Patient's question:
My son had a fever of 38 degrees Celsius last night. I thought it was a cold, so I gave him cold medicine and fever-reducing medicine, and the fever went down. In the morning of the third day, he started to have a fever again. When he was dressing, I noticed red bumps on his hands and feet, and also on his buttocks. When I went to the hospital, the doctor diagnosed it as hand, foot, and mouth disease. How is hand, foot, and mouth disease treated in children?Doctor's answer:
Hand, foot, and mouth disease may reappear with fever symptoms, and red rashes or papules will also reappear on the mouth and hands/feet, with surrounding redness. Hand, foot, and mouth disease is primarily caused by viral infections, so it is important to give the baby some antiviral medication. If the baby develops fever again, it is necessary to provide timely fever reduction. First, apply a fever-reducing patch to alleviate the symptoms, and then give the baby fever-reducing medication.