Patient's question:
I often take my son to the community garden to play with other children. A few days ago, I didn't pay much attention and he might have been infected by other children, contracting hand, foot, and mouth disease. After treatment, he has recovered. Hello, can one get hand, foot, and mouth disease again after having it once?Doctor's answer:
Hand, foot, and mouth disease can be contracted again after having it once. Hand, foot, and mouth disease is caused by enterovirus transmission. After contracting the disease, immunity is not lifelong. If the body's resistance is low and the person is exposed to enterovirus again, the disease can still occur. Therefore, it is essential to enhance care and maintenance, develop good living and dietary habits, maintain personal hygiene, reduce the body's resistance, prevent contact with patients of hand, foot, and mouth disease, and prevent reinfection.