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HAND‐FOOT‐AND‐MOUTH SYNDROME
Author(s) -
M Tipping
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1968.tb26821.x
Subject(s) - foot (prosody) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , philosophy , linguistics
What causes Hand, Foot and Mouth Syndrome? Hand, Foot and Mouth Syndrome (HFM) is primarily a common childhood illness. However, adults can get it too. Persons may develop the disease when they make direct contact with the saliva, blister fluid or stool of an infected person. Persons with Hand, Foot and Mouth Syndrome are most contagious during the first week of the illness, but transmission can persist for weeks after symptoms resolve.