Hand foot mouth disease in toddler ?!?

Question

Ok so my daughter who is 14 months old apparently has the Hand foot mouth disease. How she got it or from who.. i have no clue..

She has had a fever as high as 105 but since yesterday the fever has dropped to about 100 (thank god)

The doctor said there isnt much to do since it is a virus. So we left without any antibiotics. but she had told me to give her a tsp of benadryl and maloxx or mylanta mix.

My daughter is sooooooo irritable its not funny all she wants to do is curl up and just cry. The sores in her mouth must be killing her. she barely eats or drinks anything. and its killing me watching her like this. and the drooling is ridiculous because it hurts to swallow.

so anyways my questions were.. Has your child had this before (around the same age group please) what did your doctors do? and any advice as to what i can do to help her out at all. i feel so sad not being able to do anything.

Answer 1

OMG..IM SO GLAD SOMEONE ELSE HAS BEEN IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT..BECAUSE BOTH MY KIDS HAVE THIS VIRUS.AND YES I BROUGHT THEM TO THE DOCTOR AND SHE TOLD ME TO MIX A TEASPOON OF MAALOX AND BENADRYL TOGETHER HALF N HALF. AND YES IT WORKS.SOOO GOOD.I WAS SICK BECAUSE THEY WERE I FELT TERRIBLE JUST TO THINK ABOUT THEM NOT EATING AND BARELY DRINKING.MY DAUGHTERS 17 MONTHS SO IM PRETTY SUR IT WAS BASICALLY THE SAME HAND FOOT MOUTH DISEASE..

Answer 2

my 19 month old daughter n the past few days has gotn soars on her tounge bt i thought she had bitten it so i thought nothing of it. now her whole mouth has soars, her tounge is white & has more soars. her mouth looks so swollen. all she does is lay on the couch or cry at random & shes extremely drooley. she wont eat & barely can drink. does this sound the same? im getn worried. thanks!