Patient's question:
My baby has been having fever recently and also crying a lot, not eating well. I gave them fever-reducing medicine, but the fever comes back down after a while. Watching the baby lose weight day by day really breaks my heart. I want to know if this could be hand, foot, and mouth disease. What are the methods for diagnosing hand, foot, and mouth disease?Doctor's answer:
Hand, foot, and mouth disease is mainly caused by viral infections, with over 20 common viruses, the most common being Coxsackie virus and enterovirus. You can go to the hospital for a blood test to conduct relevant viral tests. If the virus infection is detected, it can be diagnosed as hand, foot, and mouth disease. Hand, foot, and mouth disease is mainly transmitted through the respiratory tract and contact with hands. Keeping babies' hands washed frequently and maintaining good hand hygiene can help prevent the recurrence of hand, foot, and mouth disease.