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Hand, Foot & Mouth
Both of my kiddos have HF&M - any tips? For those of you with experience - does it truely take 5 days for it to run it's course (per the pedi). I'm just trying to figure out this week in terms of them missing daycare/DH and I staying home. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!!
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Re: Hand, Foot & Mouth
At our house it has been a high fever, lack of appetite, rash on body (but not on hands nor feet). I took Drake to the pedi today and he has the lesions on his throat. My biggest indicator was the high fever (103+) for more than 48 hrs.
Oh, wow- good to know. Can you see the lesions in the mouth/throat area? Or are they too far back? I will make sure to keep the temp in mind also. Thanks and hope your kiddos feel better soon!
I honestly hadn't even looked for them as we've never dealt with HF&M before, so it didn't even cross my mind. However, now that I think about it Gabby does have a sore on her lip, but I just thought she scratched herself.
How long have the signs been up in Johnston? I didn't see any in Urbandale...
C just got over HF&M last week. He had a mild case and never had a fever with it. We started out thinking it was diaper rash (though it seemed odd he was getting diaper rash since he never does and cream was not helping at all), then a day later he got 2 little blisters on his hand. He never had sores in his mouth but did have a few little dots down the backs of his legs. The pedi told us 3-5 days and since he exhibited symptoms 1 day before we took him to the doctor and it was mild, he went back to daycare at day 4. All of the blisters had healed and the spots had dried up and cleared.
This can be really painful, if the kiddos have sores in their mouths. You can give them a few drops of glyoxide to help sooth the discomfort. It's available at Walgreens over the counter in the tooth care section. Just put a few drops in their mouth, it should kind of foam up and cool their blisters.
Good luck, hopefully it will clear up fast!
Derek had hfm last week and it was going around daycare the week before. I read it can take 3-7 days for symptoms to show up. Derek's fever wasn't too high, around 101-102 and he has some sores in his mouth. He was fussier than normal and wasn't too interested in eating, but the pedi said to make sure to stay hydrated. Things like milk and water are easier for them to drink than juice due to the acid.
I ended up getting hfm also. I had a fever of 104.4 on Friday and ended up going to the ER because I couldn't get my temp to drop. The next day I had horrible sores in the back of my throat, a bad headache and body aches. Food didn't sound good at all to me and I just kept drinking water. I'm feeling a lot better today, but still pretty tired.