How can I be sure it's Hand, foot and mouth and do I take her to the doctor?

[~*Niadalla*~]

Thanks.
I don't particularly want to run into the doctor at all. It's a 140km round trip and I know there's nothing he can do. I guess I'll keep an eye on her, glen 20 the crud out of the toys they share, wash everyone's hand constantly and try to keep DD fom wiping her face on anything DS might touch. I'll keep an eye on her feet too. :S
Gah.

[ladybird11]

Yup, that's just what I did - luckily DS never ended up catching it either.

Wow, 140km round trip? Pass on that one !

[megs]

Sounds like it to me too, luckily sounds like a mild case. All my boys have had it, my youngest had it last year and he had it the worst the poor little man had that many ulcers in his mouth I had to use suppositories to get panadol into him and his feet were full blisters. But my eldest had it when he was around 48 months and he only had a few little red spots. There isn't anything the Dr's will do but say give pain relief.

[BlackCat]

Sounds exactly like DS and I when we had it. He actually presented with the scabs around his mouth/face and only pin *****s on his hands, they took a while to come up into blisters those ones. He also had them on the back of his neck, knee and around his bottom and genitalia. It took a while after the ones around his mouth came out for the rest of them to full develop. We are now going through the loosing of fingernails stage but I am told that it doesnt happen to everyone. Guess we were just extra lucky

Remember too if she has it that she will carry it in her stools for weeks after the spots dry out.

[~*Niadalla*~]

Thanks so much ladies.
Will it take a few days for the blisters to come out? The ones on her face started yesterday arvo along with the ones on her bottom and she's gotten a few more since, but the hands would only be this afternoon.

[megs]

My eldest didn't really blister when he had his HFM he really only had a couple of little spots, my youngest his started off with blisters on his feet, because we were on holidays in Darwin I put them down to being from his shoes that he hadn't worn before and he was wearing them with barefeet, it wasn't until I was on the plane flight home and he wasn't swollowing that I started to suspect HFM.

[Beach Mama]

Sounds like it hun, mine had it really mildly just a few months ago - no pain in the mouth or much blistering etc. Izzy only had red spots all over her hands and feet but they didn't blister. J's blistered but he didn't seem to phased by it. They are contagious until after the blisters pop. Hope she recovers fast xoxox