Hand,foot and mouth in children

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!

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 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.

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.

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.