Question
Can blood tests detect hand, foot, and mouth disease in the early stage? Suddenly feverish; past treatment situation and effectiveness: No treatment. Want to know what this is usually a disease? Is it hand, foot, and mouth disease? Can blood tests detect hand, foot, and mouth disease in the early stage?
Answer
Blood tests alone cannot diagnose hand, foot, and mouth disease in children with the aforementioned conditions. This depends on the symptoms, mainly rash on the hands, feet, and buttocks, and oral sores. Typically, the rash may not progress quickly. Guidance: 1. For children with fever as described above and no other symptoms, consider upper respiratory tract infection first. 2. Go to the hospital for routine blood tests; if bacterial infection is found, use antibiotics. 3. Hand, foot, and mouth disease is severe in children under 3 years old; within 24 hours of onset, there may be no rash but may have mental health issues such as vomiting and encephalitis. 4. If fever is treated well and the child is in good spirits, there should be no major problems; actively go to the hospital for consultation. Doctor’s question: Have you had routine blood tests? Are there any other symptoms?