Does a 9-Year-Old Child with Mild Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Need Isolation?

Does a 9-year-old child with mild hand, foot, and mouth disease require isolation and how long? How can one determine if it’s hand, foot, and mouth disease? The child has a fever up to 39.5 degrees Celsius, and after taking antipyretic medication, the fever recurs. The child has had urine tested at a provincial hospital, but it was not diagnosed as hand, foot, and mouth disease; instead, it was determined to be a bacterial infection. After taking medication, the fever did not subside. Later, the child was diagnosed with mild hand, foot, and mouth disease at a pediatric hospital.
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