Table 2.

Symptoms of the 99 severe HFMD cases and the six cases involving death

Symptom	Number of cases (%)
Fever	89 (84·76)
Maculopapular eruptions	59 (56·19)
Vesicular eruptions	47 (44·76)
Limb shaking	39 (37·14)
Convulsions	23 (21·90)
Central nervous system involvement	24 (22·86)
Myoclonic jerk	9 (8·57)
Vomiting	18 (17·14)
Tachypnoea	18 (17·14)
Rapid heart rate	8 (7·62)
Startle	8 (7·62)
Headache	5 (4·76)
Coughing	6 (5·71)
Sore throat	1 (0·95)
Coma	1 (0·95)
Cardiopulmonary failure	2 (1·90)
Aseptic encephalitis	5 (4·76)
Brainstem encephalitis	1 (0·95)
Neurogenetic pulmonary oedema	2 (1·90)
Pulmonary haemorrhage	3 (2·86)
Respiratory and circulatory failure	2 (1·90)
Death	6 (5·71)

HFMD, hand, foot and mouth disease.