Question
Recently, a child has been experiencing symptoms of runny nose and fever. After five days of intravenous treatment, small blisters appeared on the bottom of the right foot. The child was diagnosed with suspected hand, foot, and mouth disease by a doctor. How can hand, foot, and mouth disease be treated effectively for good results?
Answer
Hand, foot, and mouth disease typically has a good prognosis without complications and lasts about one week. Treatment primarily involves symptomatic treatment, including taking antiviral medications, cooling and detoxifying traditional Chinese medicine, as well as vitamins B and C. During the illness, it is important to strengthen the child’s care, especially oral hygiene. Before and after meals, you can use saline solution or warm water for gargling. Choose liquid or semi-liquid non-irritating foods. Hand, foot, and mouth disease may complications such as myocarditis, encephalitis, meningitis, and flaccid paralysis. Therefore, it is important to closely monitor the condition and not take it lightly.