hand foot and mouth disease: Symptoms ,Risks, Treatment, and Prevention

 

Hand, foot and mouth disease

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a common childhood illness that can affect adults. It usually clears up by itself in 7 to 10 days.

Check if it's hand, foot and mouth disease

The first signs of hand, foot and mouth disease can be:a sore throata high temperature, above 38Cnot wanting to eat After a few days mouth ulcers and a rash will appear.

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Ulcers appear in the mouth and on the tongue. reportable without painless These can be painful and make it difficult to eat or drink.

The symptoms are usually the same in adults and children, but will be much worse in adults.It's possible to get hand and mouth disease more than once.

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If you're not sure it's hand, foot and mouth diseaseLook at other childhood rashes.

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Hand, foot and mouth disease has nothing to do with foot and mouth disease that affects farm animals.

How to treat hand, foot and mouth disease yourself

You are prevented take antibiotics or medicines to cure hand, foot and mouth disease. It has to run its course. It usually gets better in 7 to 10 days.To help with the symptoms:drink fluids to prevent dehydration – avoid acidic drinks, such as fruit juiceeat soft foods like soup – avoid hot and spicy foodstake paracetamol or ibuprofen to help ease a sore mouth or throat

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A pharmacist will help with hand, foot and mouth disease

Speak to a pharmacist for advice about treatments, such as mouth ulcer gels, sprays and mouthwashes, to relieve pain.They willtell you which ones are suitable for children.

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Non-urgent advice: See a GP if:

your symptoms do not improve after 7 to 10 daysyou or your child has a very high temperature, or feels hot and shiveryyou're worried about your child's symptomsyour child is dehydrated – they're not peeing as soonas usualyou're pregnant and get hand, foot and mouth diseaseHand, foot and mouth disease is infectious.Check with your GP surgery before going. They may suggest a phone consultation.

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Coronavirus update: how to contact a GPIt's still important to get help from a GP if you need it. reportable without painless To contact your GP surgery:visit their websiteuse the NHS Appcall themFind out about using the NHS during coronavirus

How to stop hand, foot and mouth disease spreadingHand, foot and mouth disease is easily passed on to other people. It's spread in coughs, sneezes and poo.You're infectious from a few days before you have any symptoms, but you're most likely to give it to others in the first 5 days .

To reduce the risk of spreading hand, foot and mouth disease:

wash your hands often with warm soapy water – and teach children to do souse tissues to trap germs when you cough or sneezebin used tissues as quickly as possibledo not share towels or household items like cups or cutlerywash soiled bedding and clothing on a hot washStaying off school or nurseryKeep your child off school or nursery while they're feeling unwell.But as soon as they're gettingbetter, they may go back to school or nursery. There's no need to wait until all the blisters have healed. reportable without painless Keeping your child off for longer is unlikely to stop the illness spreading.

Hand, foot and mouth disease in pregnancyAlthough there's normally no risk to the pregnancy or baby, it's best to avoid close contact with anyone who has hand, foot and mouth disease. reportable without painless This is because:having a high temperature during the first 3 months of pregnancy may lead to miscarriage, although this is very rar  related words hands illness viruses soles foot characterized hand buttocks hands hands coxsackievirus coxsackievirus enteroviruses enteroviruses buttocks small enterovirus enterovirus inside commonly skin young young skin commonly inside appetite include include infection group group loss lesions mouth starts generally hfm mouth painful sometimes palms affects red also contagious coxsackie caused ulcers illness foot common rash hand hand foot foot mouth disease mouth mouth lesions oral oral loss causes develop develop mainly strain strain occur name mainly legs legs causes infection tiny infection begins two two begins called infants blisters fever fever appetite typically characterized typically spots mouth spots small soles blister blister viruses hands illness sores sores mouth hand sores sores mouth palms may palms coxsackie feet symptoms usually feet also sometimes sometimes also coxsackie red red sores contagious contagious virus virus virus virus causes causes causes causes infection disease disease disease infection infection hands illness hands illness hands illness hands illness hands illness hands hands illness illness rash rash rash rash rash hand common common common common common blisters blistersblisters blisters blisters blisters children usually throat throat caused fever fever fever fever caused caused caused caused caused hfmd hfmd throat hfmd feet feet feet feet feet feet hands hfmd hfmd hfmd hfmd hfmd sore mild mild affects painful