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Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease is highly contagious. Currently, there are no vaccines used to prevent it. Common prevention methods that can be used include washing you/your child's hands, cleaning/disinfecting, and avoiding contact with ill people and sensitive body areas.

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Diagnosis:
Typically, to diagnose HFMD, an inspection of the rash and sores will be held. Sometimes, a sample from the throat or feces may be taken and sent to a lab for investigation.
Treatment:
There is no specific treatment, and most times patients will start to feel better on their own after 7-10 days.

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-Rash on hands and feet
-Fever-like symptoms including:
-Fever
-Sore throat
-Feelings of unwellness
-Sores around the mouth

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Guy Thwaites, Director of Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam;https://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/team/guy-thwaites

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In Asia, HFMD is a public health issue. Through research, scientists were able to discover that the main causative agents of the outbreaks was coxsackievirus A6 (CV-A6).

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The two main causative agents of HFMD are Enterovirus 71 (EV-A71) and coxsackievirus type A.

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Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease is a typically non-serious viral disease, that is most common among children and infants. However, anyone can get this disease. The infection usually lasts between a week and ten days. It is highly contagious and has no specific treatment or prevention plans.

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CDC Page for Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease

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CDC Page for Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Hand, foot, and mouth disease is common in children under 5 years old, but anyone can get it.

The illness is usually not serious, but it is very contagious. It can spread quickly at schools and day care centers.

Hand, foot, and mouth disease spreads easily.

Symptoms can include fever, mouth sores, skin rash, and more.

Most people can be treated at home.

Not the Same as Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Hand, foot, and mouth disease is often confused with foot-and-mouth disease (also called hoof-and-mouth disease), which affects cows, sheep, goats, and pigs.

Humans do not get the animal disease, and animals do not get the human disease.

Visit the National Agricultural Library of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to learn more about Foot-and-Mouth Disease.

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Learn more about Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease

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Learn more about Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease. It is very contagious and most common in children under 5 years old.