Hand-Foot-Mouth disease

1) Oral vesicles of Hand-Foot-Mouth disease

2) Electron-Microscopy of Enterovirus.

------- Dr. Linda Stannard, Department of Medical Microbiology,

University of Cape Towan.

3) small vesicles in hand
4) Knee region
5) small vesicles in hip

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Hand-Foot-Mouth disease

❑ Symptoms: small vesicles(no itching) appeared in oral,

hand, foot, knee and hip

❑ Etiology: Coxsackie viruses , enteroviruses

❑ Epidemiology: epidemic in summer among children

❑ Age: infant, toddlers, primary school child

❑ Incubation period: 3-6 days

❑ Route of transmission: oral-fecal,

❑ Natural course: resolved in 1 week

Cautions: Hand-Foot-Mouth disease is benign disease,

but in the cases due to Enterovirus 71, Central

nerves system infection such as meningo-encephalitis

and Polio-like illness occur in child.

see also → http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand,_foot_and_mouth_disease

Any Questions: write to

Keiji Hagiwara, MD

Kami-Ube Pediatric Clinic,

E-mail: keijihagiwara@gmail.com