How to Treat Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Symptoms

Symptoms of HFMD are treated by medication and physical therapy. 1. Medication: patients need to take antiviral drugs, such as acyclovir, vasiclovir and other drugs, such drugs have the effect of shortening the duration of treatment, can reduce the pain of oral herpes and other symptoms. 2. Physical therapy: patients with hand-foot-mouth disease will have fever symptoms, if not more than 39 degrees, you can use physical cooling methods, with a towel wrapped in ice packs placed in the armpits or groin, pay attention to not frostbite. Once more than 39 degrees can be used to use oral medication such as Merrill Lynch or Nimesulide to lower the temperature. Pay attention to skin protection, patients should be fully rested. Normally, the tableware used by the patient as well as daily necessities should be cleaned and sterilized frequently. Patients do a good job of oral and skin care, usually pay attention to more rest, diet needs to be light, pay attention to isolation, avoid cross-infection. Once the patient feels unwell, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital in time to avoid delaying the condition.