Question
How to treat a child’s mild hand, foot, and mouth disease?
Answer
Many antiviral drugs can be taken, and most mild hand, foot, and mouth disease patients can recover completely based on their condition and the extent of recovery. The early stages of hand, foot, and mouth disease may present with mild upper respiratory symptoms. The main manifestations include fever and rash or blisters on the oral mucosa and other parts. Due to the pain from oral ulcers, the child’s saliva production gradually increases. Painful small blisters with redness around them often appear again on multiple mucous membranes inside the mouth, mainly on the tongue and sides of the cheeks, as well as on the lips and sides of the teeth.