Patient's question:
My son hasn't been eating well these days and has had some coughing. Yesterday, I noticed his throat was a bit hoarse. Last night, he had a fever of 38.5 degrees. He couldn't clearly say where it hurt, just kept saying it hurt and kept crying without knowing why.Doctor's answer:
Hello, hand, foot, and mouth disease has some symptoms. Spring is a high-incidence area for hand, foot, and mouth disease, and parents should pay attention. Early symptoms may be mild. Due to oral ulcers, children may drool and refuse to eat. Oral mucosal rashes appear earlier, initially as corn-like rashes or blisters, surrounded by redness, mainly on the tongue and cheeks, usually on the sides of the lips. Flat or raised blisters or vesicles appear on the distal parts of the hands and feet, and the rashes are not itchy. Macular rashes turn from red to dark within about 5 days and then disappear. The vesicles are round or oval, flat elevations with cloudy fluid inside, with their long axis aligned with the skin lines, about the size of soybeans. They are generally painless and itchy, and do not leave scars after healing.