Hand Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD)

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Dengue is not the only risk that many parents, guardians and school officials are facing nowadays. Looming threat to our children is the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) that recently kills 55 children (mostly were younger than 3 years old) in Cambodia since April 2012.

What is HFMD?
HFMD is a contagious viral disease caused by two enteroviruses called Coxsackievirus A16 (CA16) and Enteroviruses 71 (EV71). Adults, babies and children can be afflicted with the disease.
People especially babies and children with HFMD caused by Coxsackievirus A16 recover fully after the illness. Dehydration is the most common complication. It takes 7 to 10 days to recover. It is an illness that is mild and over within a week. Treatment is directly toward relief of symptoms such as fever and sores. School kids can go back to school days after provided that they should be given clearance from the doctor.

For more information regarding Hand Foot and Mouth Disease please go to http://kurukuronimye.com/2012/07/hfmd/

Fakers....Robbers....Molesters

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The Philippine National Police warned all homeowners/residents of  fake power firm/ utility personnel, messengers from courier companies and delivery service personnel targeting households for robbery and rape of female family members in Metro Manila.

Modus Operandi: a tipster, he/she may be a neighbor, somebody’s new domestic staff or a vendor, will case the whole neighborhood. It will be followed by surveillance for a few days to monitor the movements of targeted homeowner and all the household members’ routine and activities. Once routine and activity have been established, two rob gang members, posed as uniformed Meralco utility personnel/messengers from courier companies on a motorcycle, will knock on the homeowner’s gate. Once the unsuspecting domestic staff/family member opens the gate, they will force their way in and ransack the house.

For more information regarding this modus and its recent cases, please go to http://kurukuronimye.com/2012/06/fakers-robbers-molesters/