Question
After completing the treatment for hand, foot, and mouth disease, how should care be conducted? Approximately five days after the child is discharged and returns home, there is an increase in sweating around the head, which then transfers to the body. At night, the child may talk in dreams, cry, or laugh out loud. Is this a normal phenomenon?
Answer
Discharge typically means that the isolation period has been passed and the risk has been reduced. Hand, foot, and mouth disease is an infectious disease caused by enteroviruses, primarily affecting children under 5 years old and may cause blisters on the hands, feet, and mouth. In rare cases, children may develop serious complications such as myocarditis, pulmonary edema, aseptic meningitis of the brain, and even death in a few isolated cases due to rapid deterioration of the condition. Therefore, special attention should be paid to diet and personal hygiene in daily care. For the symptoms you mentioned, such as night sweats, talking in dreams, crying, or laughing out loud, these may be normal physiological responses during recovery, but it is also necessary to closely monitor for any other unusual symptoms.