The stages of pediatric HFMD mainly include the rash stage, neurological involvement stage, cardiopulmonary failure stage and recovery stage, etc. The symptoms are different in different stages.
1. Rash stage: Children will mainly have fever, as well as rashes on the hands, feet, mouth, buttocks and other parts of the body, accompanied by cough, runny nose and loss of appetite. Some children may only have a rash and herpetic pharyngitis, while others may not have a rash. Typical rashes are maculopapular rash, papules, herpes, and so on.
2. Neurological involvement: the main manifestations are poor mental health, lethargy, easy to startle, headache, vomiting, limb shaking, muscle weakness, ataxia, cervical rigidity and so on.
3. Cardiorespiratory failure stage: clinical manifestations include tachycardia, shortness of breath, cyanosis of lips and mouth, drop in blood pressure or shock.
4. Recovery period: body temperature gradually returns to normal, symptoms of neurological involvement and cardiopulmonary function gradually recover, and a few will be left with neurological sequelae.
When the child has the above symptoms, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible, and cooperate with the doctor for standardized treatment.