Hand, foot and mouth fever for a few days

Many parents do not pay attention to the seriousness of hand, foot and mouth disease, which causes the disease to become more and more serious in their babies. Not only will small blisters and oral ulcers grow, but it may also cause fever. Fever is also a common symptom of hand, foot and mouth disease in babies, but this problem is more serious than general symptoms. So how long will the baby's fever last due to hand, foot and mouth disease?

Hand, foot and mouth disease is the most common disease in infants and young children, and it is also the disease that many mothers are most likely to ignore. However, hand, foot and mouth disease usually causes fever. Therefore, mothers can learn more about the symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease. So, how long does the fever usually last for hand, foot and mouth disease?

How many days does hand, foot and mouth disease usually cause fever?

Hand, foot and mouth disease mainly occurs in children under 4 years old, but adults can also get the disease, so it can be said that everyone is susceptible. After infection, you only gain immunity to that type of virus, and there is no cross-immunity to reinfection with other types of viruses. That is, after suffering from hand, foot and mouth disease, you may suffer from hand, foot and mouth disease again due to infection with other types of viruses. Incubation period: usually 2 to 10 days, average 3 to 5 days.

1. Common symptoms

Acute onset, fever, scattered blisters on the oral mucosa, maculopapular rashes and blisters on the hands, feet and buttocks, with inflammatory red halos around the blisters and less fluid in the blisters. May be accompanied by symptoms such as cough, runny nose, and loss of appetite. Some cases only present as rash or herpangina. Most patients recover within a week and the prognosis is good. In some cases, the rash may be atypical, such as appearing in a single area or only as maculopapular rash.

2. Symptoms of severe cases

In a few cases (especially those under 3 years old), the disease progresses rapidly, with meningitis, encephalitis (brainstem encephalitis is the most dangerous), encephalomyelitis, pulmonary edema, circulatory disorders, etc. occurring within 1 to 5 days of onset. In very rare cases, the condition is critical and can lead to death, and survivors may have sequelae.

(1) Nervous system manifestations include poor mental state, drowsiness, irritability, headache, vomiting, delirium and even coma; limb tremors, myoclonus, nystagmus, ataxia, eye movement disorders; weakness or acute flaccid paralysis; convulsions. Physical examination may reveal signs of meningeal irritation, weakened or absent tendon reflexes, and positive pathological signs such as Babinski's sign.

(2) Respiratory system symptoms include shallow breathing, difficulty breathing or changes in rhythm, cyanosis of the lips, coughing, coughing up white, pink or bloody foamy sputum; moist rales or sputum sounds can be heard in the lungs.

(3) Circulatory system symptoms include pale complexion, skin patterns, cold limbs, cyanosis of fingers and toes, cold sweats, and prolonged capillary refill time. The heart rate increases or decreases, the pulse becomes shallow or weak or even disappears; the blood pressure increases or decreases.

Hand, foot and mouth disease treatment

1. Western medicine treatment

If there are no complications, most children with hand, foot and mouth disease can recover within a week. The principle of treatment is mainly symptomatic treatment, taking vitamins B, C and antiviral drugs under the guidance of a doctor. In addition, hand, foot and mouth disease may be combined with myocarditis, encephalitis, meningitis and other diseases, and should be reviewed in a timely manner.

2. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

Take 6 grams each of honeysuckle, isatis root, forsythia and 3 grams of coptis chinensis, decoct them in water and use it to gargle.

If the pain is severe, or the gums are red and swollen, you can use 10 grams of Isatis root, 6 grams each of Scutellaria baicalensis and White Moss Peel, 3 grams of Double Flower, 2 grams each of Bamboo Leaf and Mint, decoct them in water and gargle with them.

If the hands and feet are obviously red and swollen, you can use 10 grams each of Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, and Cortex Moutan, and 6 grams of Safflower, and boil them in water and soak them in it.

If you feel itchy, you can use 10 grams each of raw rehmannia, moutan bark, isatis root, white moss peel, and kochia scoparia, 20 grams of honeysuckle vine, and 6 grams of safflower, decoct them in water and wash the affected area, 3 times a day for 1 week.