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re: Anyone have a kid who has/had hand foot and mouth disease?

Posted on 10/7/18 at 1:35 pm to
Posted by DayBowBow
Member since Jun 2011
5045 posts
Posted on 10/7/18 at 1:35 pm to
My 15 month old just had it a couple weeks ago. The skin blisters look gross but are pretty harmless.

She had blisters in her mouth that caused her to not want to eat so we fed her a lot of cold baby food.
Posted by kengel2
Team Gun
Member since Mar 2004
30787 posts
Posted on 10/7/18 at 1:37 pm to
Kid had it, we didnt get it.

It goes away pretty quickly.

It is very nasty looking.
Posted by skeeter531
Member since Jun 2014
2408 posts
Posted on 10/7/18 at 1:42 pm to
also known as Coxsackie Virus.
My son had it at 11 months old and ran a 106 fever, along with painful blisters in mouth and diaper area.
Posted by the paradigm
Moon Township, PA
Member since Sep 2017
5417 posts
Posted on 10/7/18 at 2:05 pm to
I had it in my 20s. Blisters right in the back of the throat. Constant pain for 12 days straight, and worst part is, there's nothing you can do about it. Chloraseptic and popsicles stuck on the back of my throat were my only relief.
Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
Member since Sep 2007
20333 posts
Posted on 10/7/18 at 2:12 pm to
I got it. Went through all my kids and they powered thru it, but somehow I incredibly got it and it was absolutely terrible.

First night, there was some tingling in one of my fingers. A tiny blister formed by one of my nails. Then another. Then another.

That night around midnight I woke up with 102 fever. When I woke up the next morning there was hundreds of blisters on my hands and feet. Over the next few days I ran a high fever and the blisters on my feet literally felt like I'd walked barefeet through catlitter and skin had somehow formed over it.

There's no cure. It just has to run its course. Took 3 or 4 days but the blisters eventually went away and I was back to 100%, almost immediately.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
48551 posts
Posted on 10/7/18 at 2:13 pm to
My kid had it at 10 yrs old.
Posted by AlbertMeansWell
Member since Sep 2013
5555 posts
Posted on 10/7/18 at 2:14 pm to
My son has had it twice this year. I got it as well. It was brutal.
Posted by Legion of Doom
Old Metry
Member since Jan 2018
4977 posts
Posted on 10/7/18 at 3:28 pm to
Mine had it. It was awful. He was hungry and thirsty but every time he tried to take something by mouth he cried from the pain. He’s had two surgeries and they were a breeze compared to hand foot and mouth
Posted by FulshearTiger
Member since Jul 2015
5276 posts
Posted on 10/7/18 at 4:26 pm to
quote:

it's a one and done virus

This is not accurate.
This post was edited on 10/7/18 at 4:26 pm
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
129003 posts
Posted on 10/7/18 at 4:29 pm to
Make sure you are washing your hands like crazy and disinfect dirty surfaces and soiled items. To prevent it spreading to others.
Posted by MrLarson
Member since Oct 2014
34984 posts
Posted on 10/7/18 at 5:00 pm to
quote:

. I think it's a one and done virus, so I'm guessing we both got it at some point as kids.


It isn't

Both of my grandsons have had it twice and they are 5 1/2. Both had it when they were 3 and both currently have it.
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