Are you suffering from rashes in the feet and hand within couple of days back? Or suffering from anorexia and fever? Then, you might be running towards Hand-foot-and mouth disease.

What is Hand-foot-and Mouth Disease?

Most of us get confused with this disease with Foot and mouth disease of the cattle. It is completely different that of HFMD. Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common sickness of children and infants. This disease is characterized by rash with blisters, sores in the mouth and fever.

Symptoms of Hand- foot-and Mouth Disease

One can experience severe fever. The Sore throat problem will follow the fever. Lesions resembling the blisters can be noticed on sole of the feet or palm of the hand, or, tongue, and mouth.

Head ache will be severe for those affected. The toddlers and the infants will experience irritability. The affected person will experience fatigue.

The incubation period of the hand-foot- and mouth disease is 4-7 days. The fever can be felt at first which will be followed by the sore throat. The affected person will have very poor appetite and as the result will be very tired.

After few days [2-3 days] of fever sores that are painful can be noticed in the throat or mouth. After this, the rashes can be noticed in the feet and hand within two to three days. In some cases the rashes can be seen in the buttocks too.

The affected person may have all the symptoms discussed here or some of the symptoms. There is no need to worry as far as the diagnosis of hand-foot and mouth disease is concerned. It can be readily diagnosed with ease based on the symptoms.

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