Patient's question:
Daughter has now contracted hand, foot, and mouth disease and is not yet recovered. I don't know if she can be fed formula milk. Can people with hand, foot, and mouth disease drink formula milk?Doctor's answer:
Hand, foot, and mouth disease is primarily an infectious disease caused by airborne droplets and contact transmission. It generally does not affect dietary intake, of course, and babies can still drink formula milk. The key is to ensure the baby drinks plenty of fluids, pay attention to isolation, maintain hand hygiene and sterilization, and take care of the rash. Mainly, avoid spicy and irritating foods to prevent the rash from spreading or causing pain to the baby. A small amount of calamine lotion or aloe vera gel can be applied. Ribavirin granules and Pu-dilan anti-inflammatory oral liquid usually resolve isolation after the crust falls off within a week.