Hand,foot & mouth disease. Skin lesions on the hand of a four year-old girl due to hand,foot and mouth disease (HFM). HFM is a common disease of young children caused by coxsackievirus infection. HFM tends to break out in small epidemics in nursery schools during the summer months. It produces a relatively mild illness,with symptoms of loss of appetite,blistering of the hands,feet and inside of the mouth and a mild fever. No treatment is given,other than mild pain-killing drugs for painful blisters. The illness is not related to foot-and-mouth disease of cattle | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Marazzi, Dr. P. |
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