The baby suffered from hand, foot and mouth disease, parents are worried, this time the child’s body is still in the stage of development, in the absence of the doctor’s advice also dare not blindly take medicine.So how does infantile hand foot mouth disease treat ability good?Let’s take a closer look!
Children’s HFMD is divided into three main treatment methods: general treatment, severe treatment and antiviral drug treatment.
- General treatment
If there is no complication, the prognosis is generally good, and the disease is cured within a week.Mainly for symptomatic treatment.
(1) Children should be isolated first. Contacts should be disinfected and isolated to avoid cross infection.
(2) Symptomatic treatment, good oral care.In severe cases of oral herpes and ulcer, use the medicine prescribed by the doctor to gargle or smear the affected part, or use the medicine cotton swab applied on the ulcer surface.
(3) Clean clothes and bedding, comfortable and soft clothes, often change.
(4) Cut short the baby’s fingernails and wrap the baby’s hands when necessary to prevent scratching the rash
(6) Infants with rashes on their buttocks should be cleaned at any time to keep their buttocks clean and dry.
- Intensive treatment
(1) Closely monitor the changes of the disease, especially the functions of brain, lung, heart and other important organs;Special attention should be paid to monitoring blood pressure, blood gas analysis, blood glucose and chest radiographs in critically ill patients.
(2) Pay attention to maintaining water, electrolyte, acid-base balance and protecting important organs.
(4) Patients with signs of respiratory failure, such as hypoxemia and dyspnea, should be treated with mechanical ventilation as soon as possible.
(5) Maintain stable blood pressure, and give vasoactive drugs when necessary.
- Antiviral drugs
Because antivirals are best used between 24 and 48 hours before onset.And often diagnosed HFMD, have passed the most effective treatment stage, now also do not advocate the use of antiviral drugs.
