Patient's question:
Today, after kindergarten, I noticed red spots on my baby's hands. After checking, it was said to be hand, foot, and mouth disease. How is hand, foot, and mouth disease in children caused?Doctor's answer:
After understanding the cause of the disease, we should promptly identify hand, foot, and mouth disease in children and have a certain understanding of its symptoms. Acute onset, fever, oral pain, anorexia, and scattered vesicles or ulcers on the oral mucosa, located on the tongue, buccal mucosa, and hard palate, etc. It may also affect the soft palate, gums, tonsils, and pharynx. Spots and papules appear on the hands, feet, buttocks, arms, and legs, then turning into vesicles. Inflammation and erythema can be observed around the vesicles, with less fluid in the blisters. There are many hands and feet, as well as on the back of the palm.