What Is Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
7. Who’s At Risk?
The disease can affect everybody, but young children are most at risk. One reason that children are most at risk is that they have not yet developed an immunity to the disease. This will come for most people as they get older. That children often put their hands in their mouths will also increase their risk.
Children are also often close together in groups, and this further increases their chances of getting ill. All it can take is for a single child to be infected and the rest of the class will often not be far behind. Adults that work in child care jobs are also at a higher risk of catching the disease.
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