Patient's question:
Can hand, foot, and mouth disease heal naturally without treatment? My baby seems to have symptoms of hand, foot, and mouth disease, and I hope the doctor can explain this to me.Doctor's answer:
The main treatment principle is symptomatic therapy. During the illness, it is important to provide enhanced care for the child, maintain good oral hygiene, and adjust the diet to liquid or semi-liquid foods. Hand, foot, and mouth disease can be complicated by myocarditis, encephalitis, meningitis, and other conditions. Therefore, timely medical treatment, follow-up, and testing should be conducted in medical institutions and disease control agencies. Patients generally recover completely. Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is an enterovirus disease with common characteristics of enterovirus infection. It can range from asymptomatic or mild discomfort to severe complications or even death. The incubation period is usually 3 to 7 days, with no obvious prodromal symptoms. Most patients develop symptoms suddenly. I suggest we should go to the hospital for treatment to avoid endangering our children's lives.