Patient's question:
My cousin's youngest son was recently diagnosed with hand, foot, and mouth disease. What medicine is used to treat hand, foot, and mouth disease? My former nephew also had this disease, but unfortunately, he didn't survive. My cousin knows about my nephew's situation, so they are very worried, fearing that the child might have the same unfortunate fate as my nephew.Doctor's answer:
Hand, foot, and mouth disease is primarily caused by viral infections. Treatment mainly involves oral antiviral Western medicine or the use of many heat-clearing and detoxifying traditional Chinese medicines for antiviral treatment. Hand, foot, and mouth disease is mainly transmitted through the respiratory tract and contact. If there are children with hand, foot, and mouth disease around, it is best to increase the time of contact between the child and other children as much as possible. Paying attention to hand hygiene can help prevent hand, foot, and mouth disease.