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Suggest Remedy For Hand, Foot And Mouth Disease In A Child

granddaughter with diagnosis of allergies,psorisis,ear infections,mersa in her ear and recently diagnosed with hand foot and mouth disease. She is only 22 monts old.She is a mess, She has seen allergist,pediatric dermatoligist,visits to ER and of corse her pediatrician. What is going on???
posted on Wed, 9 Jul 2014
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Hello sir,
Please calm down , don't panic. Hand foot mouth disease is viral in origin. Only symptomatic management can be done. Nothing much can be done, one has to wait for it to subside. It can be contagious so don't let other kids be around.

She will come out of this in a weeks time.
Take care
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Suggest Remedy For Hand, Foot And Mouth Disease In A Child

Hello sir, Please calm down , don t panic. Hand foot mouth disease is viral in origin. Only symptomatic management can be done. Nothing much can be done, one has to wait for it to subside. It can be contagious so don t let other kids be around. She will come out of this in a weeks time. Take care