Early symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease

Early symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease:

Hand, foot and mouth disease in infants is seasonal and contagious, and is often misdiagnosed as a common cold or fever. Parents need to pay attention to their children's daily routines and eating habits. If there are any abnormalities during illness, you need to seek medical attention in time.

1. Fever

The initial symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease are mainly fever caused by hand, foot and mouth disease virus infection. It causes the body to stimulate the immune system to kill and resist the virus, and the body will produce a large number of immune cells such as phagocytes. When immune physiological activities occur, the patient's body temperature will rise, manifested as fever.

The symptoms are generally persistent low temperature and fever, similar to the fever caused by a common cold, so hand, foot and mouth disease is easily ignored and misdiagnosed in the early stages.

2. Oral mucosal ulcers

Children will have a fever when they are teething or eating too much, choking, etc. One of the early symptoms and more obvious characteristics of hand, foot and mouth disease is oral mucosal ulcers. When oral mucosal ulcers are found, pay attention to supplementing vitamin C. If there is no improvement, you need to seek medical attention in time to diagnose whether it is hand, foot and mouth disease. Because the hand, foot and mouth disease virus can cause congestion and damage to the oral mucosa, leading to symptoms of oral ulcer bleeding.

3. Herpes will appear around the mouth, the center of the palms and the soles of the feet

The most obvious and iconic feature of hand, foot and mouth disease is that while the fever continues, red and swollen blisters will appear on the skin around the mouth, the center of the palms, and the floor of the feet. This is one of the characteristics of hand, foot and mouth disease, so it is named hand, foot and mouth disease. If you find that your child has a low-grade fever and has blisters in these three parts, you need to see a doctor in time to avoid delaying treatment.