Hand,foot and mouth in children

Very common in younger children, particularly in nurseries or schools, not heard of it passed to adults though. Normal good hygiene with separate towel etc should be practiced.

I remember working in GP s surgery 20+ years ago and it seemed to pop up every new school year not sure why but probably the children are together as with all mild childhood illnesses. I was perhaps luck my own child never seemed to pick up these, she didn't get head lice either.

My late sister was a GP and managed to catch this virus from a patient. So it's not by any means impossible for an adult to catch it.

It went through the junior school my children attended in the late '80's/early '90's. Neither of mine caught it.
Slapped cheek virus was prevalent too.

My son caught it at playgroup and I caught it off him. Until we were infected, I'd never heard of it.
Son wasn't too bad, just some blisters on hands and feet and a sore mouth which cleared after a few days.
I could barely walk for the blisters on my feet and my mouth was full of them, very painful it was too!
I couldn't eat solid food for 2 weeks so lived on tepid cup soups.
The bonus was that I lost quite a bit of weight!

That sounds awful fiorentina. I hope my grandaughter doesn't give it to her parents. Maybe we should stay clear for a while.

My two year old GC just caught it from nursery temperature cold and spots mouth arms and feet. It’s only mild but some including adults can get it severe with nasty blisters on the tongue.

My GD caught this and was quite poorly. The blisters covered her face and bottom with some on her hands and feet. She had a temperature for a few days. I looked after her while DD was at work and never caught it despite applying cream regularly. GS didnt catch it .

A couple of my brothers had it. It's usually a mild illness, but I agree it wouldn't hurt to stay away from vulnerable people for a few days.

Two of my children had it. It was very mild, no illness, just a rash.

My doctor told me that the majority of people have had this as children, but showed no symptoms so nobody noticed.
I had it after chemo and felt dreadful for 24 hours, like flu, then better. I thought I was going to get all my childhood illnesses again after this, but didn't.

Never heard of it and I had two children.
Is it a “new” illness?

A neighbour (a taxi driver) had this some years ago. He was told he might have caught it from money he'd handled.

DGS had it twice. No idea where he caught it, but he gave it to his little friend, who then gave it back to him. 1st time he was mildly ill. 2nd time he was quite poorly. Really knocked him back.

Very contagious - would be careful.

Here in the US we check with pediatrician and school when it is ok to socialize again

Espee

Not that new, at least here in Canada. One of my brothers had it, probably about 25 years ago. That said, Mum had never heard of it at the time and took my brother in to the doctor. A few years later, my youngest brother got it. Mum didn't take him in this time as she knew what it was.

i wonder if it might have been called something else years ago, like german measles is now rubella.
because it seems nobody my age heard of it when they were young.
i'm talking 50 plus years ago.
or maybe it was so mild that it didn't even get noticed and named.
but then if it is so contagious, seems likely some people would have it more severely ?
i don't know. just musing. avoiding going to bed. if i stay up late enough, must be tired enough, might get to sleep. i hope.

German measles was always Rubella, just the medical name for it.

My husband got hand, foot and mouth in his late 30s nearly 40 years ago. I had a new baby and two toddlers, but had to isolate him because it is very contagious. He was quite ill with it. So not new.

German measles was called Rubella when I was a child I am now 63.

Hand ,foot and mouth was about when my children where at primary school both now 38 and 34. They never got it but some of their friends did .

Don't forget ring worm and head lice are still an on going problem at schools just like when I was at school.

Unfortunately it's just all part of nursery and school life . Children are germ magnets.

Thankfully children don't have to suffer from chicken pox as they can be vaccinated. I know both my children paid to have my grandson's have it as soon as they where old enough. Also once they are 2 they can have the flu spray.

You can tell what generation you are from if you have a smallpox scar. Remember that being a very pain experience having it.

Unfortunately some parents don't have their children vaccinated hence the rise in cases of measles .

Okay - off topic. But Ringwork has been mentioned, which reminded me of my eldest daughter when she was Year 8 at Secondary school. Her friend's Dad was a railway policeman and brought home a litter if kittens which had been abandoned on a local train. Both girls caught Ringwork from these bundles of fur. Ny daughter on her neck.
It was a reportable disease back them (early 80's), so she was off school, cream given by GP should have worked within a few days, and the District Nurse came round on Week 2 puzzled that there was no impovement.

Later that week, her form teacher dropped by to tell me to send her back to school with a chiffon scarf around her neck. (Her hubbie - a GP) had said could not understand lack of response to cream, and did not understand why this condition (which was not making her at all unwell), remained an isolation disease!!!
Back she went to school and - amazingly - within 48 hours there was a considerable improvement, and with a few days it was totally clear.
Many, many years later she told me that, whereas, I watched as she applied the cream every morning and evening whilst at home, I had not seen her subsequent action of going into the bathroom to wash it off!!! Stopped doing that when she had to go to school in anycase!!!!

So many of small childhood illnesses back then giving temperature, etc. If they did not actually make child unwell, we did tend to ignore them. Can remember so-called 'slap cheek', roseaca, etc. etc.

Is this the same foot and mouth which animals can suffer from?

Thankfully H,F&M in children is (usually) a mild viral disease, quite common in under 5s - nothing to do with Foot & Mouth disease in animals.

harrigran

German measles was always Rubella, just the medical name for it.

yes i know that; but in popular parlance it was always german measles, whereas now it is universally rubella.