Common but scary & risky diseases 🦟🕷️

I did a quick pantaiema :


Child specialist in infection consultant Prof Dr Dr. Dr. Edi Hartoyo, SpA(K) explained that Singapore's Flu disease or Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HMFD) did not come from Singapore, but the disease had hit Singapore and claimed lives.

"The Singaporean flu is actually the term wrong because its origin is not from Singapore. But indeed there was a history in 2000 and 2006 that Singapore had many incidents of this case and some died. Finally, Singapore's Flu was famous," explained Prof Edi during a press conference at the Indonesian Pediatrician Association (IDAI), Tuesday, April 2, 2024.

Prof Edi actually explained that the disease was originally discovered in Toronto, Canada in 1957. Meanwhile, the cases that hit Singapore occurred in 2000 and 2006 so they were not from Singapore.
 
Not sure if that falls under risky disease but I just went down with a nasty case of Singapore flu...

Even holding anything with my hands hurt.
Get well soon!
That reminds me when I got chikungunya. Everything I did, sleeping, sitting, touching anything, hurt.
 
Not sure why it is being referred to as Singapore Flu, but it is normally called Hand Foot and Mouth disease and the schools send out warning letters about it each year.
Yes and for some reason they don't call it Singapore Flu in Singapore. It's HFMD and is pretty common among youngsters there. The first time I heard the term Singapore Flu was this thread.
 
Yes and for some reason they don't call it Singapore Flu in Singapore. It's HFMD and is pretty common among youngsters there. The first time I heard the term Singapore Flu was this thread.
Since it’s an Indonesian ‘invention’.
And again: https://voi.id/en/amp/370956

If I were from Lyme, Connecticut, I also wouldn’t be happy about the stigma. Just like Marburg. The Spanish Flu for instance, also had nothing to do with Spain of course. It received the nickname of Spanish flu because the pandemic received greater attention from the press in Spain than in the rest of Europe, since Spain was not involved in WW I and did therefore not censure the information about the disease. It was called Soldier of Naples before that, I guess the Napoli were also not so happy about that.
 
Since it’s an Indonesian ‘invention’.
And again: https://voi.id/en/amp/370956

If I were from Lyme, Connecticut, I also wouldn’t be happy about the stigma. Just like Marburg. The Spanish Flu for instance, also had nothing to do with Spain of course. It received the nickname of Spanish flu because the pandemic received greater attention from the press in Spain than in the rest of Europe, since Spain was not involved in WW I and did therefore not censure the information about the disease. It was called Soldier of Naples before that, I guess the Napoli were also not so happy about that.
Yeah it looks like Indonesia's the only place where the term is used, hmm.
You're right, the Spanish Flu should be called the Kansas Flu and Lyme and Marburg get bad raps.
 
Not sure why it is being referred to as Singapore Flu, but it is normally called Hand Foot and Mouth disease and the schools send out warning letters about it each year.
For the same reasons Spanish flu was Spanish - It was a mistake the papers loved.
In that case, the Spanish got the blame because nobody else told the truth about the disease - I think it was Aeschylus who suggested that truth is the first casualty of war.
 
If Singapore and Lyme get upset they just need to be reminded it could be worse. They could live in Hell, WI or perhaps Gays Mills, WI which just happens to be just up the road from Ferryvill, WI.
 
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