Hand foot n mouth disease question?

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I have hand foot and mouth, the doctor put me on amoxicillian for my throat and a steroid pack for the bumps. I have a really bad headache right now, am I able to mix advil with all of this. Is it safe?
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A child at the daycare where I work just came down w/ Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. Should I wait on TTC?

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Should I hold off for this cycle, to see if I display any symtoms? I googled the HFMD in pregnant women, and got lots of conflicting information.
I'm just wondering if it causes birth defects, or complications.
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How long should Hand foot and mouth disease last...?

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from the time the blisters show up?
That's the name of the disease mam or sir!
Fever and discomfort caused by hand-foot-and-mouth disease usually improve in three to four days. Mouth and throat blisters clear up in about seven days. The rash on the hands and feet commonly subsides within 10 days.


Because hand-foot-and-mouth disease is highly contagious, people with the illness should limit their exposure to others. Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is most contagious during the first week of illness. However, the coxsackievirus may spread for weeks after signs and symptoms have disappeared.Keep children with hand-foot-and-mouth disease out of child care or school until fever is gone and mouth sores have healed. If you have the illness, stay home from work.  (+ info)

can i get hand-foot-and mouth disease from my 13 month old daughter?

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im not sure that is what she has, doctors wouldnt tell me but after some reading i think she has it. Now im wondering if i got it from her. yesterday a gland in my jaw swelled up and still hurts. i woke up this morning with 3 blisters on my lips.
You absolutely can catch it from her as it is highly infectious. It is more serious in babies as they may be unable to suck, and therefore feed, if they have blisters in their mouths. Keep an eye on her and make sure she is eating OK, it doesn't really need any treatment unless she becomes dehydrated. Make sure you wash your hands after touching your baby, and don't let other people handle or kiss her. For yourself, take painkillers if you need to, this will soon go away of its own accord.  (+ info)

hand, foot and mouth disease in 15 month old?

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i cant get into a doctor today but from what ive been reading im fairly positive my son has hand, foot and mouth disease. he also has the rash on his belly and back and neck does this happen with this condition?
The rash with hand, foot and mouth disease usually begins in the mouth with blisters and then appears as flat or raised spots on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. It may sometimes be on the buttocks or genitals, but it is not usually on the belly, back and neck. If it is a lacy rash on his belly, back and neck, I would wonder if it isn't fifth disease. With fifth disease, he may also have bright red cheeks that appear to have been slapped. Like hand, foot and mouth disease, it is usually harmless and is caused by a virus.  (+ info)

What are the most common signs of Hand Foot & Mouth disease and what is the most common age range?

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Hand, Foot, & Mouth Disease

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common illness of infants and children. It is characterized by fever, sores in the mouth, and a rash with blisters. HFMD begins with a mild fever, poor appetite, malaise ("feeling sick"), and frequently a sore throat. One or 2 days after the fever begins, painful sores develop in the mouth. They begin as small red spots that blister and then often become ulcers. They are usually located on the tongue, gums, and inside of the cheeks. The skin rash develops over 1 to 2 days with flat or raised red spots, some with blisters. The rash does not itch, and it is usually located on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. It may also appear on the buttocks. A person with HFMD may have only the rash or the mouth ulcers.  (+ info)

Can someone be a carrier of Hand Foot & Mouth Disease (hfmd) without showing symptoms?

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My 1 & 3 year old have it. I have a low immune system (& have some sores on my tongue), but do not have all the typical symptoms that they have.

Could someone be a carrier with no symptoms & pass it on to others? I am a massage therapist & don't want to infect any of my clients.
Yes,

And since HFMD is moderately contagious and you are exhibiting one glaring sign of the illness (mouth sores) it would be best to wait 7-10 days before you have any physical contact with your clients. This is how long it takes to recover from the illness without treatment.

Infection is spread from person to person by direct contact with nose and throat discharges, saliva, fluid from blisters, or the stool of infected persons. A person is most contagious during the first week of the illness.  (+ info)

diagnosis for hand foot and mouth disease?

