What causes Hand-foot-and-mouth disease?

Answer 1

Medications like acetaminophen or ibuprofen may be helpful for decreasing pain, and allowing the child to eat and drink. It is important to try to encourage the child to take in adequate amounts of fluids

Answer 2

Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is an infection of young children in which characteristic fluid-filled blisters appear on the hands, feet, and inside the mouth.
Coxsackie viruses belong to a family of viruses called enteroviruses.

Answer 3

Hand, foot, and mouth disease is caused by a group of enteroviruses - the same group that includes polio viruses, coxsackie viruses, and echoviruses. The virus is spread by contact with bodily fluids such as saliva, mucus, or feces - people who do not wash their hands properly spread the virus, and it can live on surfaces also. This virus stays contagious for weeks after the symptoms are gone, so it is often spread because people do not realize that the person is still spreading the disease.

Answer 4

Fifth's Disease is known as the hand, foot and mouth disease. This is an infectious condition that is easily spread by children.

Answer 5

A specific Coxsackievirus (A16) is the most frequent cause of this highly infectious disease

Answer 6

Coxsackievirus causes hand, foot, and mouth disease.