Hand-foot-mouth disease in children. Symptoms and treatment
Hand-foot-mouth disease is caused by a virus. It is very common in children between 0 and 3 years, just in the pre-school education stage. It is a contagious disease that you must know to learn to identify it by its most common symptoms. The pediatrician Rebecca Ordovás explains us what are the symp
Hand-foot-mouth disease is caused by a virus. It is very common in children between 0 and 3 years, just in the pre-school education stage. It is a contagious disease that you must know to learn to identify it by its most common symptoms.
The pediatrician Rebecca Ordovás explains us what are the symptoms and treatment of hand-foot-mouth disease in children.
Symptoms of hand-foot-mouth disease in children
The hand, foot, mouth disease, or also known as mouth-hand-foot, una is a disease caused by a virus that affects mostly children who They go to the nursery, which are preschool (between 0 and 3 years old), because their immune system is not yet fully developed. Among the main signs or signals to recognize this viral rash that affects the palms of the hands, soles of the feet and mouth, are:
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Pupae in the mouth: Pupitas and mouth sores, which It stings a lot. They can also spread around the lips. -
Bullous lesions: amp Bullous lesions on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet are very characteristic of this disease. - Appearance of other injuries in other parts of the body: These bullous lesions so common in the hands and feet can also appear in other parts of the body, such as the thighs and buttocks.
However, there are also very characteristic symptoms of this disease: - Fever. - Headache.
- Sore throat. - General malaise, irritability.
- Rejection of the food and drooling, since it hurts them to swallow because of those internal wounds in the form of sores.
Treatment of hand-foot-mouth disease in children
Being a virus, the treatment is purely symptomatic. The only thing we can do
is give them something to relieve the pain
and calm down the main symptoms of the wounds caused by this virus. The most advisable is:
- Administer some anti-inflammatory.
- Relieve the stinging of the sores in the mouth with a soothing gel based on hyaluronic acid or viscous lidocaine before meals. Evidently, the child should stay at home in the first week,
since it is a very contagious virus. It is important to take care of hygiene habits, and especially to wash your hands very well to prevent the disease from spreading to other members of the family.
Rebecca Ordovás
Pediatraadomicilio.com
