Patient's question:
The baby started getting a cold last month and taking medicine had no effect. They have been eating less and had several small blisters in their mouth, like oral ulcers. On the third day, they ate a few pieces of chicken, and then blisters also appeared on their hands and feet, with white centers and red edges. When they went to the hospital for a check-up, they were diagnosed with hand, foot, and mouth disease. Can people with hand, foot, and mouth disease eat chicken?Doctor's answer:
Chicken is believed to be a food that has a nourishing effect in traditional Chinese medicine. It is generally not recommended to eat nourishing foods during an illness because these foods do not nourish the body but rather the disease. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine does not advise eating nourishing foods when sick. Understanding this principle, it is also not suitable to eat chicken when suffering from a cold, especially when there is a fever. Eating chicken can make the fever worse. Therefore, it is best not to eat chicken when suffering from hand, foot, and mouth disease.