Patient's question:
Your doctor and the kindergarten teacher told us today that it's a high season for hand, foot, and mouth disease, so we need to pay attention to the child's hygiene and frequent hand washing. I would like to ask if the baby has a fever with hand, foot, and mouth disease?Doctor's answer:
Children with hand, foot, and mouth disease often have a temperature of 38°C to 40°C, and the fever duration is usually 4 to 7 days, with cases lasting more than 7 days being rare. In the early stages of the illness, some children may experience symptoms such as runny nose, sore throat, loss of appetite, dry cough, nausea, and vomiting. Shortly after the illness begins, red small papules reappear on the distal parts of the bones, such as fingers, palms, toes, and in the mouth, and quickly transform into small vesicles with a diameter of 2-4 millimeters, resembling rice grains in size. These vesicles are round or oval-shaped, surrounded by a red halo. This type of rash may sometimes also be seen on the buttocks and around the anus. In clinical diagnosis, this disease is primarily characterized by vesicles on the hands, feet, and mouth.