A member asked:

I work with children and have been exposed to hand-foot-and-mouth recently. i have a fever of 101 and muscle aches/ unwell feeling, but no blisters or rash yet. should i just treat it like a cold, or could hand-foot-mouth present like this in adults?

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Dr. Maya Vazirani answered

Specializes in Neonatology

Hand foot: and mouth disease is caused by the coxsackie virus which may only give fever diarrhea or vomiting in adults may or may not give the rash you should be better in a couple of days drink more fluids and treat your fever appropiatly

Answered 10/29/2016

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