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"Tomato flu", how dangerous is the disease for children?

2022-08-30 12:31:17Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

"Tomato flu", how dangerous is the disease for children?

Skin rashes, joint pains and fever affect young children if they catch 'tomato flu'. Is it really a new disease? What virus causes it and how dangerous is it? Read what the experts say.

A new disease has been emerging for months in Kerala, India. It is the "tomato flu" that, according to The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, the first case was registered on May 6.

To date, more than 80 cases of the disease have been reported in pediatric patients in different parts of India.

A health alert has been issued internationally, while competent services in Europe and America are on standby.

Most affected children are under the age of five, with the predominant symptoms: fever, joint pain and skin rash. Children also develop red, painful blisters the size of a tomato – hence the name 'tomato flu'.

Fortunately, no cases of serious illness or death have been reported so far, and the reported cases appear to be making a full recovery.

Doctors currently cannot say for sure what is causing this new illness, as the fever and algae can be attributed to different causes. They speculate that it could be the result of some exotic mosquito-borne virus, such as dengue and chikungunya – or even chicken pox.

They also suggest that perhaps the unusual tomato-shaped rash that children develop is due to their different response to infections after contracting COVID-19. Also, because of the large size of the skin lesions, they speculate that it could be monkeypox.

Solving the "mystery"

The discovery of two cases of tomato flu in children in the United Kingdom has raised an "alarm" for European health authorities. The minor patients showed symptoms of the disease after returning from a family trip to Kerala, which is believed to be the epicenter of the disease.

Laboratory tests showed that they were infected with Coxsackie A16 enterovirus. The virus in question causes the so-called "hand, foot, mouth disease".

The name derives from the blisters that patients develop on their hands (palms), soles of feet and inside the oral cavity.

Therefore, scientists argue that tomato flu is essentially hand, foot, and mouth disease and is not a new form of flu or is in any way related to tomatoes and finally is not a new disease. Also, it has nothing to do with foot-and-mouth disease in cattle.

“It's usually mild and clears up on its own within a week or so. Analgesics can be useful, "scientists conclude.

However, mouth ulcers can make swallowing difficult, so in the case of young children, parents should be especially careful to prevent dehydration. In rare cases, viral meningitis may accompany it, but so far no case of severe disease following the "tomato flu" has been reported.

Like many childhood illnesses, it is highly contagious and can be spread through body fluids – so make sure children with hand, foot and mouth disease stay out of school activities for at least five days after the first symptoms appear.


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