Hand-foot-and-mouth (HFMD) disease is a contagious viral infection that is commonly transmitted among daycare and
school age children. Caused by the coxsackievirus, it is spread person-to-person by contact with infected nasal secretions, saliva, blister fluid, stool or respiratory droplets. Most commonly, coxsackievirus is spread through sneezing or coughing.
At first, hand-foot-and-mouth may be mistaken for a cold, the flu or other similar virus. Initial symptoms may include a fever, sore throat, irritability and generally feeling run down. Children who have hand-foot-and-mouth disease will develop sores in the mouth as well as blisters or a skin rash that show up on the
