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10/07/22 06:04 AM IST

Tomato Flu

In News 
  • Tomato flu has hit Odisha as 26 children were diagnosed with the hand, foot and mouth disease.
Tomato Flu 
  • This viral infection is common among children below five years of age.
  • An infected person experiences fever, usually accompanied by rashes, skin irritation and dehydration.
  • The tomato flu causes blisters on several parts of the infected body, which are generally red in colour.
  • Due to its round shape and red colour the infection has got its name tomato flu or tomato fever.
  • This flu is a self-limiting one and there is no specific drug for this. This means that the symptoms will resolve overtime. 
Source- Indian Express 

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