Bernard Cohen, M. Cohen believes this number may be just the tip of the iceberg with primary care pediatricians seeing the bulk of new cases. Cohen and Puttgen want to reassure parents that most cases of the disease are benign and that nearly all patients recover in seven to 10 days without treatment and without serious complications.
The culprit is an unusual strain of the common coxsackie virus that usually causes the disease. The new strain, coxsackie A6, previously found only in Africa and Asia, is now cropping up all over the United States. The coxsackie virus strikes infants and children under age 5 in the summer and autumn months. The new strain, however, behaves somewhat differently from its homegrown cousin, Cohen says.
Please sign in or sign up for a March of Dimes account to proceed. Coxsackie infection is caused by a virus that spreads easily from person to person. It usually causes mild illness with flu-like symptoms. Most cases of coxsackie infection go away without treatment.
But for some children, they can lead to more serious complications. To help prevent the spread of infection, stay away from infected people, wash hands your hands well and clean surfaces and toys often. Coxsackie infection is caused by a group of viruses called coxsackie viruses. These viruses usually cause mild illness with flu -like symptoms in young children. But for some children, they can lead to more serious infections. If you have coxsackie infection during pregnancy, you can pass it to your baby during or soon after birth.
Your baby also can get coxsackie infection after birth if she has contact with an infected person or contact with germs from an infected person. Coxsackie infection is common during the summer and fall. Coxsackie infection sometimes causes more serious health conditions, especially in newborns. These include:. About half of children who have coxsackie infection have no signs or symptoms.
Others may only have a fever. Mild coxsackie infection may last a few days and usually goes away without treatment. If your baby has a serious coxsackie infection or complications, she may need treatment in a hospital. The length of infection can vary. If your baby only has a fever, the temperature can go back to normal within 1 day but on average lasts 3 days. Hand, foot and mouth disease usually lasts for 2 or 3 days. Viral meningitis can take up to 3 to 7 days to clear up.
The virus is spread by direct contact with nose and throat discharges, blisters and feces of infected people. Symptoms of fever, poor appetite, runny nose and sore throat can appear three to five days after exposure. A blister-like rash on the hands, feet and in the mouth usually develops one to two days after the initial symptoms.
A person is contagious when the first symptoms appear and may continue until the blister-like skin lesions disappear. The virus has been known to be shed in the stool for up to several weeks. The diagnosis is generally suspected on the appearance of blister-like rash on hands and feet and mouth in a child with a mild febrile illness.
Although specific viral tests are available to confirm the diagnosis, they are rarely performed due to expense and length of time needed to complete the tests. Specific immunity can occur, but a second episode is possible from a different strain of Coxsackie virus. It causes small, blister-like bumps in the mouth, and a rash on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.
The rash may also appear in the diaper area, on the legs and arms, and around the mouth. The lesions in the mouth usually appear at the back of the throat. Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is caused by a virus. The most common viruses that cause hand-foot-and-mouth-disease include the following:. This disease is very common in children, particularly children younger than age It is seen most often in the summer and fall.
The virus is usually spread through fecal-oral contact or respiratory spread, although other modes of transmission have been reported. Good hand-washing is necessary to help prevent the spread of the disease. The following are the most common symptoms of hand-foot-and-mouth disease.
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