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Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease. Hand, foot, and mouth disease is a contagious viral illness that commonly affects infants and children. While there is no vaccine to prevent the disease, there are simple steps you and your family can take to reduce the risk of getting sick. ... Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Fast Facts...
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www.cdc.gov/Features/HandFootMouthDisease/
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Hand, foot, and mouth disease, a type of coxsackievirus syndrome, causes painful red blisters in the throat and on the tongue, gums, hard palate, inside of the cheeks, and the palms of hands ... When an outbreak affects a community, risk for coxsackievirus infection is highest among infants and children younger than 5.
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kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/coxsac...
kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/coxsackie.html
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Children with hand-foot-mouth disease usually start to feel crummy 3 to 7 days after they were exposed. Often, the first thing parents notice is their children’s decreased appetite for solids. Children may also have a fever and a sore throat.
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What is hand-foot-and-mouth disease? ... Often the disease breaks out within a community. Children are most likely to spread the disease during the first week of the illness. But the virus stays in the stool and can sometimes spread to others for several months after the blisters and sores have healed.
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children.webmd.com/tc/hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-topic...
children.webmd.com/tc/hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-topic-overview
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Hand-foot-mouth disease is a relatively common infection viral infection that usually begins in the throat. ... Avoid contact with people with known illness. Practice strict hand washing if in contact with infected children.
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www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000965.htm
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Hand-foot-and-mouth syndrome (HFM) is a viral infection characterized by fever and a typical rash most frequently seen on the palms of the hands, soles of the feet, and inside the mouth. It should not be confused with foot (hoof) and mouth disease that affects cattle, sheep, and swine.
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www.medicinenet.com/hand-foot-and-mouth_syndrome/articl...
www.medicinenet.com/hand-foot-and-mouth_syndrome/article.htm
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Hand-foot-and-mouth disease, as well as severe disease complications, are more common among infants and children younger than 5 years. ... Epidemiologic features of hand-foot-mouth disease and herpangina caused by enterovirus 71 in Taiwan, 1998-2005. Pediatrics. Aug 2007;120(2):e244-52. [Medline].
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emedicine.medscape.com/article/802260-overview
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Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) is a viral illness with a distinct clinical presentation of oral and characteristic d ... Risk factors of enterovirus 71 infection and associated hand, foot, and mouth disease/herpangina in children during an epidemic in Taiwan. Pediatrics. Jun 2002;109(6):e88. [Medline]. [Full Text].
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