Mitochondria contains special enzymes that muscle cells need to utilize oxygen.
Answer:
The most likely etiology is that the boy has a Coxsackie virus.
Explanation:
The symptoms of a Coxsackie virus infection are painful blisters on the throat, hard palate, tongue, and inside the mouth that makes the kid refuse to drink or eat. Also, the blisters on the arms, hands, soles of the feet, and legs. The infection symptoms start abruptly, like in this case, from one day to the other.
Controllable risk factors include:
Smoking.
High LDL, or "bad" cholesterol, and low HDL, or "good" cholesterol.
Uncontrolled hypertension (high blood pressure)
Physical inactivity.
Obesity.
Uncontrolled diabetes.
Uncontrolled stress and anger.