Patient's question:
What are the initial symptoms of hand, foot, and mouth disease? The question about the initial symptoms of hand, foot, and mouth disease is quite troublesome. My baby is now 17 months old, and I just noticed that the soles of his feet have red bumps, which I don't know if it's hand, foot, and mouth disease.Doctor's answer:
Hand, foot, and mouth disease is a common illness among children. Its main characteristic is the recurrence of blisters on the hands, feet, and mouth. The condition is generally mild and short-lived. Symptoms include scattered, rice-grain-sized blisters on the oral mucosa with significant pain; 3. Rice-grain-sized blisters on the palms or soles, occasionally affecting the buttocks or knees; 4. Inflamed redness around the blisters with less fluid inside; 5. Some children may also experience cough, runny nose, poor appetite, nausea, dry vomiting, and headache. Treatment is primarily symptomatic. Antiviral medications, heat-clearing and detoxifying traditional Chinese herbal medicines, and vitamins B and C can be taken. If complications occur, intramuscular injection of immunoglobulin may be administered.