Patient's question:
At half a year old, hands and feet have small bumps for 6 days! Starting this morning, there was a slight fever! Now, after taking some medicine, the fever is gone!Past treatment history and effectiveness: The doctor said to get an injection, and he mentioned that the shot costs over 2600. Is it necessary to get this shot? Is it really so expensive?
Doctor's answer:
Hello, hand, foot, and mouth disease is primarily diagnosed based on the presence of typical blisters in the mouth, palms, and soles. It can be accompanied by fever. Early stages are caused by viral infections, which may later develop into bacterial infections. The viruses that cause hand, foot, and mouth disease are mainly Coxsackie virus and enterovirus 71 (EV71). The latter is more severe and tends to affect the heart, lungs, brain, and nervous system, potentially leading to life-threatening complications.If your baby is diagnosed with hand, foot, and mouth disease, treatment primarily involves anti-inflammatory and antiviral therapies. Regarding the expensive injection you mentioned, we are not yet clear about it. We recommend consulting multiple sources or uploading the medication's instructions to our website to help us provide further clarification.
The above advice addresses the question, "Is hand, foot, and mouth disease serious?" We hope it is helpful to you. Wishing you good health!