Hand foot and mouth disease is highly contagious.
Groin early stage hand foot and mouth toddler.
Because hand foot and mouth disease can be caused by different viruses children can get hand foot and mouth disease more than once.
As the infection spreads small red blisters appear mostly on the inside of the mouth palms of the hands and soles of the feet hence the name hand foot and mouth disease.
Hand foot and mouth disease is common in infants and children younger than five years old.
The blisters can also occur in the groin and elsewhere.
It s caused by different viruses but most often by coxsackie virus.
In the early stages hand foot and mouth disease can be mistaken for the flu as the symptoms include fever that lasts for 2 4 days and muscle pain.
It s especially common in childcare and kindergartens.
Hand foot and mouth disease is a mild infection that causes mouth ulcers and blisters on the hands and feet.
Symptoms of hand foot and mouth disease usually include fever mouth sores and skin rash.
The main symptoms are fever and tiny blisters on the cheeks gums and sides of the mouth and on the hands and feet.
Hand foot and mouth disease is most commonly caused by a coxsackievirus.
Hand foot and mouth disease a mild contagious viral infection common in young children is characterized by sores in the mouth and a rash on the hands and feet.