hand foot mouth

[crumpet]

Has anyone had HFM as adult?

What symptoms did you have??

I've got a mouthful of what I thought were ulcers, especially on my tongue, but I can't get rid of them. They are getting worse and it's been a week.

They are small and white but there is heaps and my mouth is burning.

I also have itchy hands and wrists, one little sore type thing on my hand and that's it.....

Could it be HFM? DD's child care have a confirmed case, but DD looks fine.

[Hansie]

DH had HFM 3.5yrs ago. For him it was more like the flu to start with. He was actually taking cold & flu tablets. He then got the little blisters on his hands, feet & a sore throat. Poor DH had just started a new job as well. All they hand shaking he had to refuse to do. Neither DS1 who was about 16mths or I got it & we are not sure how he was infected.
We had to go to an after hours clinic & they took swabs but wouldn't say it was as he was an adult & DS hadn't got it. They gave him some canestan cream. & steroid cream which did nothing. He just had to wait for the virus to go. Our family GP diagnosed him straight away.

[Babyluv]

My DD had it recently.
She had fevers and irritability for a few days before the blisters appeared. The blisters were red in her mouth, on her hands, feet and bottom and were really uncomfortable. Zyrtec helped.