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i have a niece with blisters on hands and feet sounds like hand foot and mouth disease but getting conflicting diagnosis when googled
There is usually low grade fever, with small pink blisters 2 - 3 mm in diameter on palms and soles. There are usually only a few, but there may be many. There may be small lesions in the back of the throat. And, there are often small blister-like lesions on the buttocks, too.

Pardon my bias, but Google and other search engines are not a substitute for good medical care.  (+ info)

Hand foot mouth disease in adults: can it present differently...?

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My question is can hand foot mouth disease present differently in adults than it does in children. I watched two kids with it for a week and now have rashes on various spots (arms, chest) that look like hives and they itch and burn. I know this isn't typical of the hand foot mouth disease seen in children. But I was curious if it was possible to present this way in adults.
Hi,

IF the following symptoms would ever occur - I think the worst it might possibly be is deadly bacterial meningitis.

From: <> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterial_Meningitis <>

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“IF a rash is present, it may indicate a particular cause of meningitis; for instance, meningitis caused by meningococcal bacteria may be accompanied by a characteristic rash.”
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“The most common symptoms of meningitis are headache and neck stiffness associated with fever, confusion or altered consciousness, vomiting, and an inability to tolerate light (photophobia) or loud noises (phonophobia). Sometimes, especially in small children, only nonspecific symptoms may be present, such as irritability and drowsiness.”
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Even so these are my thoughts of what ‘might’ be happening in almost any rash situation >>=> I have not been educated to be an M.D. - just a lifelong learner.

My own view from my own experiences is that rashes break out in the weaker parts of one's skin, usually because of allergic reactions; OR perhaps due to fungus problems that more easily occur when one has too many carbs and fats in one's daily calories, and therefore one has inadequate micro-nutrition absorption in the gut.

What I have learned is that my occasional stresses have sometimes caused me to do things or to eat things or to inhale things that have more toxins in them and that have then weakened my immune system, like drinking and eating caffeine chocolate or high carb foods and sweets.

It sounds like the malady may be a result of an allergic reaction to something that is toxic to the liver/kidneys. IF it is due to a toxin overload of the lymph system, you might then notice that when one gets hot - then a rash or itching will sometimes occur since the toxins are sweating out of one’s system ONTO an area of the skin that may be weaker and more easily irritated and inflamed.

ALSO whenever one’s immune system has become weakened the other problem can easily become a bacteria-fungus i.e. ringworm and/or yeast infection thrush, but it is hard to tell what the root causes may be without seeing and learning the details about what one has been eating breathing and applying to the skin. SEE <> https://health.google.com/health/ref/Ringworm <> Monistat 7 will likely kill any fungus in a few days and better micro-nutrition will keep it killed and will also strengthen one’s liver lymph and kidney systems to be able to better handle both an allergic reaction AND/OR bacteria-fungus outbreaks with less suffering in the future.

IF you think it may be an allergic reaction - although it may be a difficult process - try to identify the triggers from cosmetics meds nuts milk grains other-foods chlorine-water-in-showers smoke perfume moldy-smells laundry-cleaners etcetera by discontinuing them until the symptoms stop and then beginning them again to see how the body reacts. If one is like me one may start to see allergies to many things because the root problem for me was a severely weakened liver from too many nutritional supplements that were toxic and I never knew it until it was almost too late.

After several months of pruritus Urticaria with blisters and skin fevers primarily at the back of my knees and thighs sometimes when I got warmer, that had begun during the colder months of November inside a gas heated low humidity home, I have identified enough of my own triggers to allow my legs to heal with only a super-minimal amount of coconut cream cut with de-chlorinated water rubbed over my skin and a minimal number of full body showers.

After several applications my lymph glands have become severely allergic to petrolatum products that are similar to Vaseline Petroleum Jelly, and common sense has now taught me that any petroleum products should always become toxic to anyone’s kidney and liver with repeated applications. I had flare-ups immediately after I had applied organic olive oil so I eventually changed to minimal amounts of coconut oil after I had used a minimal amount of a petrolatum steroid for a few days to allow my legs to heal up. I also have flareups when I eat over 150 calories of nuts and/or milk fats and/or oils, but these usually flare up about three hours after eating them, but the olive oil always took about five to thirty minutes to begin itching.

