What is hand, foot, and mouth disease?

by 221xxcom on 2008-05-09 20:55:08

After the SARS, a new突发型 disease called hand-foot-mouth disease appeared. What are the symptoms of this disease? Hand-foot-mouth disease is one of the common infectious diseases caused by enterovirus. It spreads quickly and easily leads to an epidemic, mostly流行ing in summer and autumn. It often occurs in infants and young children under 5 years old, which can cause fever and rashes and ulcers on hands, feet, and mouth. After the blisters in the mouth burst, ulcers will appear. The child will suffer from unbearable pain, constantly crying, being restless, drooling, unable to eat anything, having yellow urine. In serious cases, the patient may also have symptoms such as fever, runny nose, and cough. Hand-foot-mouth disease usually recovers within a week, but if the blisters burst before that, it is extremely contagious. Some patients may develop life-threatening complications such as myocarditis, pulmonary edema, aseptic meningitis, meningoencephalitis, etc. What medicine should be used for hand-foot-mouth disease? Will Huoxiang Zhengqi Pills work? In fact, it's better to take more preventive medicine for hand-foot-mouth disease.