Will children with hand, foot and mouth disease have a fever? How many days will a child with hand, foot and mouth disease have a fever?

Hand, foot and mouth disease is common in infants and young children. Many children will be infected during the season when hand, foot and mouth disease breaks out. Hand, foot and mouth disease is a great threat to children's health. Of course, different children have different symptoms. Children often have fever after contracting hand, foot and mouth disease. Will children with hand, foot and mouth disease have a fever? How many days will children have a fever with hand, foot and mouth disease?

1. Will children with hand, foot and mouth disease have a fever?

Most children with hand, foot and mouth disease have fever. This is because the human brain has a temperature regulation center that is responsible for setting body temperature, which is usually set at around 37 degrees. The pyrogens produced by hand, foot and mouth disease cause the body temperature setting point to move upward, resulting in the set normal body temperature being actually higher than normal.

2. How many days does a child with hand, foot and mouth disease have a fever?

Hand, foot and mouth disease in children is accompanied by fever, which is usually moderate, with the body temperature maintained at 38 degrees Celsius. Sometimes it may be a low fever, which usually subsides in about 3 days. However, if the high fever does not subside, the condition may worsen, so you should take your baby to see a doctor immediately to avoid serious complications.

3. What to do if you have a fever

(1) Drink plenty of water

If a child has a fever due to hand, foot and mouth disease, you can let the baby drink more water, because water has the function of regulating temperature, which can lower the body temperature and replenish the water lost in the baby's body.

(2) Take off excess clothing

If a child with hand, foot and mouth disease has a fever and the baby's limbs, hands and feet are warm and the whole body is sweating, it means that the baby needs to dissipate heat, so the baby can wear less clothes.

(3) Warm water bath

If a child has a fever due to hand, foot and mouth disease, you can undress the baby and rub the whole body with a 37-degree warm water towel. This can dilate the blood vessels in the baby's skin and dissipate the body heat. In addition, when water vapor evaporates from the body surface, it will also absorb body heat.

(4) Sleeping with an ice pillow

If a child has a fever due to hand, foot and mouth disease, you can let the baby sleep with an ice pillow to dissipate heat, but this is not suitable for younger babies as it can easily cause local overcooling or hypothermia.

(5) Keep the air circulating in your home

If a child with hand, foot and mouth disease has a fever, the mother should keep the air circulating at home to make the baby feel more comfortable.

(6) Seek medical attention promptly

If a child with hand, foot and mouth disease has a fever above 38 degrees Celsius, and the fever does not go down after taking antipyretics or using physical cooling methods, and the high fever continues for 4 hours, the child should be rushed to the hospital immediately to avoid worsening of the condition.

4. Tips

Fever caused by hand, foot and mouth disease in children is generally not serious, but parents should closely monitor their children's condition, because the hand, foot and mouth disease virus may cause complications, such as myocarditis, meningitis, brainstem inflammation and pneumonia, among which brainstem inflammation is the most dangerous and can be fatal. Even after recovery, there are sequelae. Therefore, if a child has shortness of breath, pale face, cold hands and feet, severe vomiting, and convulsions in hands and feet, it is likely that the condition has worsened and he should seek medical attention in time.

5. How to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease

The key to preventing hand, foot and mouth disease is to pay attention to the hygiene of the family and the surrounding environment, and to pay attention to personal hygiene. Wash your hands with soap or hand sanitizer before meals, after defecation, and after going out; do not drink raw water or eat raw or cold food; ventilate the room frequently; and dry clothes and quilts frequently. During the epidemic, do not take children to public places with dense crowds and poor air circulation, and avoid contact with sick children.

During the epidemic period, you can check your child's skin (mainly the palms and soles of the feet) and oral cavity every morning to see if there are any abnormalities, and pay attention to changes in your child's body temperature. If there are no children with hand, foot and mouth disease at home, use the common family prevention methods, that is, clean the house regularly and spray some disinfectants such as 84 disinfectant at home regularly.

If a child at home has hand, foot and mouth disease, the following methods can be used for disinfection: soak pacifiers, bottles, tableware, towels and other items in hot water above 50 degrees for 30 minutes or boil them for 3 minutes; use chlorine-containing disinfectants (84 disinfectant or bleaching powder) to clean contaminated toys, tables, chairs and clothes every day according to the instructions. It is best to pour an appropriate amount of disinfectant into the child's sputum, saliva and feces, wiping paper, etc., stir and disinfect before throwing them into the toilet.