Question
How can you help children maintain proper nutrition intake during the hand, foot, and mouth disease period?
Answer
Hand, foot, and mouth disease generally has a self-limiting tendency and typically requires about a week to heal. During the illness, children should be fed with light and easy-to-digest foods, eaten in small portions at each meal, and treated for symptoms accordingly. Avoid spicy and cold foods, maintain a light diet, keep a regular schedule, and stay emotionally stable. Reduce overtime work and anger, and pay attention to personal hygiene. Hand, foot, and mouth disease can cause significant harm to children, so it is recommended that family members take the child to a specialist for a follow-up consultation and receive treatment under the guidance of a doctor. In daily life, it is important to give children enough care and attention, pay more attention to their dietary issues, and hope that they can recover quickly.