What to do if your baby’s mouth hurts and he can’t eat due to hand-foot-mouth disease?

When the baby with hand, foot and mouth disease mouth pain can not eat, should be given a light diet, good oral care, but also can perform antiviral treatment.
Hand, foot and mouth disease is caused by enterovirus fever rash disease, clinical hands, feet, mouth and other parts of the sporadic rash and herpes is mainly when the herpes breaks out in the mouth can have mouth pain symptoms, you can carry out the following kinds of care and treatment.
1. Light diet: at this time the baby should eat a light diet, avoid spicy and stimulating food, the texture of the food is also as soft as possible.
2. Good oral care: Parents should help their babies clean their mouths daily, such as gargling with light salt water, to avoid secondary bacterial infections from herpes outbreaks in the mouth.
3. Antiviral treatment: At present, there is no specific anti-enteroviral drug that can treat this disease, but some studies show that some broad-spectrum antiviral drugs, such as interferon, can help improve the symptoms and shorten the course of the disease.
When the baby suffers from hand, foot and mouth disease, it should go to the hospital in time, under the guidance of a professional physician to use medication, so as not to delay the condition. The above medicines should be used according to medical advice.