Patient's question:
Doctor, my child has hand, foot, and mouth disease. After treatment over the past two days, it has been improving, but on the fourth day, they had a fever. After it subsided, the fever returned. Is this normal? The fever comes and goes.Doctor's answer:
Hand, foot, and mouth disease is a viral contagious illness, usually accompanied by a fever. However, if the fever stabilizes for two days and then returns, it indicates that the child has caught another cold in the meantime. It must be another cold—otherwise, the fever would not return. The main symptoms of hand, foot, and mouth disease are to carefully observe whether the child is vomiting dryly, has poor mental state, or exhibits sudden jumping. If these symptoms are absent, the fever can be treated accordingly.Since the child is suffering from hand, foot, and mouth disease, parents must take the child to the doctor immediately for treatment to avoid various misunderstandings. Timely and appropriate treatment is essential. For parents, it is important to provide the child with enough care and attention, and to do everything possible to help the child receive timely treatment for the illness.