What symptom does hand foot mouth disease have?

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Hand foot mouth disease is a very common disease in children, the main performance is that children with fever, oral ulcer, and herpes, which is the peak of the disease in summer and autumn, during the illness, children will have fever, with the development of the disease, there will be sore throat, drooling and eating. What symptom does hand foot mouth disease have? Let's talk about it

What symptom does hand foot mouth disease have?

Acute onset, incubation period of 3-5 days, low fever, systemic discomfort, abdominal pain and other precursors. The oral mucosa was scattered with painful miliary to mung bean sized blisters, and the hands and feet were presented with macular papules and herpes. At the beginning, it was macular papules, and then turned into herpes. It was round or oval, about 3-7mm in size, which was smaller than the chickenpox rash. The texture was hard, and there was a red halo around. There was less liquid in the blisters. After the rash subsides, there is no scar or pigmentation. If there is secondary infection, the skin damage is often aggravated.

In addition to the hands, feet and mouth, it can also be seen occasionally near the buttocks and anus that herpes appears on the trunk and limbs. After a few days, it dries up and subsides. The rash has no itching or pain. Some cases showed only rash or herpangina. The whole course of the disease is about 5-10 days, most of them are self-healing, with good prognosis and no sequelae.

Individual children can appear generalized papules, blisters, accompanied by aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, myocarditis, etc. It can be accompanied by cough, runny nose, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, headache and other symptoms. Encephalitis, encephalomyelitis, meningitis, pulmonary edema and circulatory failure may occur in a few cases (especially those under 3 years old).

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At the beginning of the disease, the main food is liquid food. You can eat less and eat more to maintain the nutrition your body needs. Because children have serious oral ulcer, they may have pain when eating. So you can use a straw to suck it to reduce the contact with oral mucosa.