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What is the difference between hand, foot, mouth disease and chickenpox?
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Different viruses: They are different diseases caused by different viruses. Chicken pox is caused by the varicella zoster virus, which also causes shingles in adults. The rash is also different, being vesicles with fluid and very itchy . Hand foot mouth is caused most commonly by the coxsackie a virus. It also causes mouth sores and rash, but it is seldomly itchy and it is seen more in palms and soles.
Answered 10/28/2018
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The causing virus: Hand foot and mouth is caused by a coxsackie virus and chicken pox is a herpes virus. The blisters in hfm are football shaped and in chicken pox there more small, red and itchy.
Answered 9/13/2017
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