Is hand, foot and mouth pneumonia serious?

Whether hand, foot and mouth disease complicated with pneumonia is serious needs to be judged according to the specific situation. If the patient's condition is mild, it is generally not serious; but if the patient's condition is severe, it may be more serious.

1. Not serious: Hand, foot and mouth disease is an infectious disease caused by enterovirus, and the cause is related to many factors, such as contact transmission, respiratory droplets, etc. After the disease occurs, the child will have symptoms such as fever, oral mucosal ulcers and rash, and will also be accompanied by cough, runny nose, loss of appetite, etc. If the child has severe breathing difficulties during the onset of the disease, and it cannot be relieved by oxygen inhalation, and is accompanied by persistent high fever, this is a more serious situation. It is recommended that parents take the child to the hospital in time for treatment and conduct targeted treatment under the guidance of a doctor to avoid delaying the disease.

2. Severe: If the child has a strong immune system and the number of infected viruses is small, the symptoms are relatively mild, with only mild cough, low fever and other symptoms, which are usually not serious. It is recommended that the child take antiviral drugs such as ribavirin granules and oseltamivir phosphate granules for treatment as prescribed by the doctor, which can effectively inhibit the replication of the virus in the body and promote recovery from the disease.

In daily life, we should take good measures to keep warm, avoid catching cold, pay attention to rest, and maintain adequate sleep, which is conducive to physical recovery. In terms of diet, we can eat foods rich in protein and vitamins to supplement the nutrients needed by the body and enhance its own resistance.