Patient's question:
How are the symptoms of hand, foot, and mouth disease in babies? How can you know if your baby has hand, foot, and mouth disease?Doctor's answer:
The baby has hand, foot, and mouth disease, which may cause blisters to reappear on the skin of the hands, feet, buttocks, and inside the mouth. These blisters have a characteristic appearance: a clear fluid-filled center surrounded by several rings of redness. However, some cases may only present as red rashes. To diagnose hand, foot, and mouth disease, a thorough examination of enterovirus DNA is required. Blood can be drawn to test for enterovirus antibodies, or a throat swab can be performed for enterovirus DNA testing.