Question
Is hand, foot, and mouth disease possible if a child has blisters in the mouth without fever?
Answer
Your condition may be caused by a viral infection, lacking specific treatment, and is mainly managed through supportive therapy and symptomatic treatment. Antibiotics or sulfonamide treatment is ineffective. Some antiviral drugs such as iododeoxyuridine nucleoside, arabinofuranosyladenine, and acyclovir have certain effects on herpesvirus infections. Interferon is a broad-spectrum antiviral drug that inhibits both DNA and RNA viruses. Ribavirin may have inhibitory effects on certain viruses like the epidemic hemorrhagic fever virus. Amantadine can prevent influenza. Traditional Chinese medicine may have certain effects in alleviating symptoms of some viral diseases and shortening the course of the disease.