Summer is often the time when hand, foot and mouth disease increases. There is no vaccine or specific treatment for the disease, and it can cause complications. Therefore, parents need to closely monitor their children's symptoms to treat it appropriately.

Hand, foot and mouth disease in children is an infectious disease caused by the enterovirus group. The main causative viruses include enterovirus 71 (EV71) and coxsackievirus. Diagnosis of hand, foot and mouth disease is based on information related to epidemiology, clinical symptoms and paraclinical tests.