Early symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease Early symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a relatively common disease, but it may mainly occur in children, because children may not pay much attention to hygiene. Apart from adult supervision, it should be said that children have no awareness of this aspect, after all, they are still young. So, what are the specific symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease in the early stage?

1. Incubation period

The onset of hand, foot and mouth disease generally has an incubation period of 3-5 days. During the incubation period, many children with poor resistance will not get sick and have no obvious symptoms. They can usually overcome it on their own. However, children with poor resistance may quickly become ill during the following period.

2. Fever symptoms

Children with poor resistance will have fever symptoms in the early stages of hand, foot and mouth disease infection, usually with a high and persistent body temperature.

3. Cold-like symptoms

Hand, foot and mouth disease usually presents with cold-like symptoms in the early stages, with children suffering from headaches, coughs, runny noses, etc. As the disease progresses and the course of the disease increases, the symptoms will become more and more severe.

4. Red papules

Children who are sick may develop small red papules on their oral mucosa, lips, palms, soles of feet, buttocks, etc. within 1-2 days of fever, which may then develop into small blisters containing turbid fluid.

5. Crying for unknown reasons

Due to the high fever and small papules after the onset of hand, foot and mouth disease, children may suffer from physical discomfort. Children may cry, feel irritable, drool, have a decreased appetite, or even refuse to eat.

6. What not to eat

1. Avoid eating too cold or too hot food

Children with hand, foot and mouth disease will develop ulcers after the herpes in the mouth breaks, which makes eating painful. The food temperature should not be too high. Eating overheated or overcold food, such as hot soup, hot pot, hot drinks, cold drinks, ice cream, iced fruit, etc., will irritate the ulcerated area and cause pain, which is not conducive to the healing of the lesions.

2. Avoid spicy food

Children with hand, foot and mouth disease have herpes in their mouths that are easy to break, so they should not eat spicy food to avoid irritating the mucous membrane and aggravating the condition. They should temporarily avoid eating peppers, garlic, ginger, pepper, green onions, fried food, barbecue, and hot pot.

3. Avoid eating too salty food

Children with fever and oral herpes have poor appetite and are unwilling to eat. It is advisable to feed children light, warm, delicious, easily digestible, soft liquid or semi-liquid food. Salty food, such as pickled food, salted fish, pickled vegetables, and food with strong taste, is prohibited to avoid irritating the ulcer surface and aggravating the pain and condition.

4. Avoid eating hair-raising foods

The diet of patients with hand, foot and mouth disease should be light and non-irritating. They should avoid eating seafood, beef, mutton, rooster, carp, duck, goose, mango, mushrooms, bamboo shoots and other irritating foods to avoid aggravating the local rash and prolonging the course of the disease.

5. Avoid eating rough food

Some parents believe that children should supplement nutrition when they are sick. In the early stages of hand, foot and mouth disease, they give their children rough and difficult-to-digest foods, such as sweet potatoes, onions, glutinous rice, bamboo shoots, etc. These foods will not only aggravate the pain in the child's mouth, but may also stimulate the child's gastrointestinal tract and affect the absorption of nutrients.