Hand Foot Mouth Virus??

Cristal - posted on 07/15/2010

My son had it from daycare it was horrible

Keara - posted on 07/14/2010

it has actually been around for a very long time, and it started as a veterinary disease, here is a link that describes it for animals... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot-and-mo...
and here is some info about the virus in humans, particularly children...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand,_foot_and_mouth_disease
http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthfiles/h...

Katie - posted on 07/14/2010

wow really? well good thing i never go anywhere. haha.

Josie - posted on 07/14/2010

A couple kids at my son's daycare had it, my son never got it though.

Jennifer - posted on 07/14/2010

My daughter had it when she was 2 yrs old (she is now 7) I had no heard of it until she got it! She did have blisters on her tiny hands, feet, and in her mouth! But I honestly think that it bothered me more than it bothered her! It took about 2 weeks for it to clear up. She didn't get any scars from it

Nicki - posted on 07/14/2010

My daughters doctor told me to give her children's Tylenol or Motrin if she gets or fever or is uncomfortable...maybe you should call your doctor to find out if they think that is okay for yours to take??

Caitlin - posted on 07/14/2010

Crazy because I actually think my daughter has this right now. I don't know what to do to make her feel better. She is having a hard time eating because she has a sore in her mouth and it hurts to eat. They just say to make sure she stay hydrated which I'm still breastfeeding her so now I'm consurned that I can catch it on my breasts because they have started to hurt. They also say that they are contagious for up to 3 weeks after everything is healed up.

Linda - posted on 07/11/2010

ya my daughter got it and i don't know how she got it.. ya it is really bad for a kid to get all they do it scream and cry and you miss plenty of nights sleeping so be careful!

Kyrienne - posted on 07/11/2010

Thier have been 3 cases at my sons day care but they still manage to keep it down to a small number, by washing hands regularly and no kissing on the mouth. My son has managed not to get it thankfully.

Lacye - posted on 07/11/2010

i've heard of it. my neice's stepson had it about 3 weeks ago. they had thought that her daughter, who is 4 months younger than my daughter, had caught it but she didn't.

Tiffany - posted on 07/11/2010

Ive never even heard of it. Do you know what causes it??

Shelly - posted on 07/10/2010

My daughter got it a few months ago. She had sores in her mouth and throat ran high fevers and had what looked like little pin pricks on the palms of her hands and the soles of her feet. It's been around forever both of my kids go to daycare and i work in that daycare. It's not really a big deal compared to some other things they gave her antibiotics of an extreme strength and anfter the first day she was fine. It can be very contagious but both of my kids play together constantly and he didnt get it and none of the eleven classmates she had got it.

Veronica - posted on 07/10/2010

My daughter has gotten it 1 or 2 times. She is a daycare kid and that's where she caught it from. She only had the sores in her mouth and it lasted only for a couple days. I just gave her non acidic foods and things that required little chewing. I did have to give her motrin and tylenol, I would rotate days with the meds so she wouldn't get immune. It is really not fun and very scary but luckily it doesn't cause any long term affects.

Good Day! - posted on 07/10/2010

My daughter had it several months ago. I stay at home, so I have no idea where she picked it up. But she was teething and putting her hands in her mouth and ran a little fever from the teething so her immune system was down.

She only got sores in her mouth, but really that was the worst. She was hungry, but couldn't eat. I kept her on tylenol for the pain. We made it through.

Kids catch stuff. You can't live in fear, but you can use common sense to keep them healthy. But even then, they still get sick.

I hope your little one doesn't have to go through it!

Heather - posted on 07/10/2010

I saw this and was saying what the heck is that!!! I have never heard of that and I have 3 kids. wow that is some scary stuff!!