How to treat hand, foot and mouth disease?

1, treatment principle In terms of treatment, if there are no complications, the prognosis of this disease is generally good and it will be cured within one week. The principle of treatment is mainly symptomatic treatment. You can take antiviral drugs, Chinese herbal medicines for clearing away heat and toxic materials, vitamins B and C, etc. Patients with complications can be intramuscular injected with gamma globulin. During the illness, it is necessary to strengthen the care of children and do a good job in oral hygiene. Rinse your mouth with normal saline or warm water before and after eating, and it is advisable to use liquid and semi-liquid food as non-irritating food. Hand, foot and mouth disease can be complicated with myocarditis, encephalitis, meningitis, flaccid paralysis, etc., so we should strengthen observation and not treat it lightly. 2, the principle of prevention, there is no specific prevention method for this disease. Strengthening monitoring and improving monitoring sensitivity are the key to control the epidemic of the disease. All localities should do a good job in reporting the epidemic situation, and kindergartens should do a good job in morning check-ups, find patients in time, collect specimens, make a clear etiological diagnosis, and disinfect patients' feces and utensils to prevent the spread of diseases. During the epidemic, parents should try to let their children go to crowded public places as little as possible to reduce the chance of infection. Hospitals should strengthen prevention and set up special consultation rooms to prevent cross-infection. In the epidemic area of hand, foot and mouth disease with serious complications, weak infants who are in close contact with patients can be injected with gamma globulin intramuscularly. 3. Prevention and control measures Hand, foot and mouth disease spreads in various ways, and infants are generally susceptible. Doing a good job in children's personal, family and kindergarten health work is the key to prevent this disease infection. (1) Personal preventive measures 1. Wash your hands with soap or hand sanitizer before and after meals and before going out. Don't let children drink raw water and eat cold food, and avoid contact with sick children; 2. Nurses should wash their hands before touching children, change diapers and dispose of feces for children, and properly handle dirt; 3. Bottles and nipples used by babies should be fully cleaned before and after use; 4. During the epidemic period of this disease, it is not advisable to take children to public places where people gather and the air circulation is poor. Pay attention to keep the family environment clean, often ventilate indoors, and often dry clothes and quilts; 5. Children with related symptoms should go to medical institutions in time. Children treated at home should not touch other children. Parents should dry or disinfect clothes in time and disinfect feces in time. Mild children do not need to be hospitalized, but should be treated and rested at home to reduce cross-infection. (2) kindergartens and primary schools. 1. In the popular season, classrooms and dormitories should be well ventilated; 2. Clean and disinfect toys, personal hygiene utensils, tableware and other items every day; 3. When cleaning or disinfecting (especially cleaning toilets), the staff should wear gloves. Wash your hands immediately after cleaning; 4. Wipe and disinfect the surfaces of door handles, stair handrails, desktops and other objects every day; 5. Educate and guide children to develop the habit of washing hands correctly; 6. Have a morning check every day. When suspicious children are found, measures should be taken to send them to the hospital in time and rest at home. Articles used by children should be disinfected immediately; 7. When the number of children increases, it is necessary to report to the health and education departments in time. According to the needs of epidemic control, education and health departments can decide to take holiday measures in kindergartens or primary schools. (3) Prevention and control measures of medical institutions 1. During the epidemic period, hospitals should implement pre-inspection and triage, set up special clinics (stations) to receive suspected hand, foot and mouth patients, and guide children with fever and rash to special clinics (stations). The frequency of cleaning and disinfection should be increased in waiting areas and treatment areas, and wet cleaning should be used in indoor cleaning; 2. Medical personnel should wash or disinfect their hands carefully after diagnosis, treatment and nursing for each patient; 3. Non-disposable instruments and articles used in the process of diagnosis, treatment and nursing patients should be wiped and disinfected; 4. Children with other non-enterovirus infections should not be admitted to the same ward. Severely ill children should be treated separately; 5 hospital beds, tables and chairs and other facilities and articles used by hospitalized children must be disinfected before they can continue to be used; 6 children's respiratory secretions and feces and their contaminated items should be disinfected; 7. Medical institutions should immediately report to the local health administrative department and disease control institutions when they find that the number of hand, foot and mouth patients related to enterovirus infection has increased or died.