2024年5月7日 · Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is common in children under 5 years old, but anyone can get it. The illness is usually not serious, but it is very contagious. To prevent spreading HFMD, wash your hands often, clean and disinfect surfaces, and …

Tips to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease. The coxsackie virus that causes hand, foot, and mouth disease is mainly spread through saliva and stool. This is why it often affects toddlers: Kids in this age group often touch other children or share toys and then put their hands in their mouths.

2022年8月16日 · Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a mild, contagious viral infection common in young children. Symptoms include sores in the mouth and a rash on the hands and feet. Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is most commonly caused by a coxsackievirus.

2024年2月2日 · Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a contagious viral infection that's common in children. The disease causes sores called ulcers inside or around the mouth and a rash or blisters...

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFM) is a common viral infection that causes painful red blisters in the mouth and throat, and on the hands, feet, and diaper area. The coxsackievirus causes most HFM infections.

Despite its scary name, hand, foot, and mouth disease is a common, contagious illness caused by different viruses. It typically affects infants and children under age 5, but older kids and adults can catch it as well. What are the signs and symptoms?

2022年8月31日 · It might be hand, foot and mouth disease, a common but highly contagious childhood illness that makes its way — very quickly — through households, daycares and schools. “Like most viruses, hand, foot and mouth is fairly contagious,” says pediatrician Dana Schmidt, MD. “So, in a daycare or school setting, it can spread very quickly.”