KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) — A week after celebrating Hari Raya Aidilfitri in her village in Pekan, Pahang, Nur (not her real name) realised that her youngest child Nur Natrah Thihani Azurun, 2, started having high fever as well as blisters in the mouth, on the hands and feet.
A week later, Natrah’s sister, Nur Naura, 5, was also down with fever and developed mouth ulcer symptoms.
Stressed and worried about her children’s condition, Nur took them for a check-up at a nearby private clinic and was informed by the doctor that they had been infected with the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD).
“I was informed by the doctor that these are some symptoms of HFMD affecting children in the country. I believe my children contracted the virus during our Hari Raya break in the village, which had several HFMD cases then,” Nur related her experience with Bernama recently.
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