What symptom does child hand foot mouth disease have? Watch out for high fever

summary

Hand foot mouth disease (HFMD) is a kind of infectious disease caused by enterovirus in children. Children under 5 years old are easy to be infected, which can cause herpes in hands, feet, mouth and other parts. If the disease develops rapidly in some severe children, it will lead to death. What are the common symptoms of HFMD? Now let me tell you something.

What symptom does child hand foot mouth disease have? Watch out for high fever

First: most of the children have high fever, body temperature is more than 38 degrees, accompanied by headache, cough, runny nose, drooling and other symptoms, a bit similar to cold symptoms, some children may have nausea, vomiting and other reactions.

Second: one or two days after the onset of the disease, herpes can be seen in the mouth, mucous membrane and lip. Ulcers will be formed after the rupture of herpes, and the pain is heavy. 1-2 days later, skin spots and papules can be seen on the palms of hands, feet and small buttocks, with the most in the center of feet, rice sized herpes, inflammatory red halo around, and less liquid in the blisters.

Third: severe children may have pulmonary edema, encephalitis, but this may be very small. Severe patients showed poor spirit, drowsiness, shock, headache, vomiting, gray complexion, cool limbs, unstable blood pressure, etc. Serious illness can lead to death.

matters needing attention

Children's immune function is weak, parents should keep children healthy and clean food, wash their hands before and after meals, especially in the suburbs or other places prone to enterovirus infection, so as to reduce the possibility of HFMD in children.