Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

bubba28 | 10:37 Thu 02nd Jun 2011 | Body & Soul

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There was kid was sent to the childcare that my son goes too while infected with HFMD, they were only together for an hour before i pick my son up, he has woken up today with a very runny nose, but other than that is his usual fun self and eating plenty. Is this a sign of HFMD? He is teething just now aswell, so hopefully its connected.

breast checkup...what can i expect?

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anneasquith

HFMD in children ?

Sqad

I would say that it is highly unlikely that your son has contracted the disease, but only the next two days will give you the answer.

Commonest things occur commonest and the commonest cause of a runny nose in a child is NOT HFMD.

redcrx

could be anything, but hand foot an mouth does tend to spread around nursery. Just keep an eye on him

Sqad

anne...yes.

redcrx

http://www.nhs.uk/Con...ges/Introduction.aspx here are some details should you need them

Pinkypie

My son had this, it present's itself like chicken pox but is not on the torso at all. I don't recall his symptoms before the spots came out, but I don't think it was anything memorable. The good thing was that once the spots come out, it is not infectious. Only a week or so before then.

My son didn't really feel unwell, just looked a bit spotty!

anneasquith

thanks red........... a box ticked for me today. to learn something new,, :)

redcrx

anne, when my eldest got it i had never heard of it, i got confused with foot and mouth in cattle lol.

bubba28

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Thanks for all the replies.Its put my mind a bit at ease. Just got to wait it out. thanks again

redcrx

bubba, get used to him coming home with all sorts of bugs, its part of the joys of sending them to childcare / nursery lol.Im waiting for my youngest to come down with scarletina at the moment lol