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After corona and monkeypox, tomato fever is spreading its feet in the country. The concern of the Ministry of Health has also increased regarding this. According to a report in the Lancet Respiratory Journal, 82 cases have been reported in Kerala so far. At the same time, 26 children have become ill in Odisha. All these patients are children below 9 years of age.
What is Tomato Fever?
According to the Times of India, tomato fever or tomato flu is considered a variant of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD). The name of this fever is tomato fever because in this disease, tomato-shaped and colored blisters fall on the patient’s body.
This fever is caused by enterovirus. However, some experts believe that tomato fever can also be an after effect of chikungunya or dengue fever in children.
Fever in tomato fever quickly catches those children, whose immunity is weak.
Symptoms of Tomato Fever
According to the report of Lancet, the blisters on the body in tomato fever look like monkeypox grains. Apart from this, this fever quickly catches those children, whose immunity is weak. Symptoms of tomato fever include high fever, muscle pain, fatigue, palpitations, joint pain, itching, vomiting, dehydration, diarrhea, etc.
How is fever spread?
The first case of this outbreak of tomato fever came on 6 May in Kollam, Kerala. Since then, symptoms of fever were seen in children aged 1 to 5 years, that is, at present it is spreading more in children only. There can be many reasons for this, such as living in dirty places and touching dirty things.
Children share many things ranging from toys, food and clothes, which increases the risk of spreading the infection. This means like other viral infections, it also spreads through close contact.
