Patient's question:
My child is three years old. Yesterday when I came to my friend's house, I had a fever and got herpes. My friend's family has hand, foot, and mouth disease. My husband said the child might get infected. I would like to ask how hand, foot, and mouth disease is caused in babies?Doctor's answer:
Hand, foot, and mouth disease is caused by a viral infection. The virus responsible for hand, foot, and mouth disease is a type of enterovirus. Clinically, it manifests as blisters on the mouth, palms, soles of the feet, and around the anus. The blisters are white with red bases. They may be accompanied by significant pain and fever. Generally, this disease cannot resolve on its own. If there are obvious burns or complications, medication treatment is required.