What Is Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Some diseases are more common than others are. How common they are depends on a number of factors, such as how common the offending pathogen is, and how easily it is transmitted from person to person. It is fortunate that those that are common are also those that are unlikely to do us serious harm.
Hand, foot, and mouth disease is one of those that will only cause a mild illness at worst in most cases. It can be very uncomfortable, but it is usually a case of just caring for the patient for a week or so before it passes.
