Hand-foot-and-mouth disease
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a viral infection caused by Coxsackievirus that usually begins in the throat. Symptoms include; fever, sore throat, ulcers in the throat, headache, and a rash with blisters on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.
Review Date: 10/27/2005
Reviewed By: Daniel Rauch, MD, FAAP, Director, Pediatric Hospitalist Program,
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, NYU School of Medicine, New
York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
