It s caused by different viruses but most often by coxsackie virus.
Groin early stage hand foot and mouth toddler.
There s no specific treatment for hand foot and mouth disease.
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.
Hand foot and mouth disease is common in infants and children younger than five years old.
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.
It s especially common in childcare and kindergartens.
Hand foot and mouth disease is most commonly caused by a coxsackievirus.
The blisters can also occur in the groin and elsewhere.
The main symptoms are fever and tiny blisters on the cheeks gums and sides of the mouth and on the hands and feet.
Most children have mild symptoms for 7 to 10 days.
Because hand foot and mouth disease can be caused by different viruses children can get hand foot and mouth disease more than once.
Hand foot and mouth disease is a mild infection that causes mouth ulcers and blisters on the hands and feet.