ministry of Health of India recalled that the virus is not dangerous to human life.

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However, in light of the new cases, the agency has issued testing and prevention guidelines for all states.

Among them is a request to parents to be especially vigilant when it comes to screening children.

Health guidance says: “Tell your child not to hug or touch children with fever or rash symptoms. Teach your child how to use a handkerchief in case of a runny nose or cough.

A recent study published in the Lancet says that the best solution to prevent transmission is hand hygiene and preventing children from sharing food, clothing and toys.

Parents should pay attention to a number of symptoms:

• fatigue
• nausea
• vomiting
• diarrhea
• heat
• dehydration
• swelling of the joints;
• pain in the body
• rash (blisters)

Describing the rash in children, the experts said: "Tomato flu gets its name from the appearance of red and painful blisters all over the body that gradually increase to the size of a tomato."

They compared the blisters of this rash to the blisters of monkeypox in children.

Feverish symptoms are similar to dengue and chikungunya, which are spread by mosquitoes in other parts of the world, including Asia.

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According to doctors, in fact, "tomato" flu may be a "side effect" of these two viruses.

But interestingly, health experts in India believe that this infection is a new variant of enteroviral vesicular stomatitis because it bears a striking resemblance.

Enteroviral vesicular stomatitis is common among children around the world, including in the UK and the USA.

It occurs mainly in children, but can also occur in adults.

It first causes sore throats, high fever, and loss of appetite, and then mouth ulcers and rashes appear.

Blisters tend to occur on the arms, legs, and buttocks.

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