Hand and foot mouth disease affects many children under the age of 10 as well as young adults. It usually occurs between summer and autumn. Pain in the pharynx and mouth, fever, anorexia are the initial symptoms of this disease. Within 2 days, blisters form in the mouth and over the tongue. Children will develop a rash of painless blisters developed on the fingers, palms, soles of the feet. Infants may also have a red rash on their buttocks. Please replace infant diapers frequently as wet butt can only stimulate blisters and cause more infection and pain.
As a cure for hand and foot mouth disease, it is not known except that acetaminophen is given to reduce heat and mouth pain and drink a lot of body fluids. Please do not give aspirin to people under 20 years old. Please provide soft and mellow food and cold or warm (never hot) drink. Giving a frozen fruit pop helps relieve the pain of the mouth. Lemon or orange sherbet ice cream is another choice of refrigerated food. Calamine lotion helps to relieve rash in limbs.
Viruses that cause hand and leg mouth disease are transmitted easily very easily, so people with disease should not go to nursery schools, schools, work while symptoms appear. All symptoms should disappear after about a week. Since virus spreads by contact with mouth, runny nose and feces, wash your nose or wash your hands after exchanging your diaper. Please exchange sheets and clothes every day so that the virus does not spread.
