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Hand, Foot and Mouth.... any info please?

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Toothache · 22/06/2004 08:02

Hi MN,

On Thursday morning my Ds (3) had a temperature and was not himself. By Thursday night blisters had formed on the palms of his hands and soles of his feet. Also loads appeared in clusters on his knees!

Then on Friday I noticed there were quite a lot of angry sores in his mouth and they hurt him when he ate anything. GP's receptionist said there were no appointments (telephone or face to face) until Monday!!!!! When I explained she told me to phone my HV! Which I did..... she said it sounded like hand, foot and mouth or perhaps Chicken Pox. However, he apparently had Chicken Pox (in a milder form) 3 wks ago!!

I was wondering if anyone can tell me about your experience of hand,foot and mouth?? And the HV said that adults tend to carry it, but not contract it???

Any info grateful. Incidentally, his spots are 'drying up' today and his mouth doesn't seem to hurt so much, so he's definitely over it. This is purely my curiousity.

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twiglett · 22/06/2004 08:25

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twiglett · 22/06/2004 08:26

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Toothache · 22/06/2004 08:28

Thaks Twiglett - Yeah I had seen signs up in the Nursery ages ago that it was about, but DS had never contracted it until now. I have let the Nursery know. They were quick to point out it wasn't Foot & Mouth Disease.... PHEW! I'm getting a new carpet put down and would rather not have visitors walking through pools of straw and iodine before entering the house.

Nice to know it's still safe to eat him for Sunday dinner too.

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twiglett · 22/06/2004 08:30

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carla · 22/06/2004 09:02

Toothace, big hugs. dd2 had this when she was 2. It did clear up quite quickly. All best.

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Pidge · 22/06/2004 09:06

Me, dp and dd (then about one) all had hand foot and mouth last year. I noticed it first because for weeks I had little mouth ulcers that just wouldn't clear, then dp got them, we went to the gp twice and finally when I went a third time because I'd noticed little ulcers on my dd's tongue the gp said it was hand, foot and mouth. Sure enough dd had little tiny spots on her feet and hands. My dd didn't get unwell with it at all, though for a couple of days she didn't breastfeed very well. My dp and I were prescribed some horrible paste thing to put in our mouths, it was like putting gritty glue on your tongue, and that did clear it eventually.

We weren't told to inform nursery or anyone else. The GP just said - it'll clear without doing anything about it.

All the best

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Toothache · 22/06/2004 09:18

Pidge - My ds has definite blisters on his hands and feet and knees. Like burns! D'you think it maybe isn't hand, foot & mouth?

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lisalisa · 22/06/2004 16:05

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strangerthanfiction · 22/06/2004 20:52

Dd and I had it last year. It was like little hard white blisters on our hands and feet and I know I had them in my mouth but dd wouldn't let me near hers to look. I saw the GP who said it was hand, foot and mouth and it went pretty quickly. Dd didn't have a fever I don't think though it was in the middle of that hot summer spell last year so I may have missed that. I felt pretty crap, a bit fluey. Dd went off her food at the time for a few days too. I think it's incredibly common but that when you've had it once you don't get it again.

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SofiaAmes · 22/06/2004 22:25

Definitely hand foot and mouth. It's very contagious and adults DO get it and it's not very nice. That said, there's really nothing you can do to make it better, just treat symptoms calpol/nurofen for pain and ice cream and ulcer gel to soothe the mouth.

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lydialemon · 23/06/2004 00:19

DS2 had this when he was about 18 mths. Our main problem was that he kept chewing the blisters on his thumb ( do they itch?) and ended up on antibiotics for an infected nail bed, which took months to heal The H,F and M itself didn't phase him at all!

Hope DS feels better soon Toothache!

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Toothache · 23/06/2004 08:01

Thanks everyone. Ds is fine now and should be on his way to Nursery with DH in the pouring rain as we speak.
The blisters have kind of scabbed or dried up and his mouth looks back to normal. He keeps asking to see his tongue in the mirror to check the spots have gone!
And fingers crossed neither DH nor I seem to have contracted it. Apparently it has a 3-7 day incubation and it's been 7 days since his fever started so PHEW!