Early Stage Hand Foot And Mouth Disease In Toddlers

Hand foot and mouth disease hfmd is a common infection in children that causes sores called ulcers inside or around their mouth and a rash or blisters on their hands feet legs or buttocks.

Early stage hand foot and mouth disease in toddlers.

Most children have mild symptoms for 7 to 10 days. There s no specific treatment for hand foot and mouth disease. Hand foot and mouth disease is most commonly caused by a coxsackievirus. Symptoms of hand foot and mouth disease usually include fever mouth sores and skin rash.

Hand foot and mouth disease is common in infants and children younger than five years old. When a child gets hand foot and mouth disease hfmd most signs and symptoms clear within 7 to 10 days. 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. 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.

A child with hand foot and mouth disease can often develop reddish spots on the soles of feet and palms of hands which quickly turn into bumps or blisters. Hfmd mainly affects children under the age of 10 but can also affect adolescents.