Skin diseases can always return again and again and again and can get much much worse over time if they are not resolved. Soo I would strongly encourage you to seek out a 'good' doctor or a ‘good’ nurse and s/he will make a knowledgeable medical diagnosis and thoroughly explain the causes preventions and solutions much better than anyone on Yahoo_Answers could do without being able to see you personally.

Also, to know how difficult or easy it should be for a doctor to make a ‘good’ diagnosis - I encourage you to also become a ‘good’ medical diagnostician from your doctor’s advice and your own research through Yahoo_Answers and via browser searches.


ITCHINGS & RASHES / WATER BLISTERS CAN BE CAUSED BY EITHER:

* an allergic reaction to ‘toxins’ in one’s food or skin applications or meds or air (i.e. molds or smoke or vapors) etc.
<> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urticaria <>

* fungal bacterial = Deadly_meningitis Thrush Yeast_infection Jock_itch Ringworm Impetigo etc.
<> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidiasis <>

* viral = Measles Smallpox Shingles Hand_foot_and_mouth_disease Roseola etc.
<> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand,_foot_and_mouth_disease <>

* parasitical = Scabies_mite lice chiggers mosquitos ants etc.
<> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scabies <>

* inadequate micro-nutrition absorption in the gut = Pellagra Scurvy Beriberi Rickets etc.
<> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pellagra <>

* also other treatments for various skin eruptions
<> http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/womenshealth/facts/skinrash_pregnancy.htm <>
<> http://www.healthcentral.com/sexual-health/c/80228/60290/vagina-lumps <>

* either sun or hormonal or stress related or a combination of the above that make it difficult to find a definite single cause since there are multiple causes at the same time
<> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/formication <>


FOR FURTHER HELP WITH PICTURES & INFO SEE:
<> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeast_infection <>
<> http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/skin-rash/SN00016 <>
<> http://dermatology.about.com/cs/dermphotos/a/dermgallery.htm <>
<> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatosis_of_pregnancy <>
<> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestational_diabetes <>
<> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_disease <>


I truly hope what you learn will help you to decide on the correct choices that will remedy your painful experience of pruritus-itching and rashes in the future.

My best to you and yours,

AI – self taught nutritionIsT ><+>[(-:]


PS - IF you are interested, I feel I have become a quasi-expert on rashes and pruritus itching after many years of off and on flare ups due to my own nutritionally related asthma and gallbladder disease that ‘continued’ to become heart disease and T2 diabetes and then non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with either PBC or PSC. So you are not alone. Many many people suffer from pruritus and I have learned very late in my own disease(s) that when it is nutritionally related most doctors do not tell their patients that inadequate micro-nutrition absorption in the gut and liver ‘might’ be the root cause and the best solution, and is also the most likely cause to the pruritus and liver diseases that are currently overwhelming our American culture. So to do my part to make a difference in the world I now take a little time each week to help others understand why better micro-nutrition absorption in the gut is so important, and I have posted much of my own story via the link at: <> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091025223942AAni6lC <>. I hope you will have learned something today from my own mistakes and would not duplicate them – please pass on what you will learn from your own malady to your family friends neighbors and acquaintances. My best to you and yours. AI - self taught nutritionIsT ><3>[(-:]  (+ info)

hand-foot-mouth disease update to 102 fever and rash?

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So I took my daughter to the pediatrician this morning. She has hand-foot-mouth disease. The doctor said that there isn't any kind of medicine for it, it's a virus. She also said to keep doing what I was doing with the Tylenol and Motrin, until the fever breaks. My question is that her mouth is really bothering her, she doesn't even want to open it. Does anyone know anything that I can do for her mouth that will help with pain, but won't bother the sores?
My kids had it and my X had it 2X [ hahaha].
The doctor gave my x some thing to numb his mouth and throat so he could eat once or twice daily.As your doctor for some thing like that.
It is a bad disease and it will be over soon.
Good luck.  (+ info)

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