Typically seen in younger children, Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease is spreading among older teens, informs Warren County Health Department Administrator Jenna Link:
“It spreads very easily between younger kids, but now we are seeing it in the older kids too. I think we are seeing a lot of teams where there is physical contact within the sport, it is just easier to spread that way. It is a virus and typically there is a rash, fever, and probably some soreness because it kind of causes some blisters. There is no treatment. You just have to ride out the symptoms. While you are running that fever, you have the rash and blisters, those open sores, you are contagious during that phase. So, you want to make sure that you are doing a good job of washing your hands, wiping down surfaces that are frequently touched, to try and minimize the spread of the virus.”
According to the CDC, Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease typically will runs its’ course in seven to ten days with minimal or no medical treatment.
