Symptoms of foot-mouth disease

In recent years, many parents feel fear when talking about mouth, foot and hand disease, because everyone knows that the occurrence of mouth, foot and hand disease has a great impact on the health of children. If it is not treated promptly and effectively, it will also endanger the life safety of children. Moreover, mouth, foot and hand disease is also a contagious disease, which makes parents even more worried. So what are the symptoms of mouth, foot and hand disease? Let’s take a look at the introduction in this article.

In fact, although the harm of hand, foot and mouth disease is relatively large, as long as the child is treated in time, he or she can recover quickly. Therefore, it is very helpful for parents to know more about the symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease in order to detect and treat the disease in time. So what are the symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease?

The baby suddenly becomes ill with a high fever of over 38°C, and has symptoms like a cold, such as headache, cough, and runny nose. The high fever does not subside and the body temperature gets higher and higher. After one or two days, herpes can be seen in their oral mucosa and lips. After the herpes breaks, ulcers will form, which are very painful. The child often shows discomfort such as irritability, crying, drooling, and not eating.

2 One or two days after the appearance of oral herpes, you will see round or oval skin maculopapules the size of millet or peas on the palms, soles of the feet and buttocks of the baby. This rash rarely appears on the body or face and usually disappears in about 7 days. As long as it is properly cared for, it will not leave any pigmentation marks or scars on the skin.

Parents of children with hand, foot and mouth disease should be reminded that although the children have recovered after treatment, the recovered babies are still carriers of the disease and will still spread the virus and cause other babies to contract the disease. Therefore, after the baby recovers, it is best to let the child stay at home for 3 weeks before going out.