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 avoid close contact with others.
HFMD is a highly contagious disease that causes fever, cold symptoms, painful mouth sores, and a blistering rash. HFMD is caused by viruses that spread easily in the air and on surfaces. These viruses can pass from one person to another (for example, from feces, as can happen after changing diapers) and through water.
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a very contagious viral infection that causes a blister-like rash on your child’s hands and feet and painful sores in their mouth.
The Four Stages of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) - Health
Common constitutional signs and symptoms of HFMD include fever, nausea, vomiting, feeling tired, generalized discomfort, loss of appetite, and irritability in infants and toddlers.
HFMD is spread from person to person by direct contact with the nasal discharge, saliva, faeces, and fluid from the rash of an infected person. Both adults and children can be affected, but young children below five years of age are particularly susceptible.
Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD or HFM) is a common, self-limiting, viral infection that causes blisters on the hands, feet, and inside or around the mouth. It mainly affects children under the age of 5 years. HFMD, also called enteroviral vesicular stomatitis, occurs sporadically worldwide.