Patient's question:
What are the complications caused by hand, foot, and mouth disease?Doctor's answer:
The EV71 virus causing hand, foot, and mouth disease can affect the nervous system, leading to a series of severe symptoms. Neuroviral reactions may occur. If the patient's condition is weak, it may result in respiratory and circulatory failure. In rare cases, the disease can lead to aseptic or viral meningitis, with symptoms including fever, headache, neck stiffness, or back pain. Other common complications include encephalitis or meningitis, pneumonia, pulmonary edema, remittent paralysis, poliomyelitis-like limb paralysis, allergic purpura, and so on.