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Dr. Lynn Cates
Specializing in pediatric infectious diseases and childhood immunizations.
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Hand, Foot, And Mouth Disease
QUESTION
I just heard that two boys down the street have hand, foot and mouth disease. Isn't that a disease of cattle?

— Russ of San Jose, CA

ANSWER
June 23, 2000
Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease is a common summertime infection in children. It usually is caused by coxsackievirus A16 or other enteroviruses, and results only in mild illness with fever and a rash that appears mainly on the hands, feet and inside the mouth. No specific treatment is available, but the disease ordinarily resolves completely within a few days.

— by Lynn Cates, M.D., F.A.A.P.

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