Hand Foot and Mouth Disease

Hand Foot and Mouth Disease

There has been a confirmed case of hand foot and mouth disease at school.

 Symptoms include a slight fever, tiredness, loss of appetite, blisters in the mouth and on the hands and feet and a sore mouth for a few days before the blisters appear. Affected young children may refuse to eat or drink.

 Incubation period: 3-5 days

 Infectious period: As long as there is fluid in the blisters. Faeces can remain infected for several weeks.

 Control of spread: Exclude children form child care, school, pre-school until all blisters have dried.

4 thoughts on “Hand Foot and Mouth Disease

  1. Concerned Mu

    Questions:

    1) What year level did the confirmed case come from? As a concerned parent, it would help me greatly to know if my children are more or less likely to come into contact with infected person/s.

    2) Do you have any links to health information you could include?

    3) Considering it’s a virus, spread through mucous (coughing, sneezing), saliva, feaces… Should swimming be cancelled? Considering how many viruses ‘go around’ during swimming time – as the kids get all sorts of ‘bugs’ from others in the pools…

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  2. Judy Croft

    Whose class is most likely to be affected? If year 4/5 cohort should those parents get a little more information so that they can be aware to look out more closely for symptoms?

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    1. guestclg

      There is no more information to give out other than the info we have already given and the link to the health handbook.

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