Patient's question:
My nephew is six months old, and he is still in the hospital because he was carefully diagnosed with hand, foot, and mouth disease. I have seen this disease in the children of another relative before, and that child didn't survive. My nephew is now suffering from this terrible disease as well. Is medication effective for hand, foot, and mouth disease? Can it be treated well?Doctor's answer:
Hand, foot, and mouth disease is an infectious disease caused by enterovirus transmission, primarily affecting infants and young children under the age of five. In the early stages of the illness, timely follow-up treatment has a high cure rate. However, if timely treatment is not received and severe complications reappear, the condition becomes more difficult to treat, potentially leading to serious complications and even endangering the child's life.