do you think this could be foot and mouth my ds 6 yrs nearly came down with a cough at the weekend , the cough had then gone but on wednesday he came down with all scabbed in his mouth bit like thrush his lips are swollen and the scabs are now peeling but he cant rally open his mouth , he had high temp sweating , took him to hospital because he then burst blood veals in his eyes from holding the cough's , the drs did blood tests and urine test and said its a viral infection he has medicine been taking that since yesterday afternoon but the spots have now gone in to blisters and are quite a few over his body he picks them then screams they hurt same saying his mouth hurts he wakes a few times in the night , also his eyes now seem to have conjunctivitis's there so red he cant open them fully , after he takes the medicine he seems ok for a while, he cant eat but drinks loads, im quite worried and just thinking is it this ? if so what happens and how long does it take for him to get better ? sorry for this being long his just staying in his room and just seems unwell please help
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