Treatment of initial symptoms of hand foot mouth disease

summary

Hand foot and mouth disease is a kind of infectious disease in children, especially in children under 5 years old. At present, it is a high incidence period of hand foot and mouth disease. How to judge whether children have hand foot and mouth disease? What are the early symptoms of hand foot and mouth disease? How can we prevent it? These questions will be answered one by one in this article.

Treatment of initial symptoms of hand foot mouth disease

First: isolation to prevent cross infection. HFMD is often spread among children. Therefore, when children suffer from HFMD, parents should consciously avoid contact with other children and take a rest at home for a few days to prevent cross infection.

Second: pay attention to the balance of rest and nutrition. HFMD is not as terrible as people think. In fact, it is a kind of self limiting disease, which needs no treatment and can heal itself in about a week. So when the child is sick, parents need not be nervous, pay attention to observe the state of the child, if there is no adverse reaction, just ensure that the child has a good rest, and strengthen the nutrition of diet.

Third: timely medical treatment, the majority of children in 7 to 10 days after the disease can be self-healing, but do not rule out a few serious patients. If the child has persistent high fever, convulsions, vomiting, cold hands and feet, mental depression and other conditions, it is necessary to consider severe hand foot mouth disease, parents need to take the child to the hospital in time for treatment.

matters needing attention

Hand foot mouth disease (HFMD) is a kind of infectious disease caused by digestive tract virus. Its transmission route is mainly digestive tract and respiratory tract. Therefore, it is suggested that we should pay attention to children's health, wash hands frequently, and avoid children's contact with raw and cold food. In the season of high incidence of HFMD, we should avoid children going to crowded places to avoid children's contact with sick children.