Hand, foot and mouth diet

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a disease of infants and young children. It spreads relatively quickly and can be transmitted through skin contact and saliva contact. Therefore, patients with hand, foot and mouth disease should not come into contact with healthy babies. For patients with hand, foot and mouth disease, they should eat light food, such as rice soup and milk, avoid eating raw, cold and spicy food, and eat some laxatives.

Stage 1: Early stage of the disease. Mouthache and loss of appetite. Dietary tips: Mainly liquid foods such as milk, soy milk, rice soup, egg drop soup, etc. Eat small meals frequently to maintain basic nutritional needs. To reduce mouth pain when eating, the food should be neither too hot nor too cold, and neither too salty nor too sour. Here is a little tip - use a straw to reduce the contact between food and oral mucosa.

Stage 2: Fever subsides. Mouth pain relieved. The diet is mainly mushy food. Example: Milk banana paste. Milk provides high-quality protein; bananas are easy to make into a paste and are rich in carbohydrates, carotene and pectin, which can provide heat energy, vitamins, and have a laxative effect.

Phase 3: Recovery period. Eat more meals. The quantity doesn't need to be too much, but the nutrition should be high. For example, add a small amount of chopped vegetables, chopped tofu, chopped mushrooms, etc. to the egg custard. Resume normal diet in about ten days. There is also a saying "only vegetarian, no meat or fish". A completely vegetarian diet, excluding nutrients such as milk and eggs, will not provide adequate nutritional quality as it lacks high-quality protein. Antibodies are a type of protein, so a completely vegetarian diet is not appropriate. At the same time, patients with hand, foot and mouth disease should avoid eating cold, spicy, sour, salty and other irritating foods, and should be careful not to eat fish, shrimp and crabs during treatment.