What are the symptoms of hand, foot, and mouth disease in children?

Patient's question:

Symptom diagram of hand, foot, and mouth disease in children

Doctor's answer:

Acute recurrence, fever; scattered oral mucosal herpetic blisters, rice-sized, with significant pain; herpetic blisters on the palms or soles, occasionally affecting the buttocks or knees, rice-sized. The blisters have an inflammatory red halo and contain minimal fluid. Some children may also experience symptoms such as cough, runny nose, loss of appetite, nausea, dry vomiting, and headache. It is a self-limiting disease with a good prognosis and no. Severe complications are rare in children, such as meningitis, encephalitis, myocarditis, flaccid paralysis, and pulmonary edema.

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