Patient's question:
This year, my little one just started school, and hand, foot, and mouth disease is most prevalent among children. Because they have weak immunity, they are easily infected. The other day when I came home, my child had already started fever. My child has had hand, foot, and mouth disease for two days, with a temperature of 37.5℃ that hasn't gone down. How can it be relieved?Doctor's answer:
The child has a persistent fever that won't go down. If the temperature is too low and the fever lasts too long, it could damage the child's brain. So, the first step should be to apply a fever reducer patch to the child to provide some relief, and then give the child some fever-reducing medication. Check if there are any new rashes or red spots appearing on the child's mouth and hands, with surrounding redness. If not, it might not be hand, foot, and mouth disease, but rather a fever caused by a cold.