What is the disease of blisters on baby's hands and feet?

What disease is it that blisters grow on the baby's hands and feet? The health of the child is the focus of the whole family. After all, many families now have only one child, so they are also very concerned about the physical changes of their children. As for the bumps or blisters on the hands and feet of children, many expectant fathers and mothers have never come into contact with similar situations. They don't know what the situation is. Do they need to go to the hospital for examination and treatment?

What disease is it that causes blisters on baby’s hands and feet? The most common clinical causes are herpes and hand, foot and mouth disease. Let’s take a look at them separately.

It is reported that hand, foot and mouth disease is a common and frequently occurring disease among children under 5 years old, with cases occurring all year round. According to the monitoring data of the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention in recent years, the incidence pattern of hand, foot and mouth disease in Dongguan is that the incidence level is low from January to February and November to December each year. From March onwards, the number of cases gradually increases, and the peak incidence rate of the year generally occurs from April to July.

"Hand, foot and mouth disease usually has an incubation period of 2 to 10 days, with an average incubation period of 3 to 5 days." Dr. Li from the Department of Pediatrics at the Municipal Maternal and Child Health Hospital introduced that the most obvious manifestations of common cases of hand, foot and mouth disease are maculopapular rashes on the hands, feet, buttocks, arms, and legs, scattered blisters or ulcers on the oral mucosa, accompanied by fever, mouth pain, anorexia and other symptoms. Maculopapular rashes on the hands, feet and other parts of the body will gradually turn into herpes, which may be surrounded by inflammatory red halos and contain less fluid in the blisters. The number of rashes ranges from a few to dozens. However, in some cases, the rash is atypical, such as appearing in a single area or only as maculopapular rash.

When the rash occurs sporadically, it is easily distinguished from herpangina and rubella. Among them, herpes simplex stomatitis only causes oral mucosal herpes and ulcers, but no herpes on the hands and feet. The symptoms of herpangina are scattered gray-white blisters on the oral mucosa, surrounded by red, and the lesions are located in the back of the mouth.

After understanding the different manifestations of herpes and hand, foot and mouth disease, parents should have a certain understanding of what disease the blisters on their baby's hands and feet are. They should compare the characteristics of the disease with their children's blisters. Once hand, foot and mouth disease is confirmed, parents should pay attention to isolation at home, develop good living and hygiene habits, and take active preventive measures.