Patient's question:
These days, my child's palm, heels, and soles have appeared with many papules and vesicles again, and his mouth has also appeared with ulcers again. He cannot eat anything that causes pain. He took him to the hospital for a thorough examination. He has hand, foot, and mouth disease. He took many medicines for several days, but there was no significant effect. This child is still in pain. How can we prevent hand, foot, and mouth disease in winter?Doctor's answer:
Hand, foot, and mouth disease is a common infectious disease caused by various different enteroviruses. People are usually susceptible to the hand, foot, and mouth disease virus, but it is mainly children under the age of 5. Hand, foot, and mouth disease has a high potential infection rate. Patients and potential carriers are the main sources of transmission. The disease is primarily spread through contaminated food, which may be contaminated with patient feces, saliva, and throat secretions. Direct contact with the blisters of patients can also spread the virus. The virus in the patient's throat secretions and saliva can be spread through airborne droplets. A patient's feces can remain infectious for several weeks. Although there is no vaccine for hand, foot, and mouth disease, the following measures can be taken to prevent it. Wash hands frequently, maintain good environmental hygiene, food hygiene, and personal hygiene training, and avoid oral ingestion of the disease.