Hand-foot-mouth syndrome treatment is designed to relieve symptoms such as high fever, sore throat and painful blisters on the hands, feet or intimate area.Treatment should be done under the direction of the pediatrician and symptoms usually go away within a week of starting treatment, which can be done with:
Hand-foot-mouth syndrome is a contagious disease caused by a virus, which can be transmitted to others through direct contact with another person or by contaminated food or objects, this disease is more common in children under 5 years of age and symptoms appear between 3 and 7 days after infection with the virus.Learn more about hand-foot-mouth syndrome.
- It is important to take certain precautions when treating hand-foot-mouth syndrome.
- As it can be transmitted by cough.
- Sneezing or saliva.
- By direct contact with bursting blisters or infected stools.
For example, some precautions to follow during treatment include
When symptoms of the disease go away, the child can return to school, taking care to wash his or her hands after going to the bathroom.
Watch the video below and learn how to wash your hands:
Hand-foot-mouth syndrome naturally improves between one and two weeks, but it is necessary to return to the pediatrician if the child has a fever greater than 39 degrees Celsius, which does not happen with medication, weight loss, production of little urine or dark urine and very red, swollen and pus-free bottles.Also, if your child has dry skin and mouth and drowsiness, it’s important to take him or her to the pediatrician.
Normally, these symptoms indicate that the child is dehydrated or that the blisters are infected, in this case the child should be immediately transferred to the hospital to receive serum by venous or antibiotics, in case of infection of the blisters.
Signs of improvement in hand-foot-mouth syndrome include a decrease and disappearance of canker sores and blisters, as well as fever and sore throat.
Signs of worsening hand-foot-mouth syndrome appear when treatment is not performed correctly and include an increase in fever, canker sores and blisters, which can reden, swell or begin to release pus, drowsiness, low urine production or dark urine.other causes of dark urine.