Editing Hand, foot, and mouth disease (section)

==Treatment==
Medications are usually not needed as hand, foot, and mouth disease is a viral disease that typically resolves on its own. Currently, there is no specific curative treatment for hand, foot, and mouth disease.<ref name=Sar2013/> Disease management typically focuses on achieving symptomatic relief. Pain from the sores may be eased with the use of [[analgesic|analgesic medications]]. Infection in older children, adolescents, and adults is typically mild and lasts approximately 1 week, but may occasionally run a longer course. [[Antipyretic|Fever reducers]] can help decrease body temperature.{{cn|date=May 2021}}

A minority of individuals with hand, foot, and mouth disease may require hospital admission due to complications such as [[encephalitis|inflammation of the brain]], [[meningitis|inflammation of the meninges]], or [[acute flaccid paralysis]].<ref name="PLOS2012" /> Non-neurologic complications such as [[myocarditis|inflammation of the heart]], [[pulmonary edema|fluid in the lungs]], or [[pulmonary hemorrhage|bleeding into the lungs]] may also occur.<ref name="PLOS2012" />