God, it feels like all I do on MN these days is moan about illness!
My ds just got over a virus that was characterised by a very sore throat and fever. I now have it (at least, I really hope it's the same one). I have: a throat coated in razor blades; fever;raised glands. I was on the phone moaning to my mother about it and mentioned that I also have lots of tiny painful ulcers on my gums and inner lips, and also tender red spots on my fingers. (Um, I also have them...on my fanjo. NHS Direct says this can happen.) She immediately said it was Hand, Foot and Mouth, and that as an infant school teacher, she used to see a lot of it. I thought she was making it up, but a quick check of NHS Direct sounded very familiar. DS never had the red spots on hands, but I think he had them in his mouth.
I gather it's not serious and spreads like wildfire, so presumably there are a lot of children out there who have it locally. But has anyone had it as an adult? I must have missed being exposed as a child. It's blardy agony swallowing or chewing anything! To think my DS had all this pain, poor sausage.