so i think i have hand foot and mouth disease

kjlrs

you've got to be kidding me. so as i posted below, my friend's 1 year old twins were spending time with me a week ago. they came down with what the dr said was HFM or vaccine-related chicken pox and they wound up thinking it was chicken pox for sure, although i haven't asked mom if they really have pox all over their torsos, etc. yesterday i started seeing tiny red blister-like bumps on the palms of my hands and this morning also on the soles of my feet. i've developed a few more during the day and now have a couple on the tops of my feet now too. no real mouth symptoms other than i have an annoying spot on my tongue, like i bit it or something, but i dont *think* i did.

 

i guess it would make sense that of all adults i would get it - i never went to daycare or preschool as a kid because of some medical issues so i wasn't around a ton of other kids to develop immunity.

 

i can't find any information saying it's a problem for pregnant women. of course, not much conclusive saying it's not either...

 

the only thing making me think it might not be is i've had similar little blister/bumps occasionally over the past year or so, but they were always one at a time and i haven't had any for awhile. i have a dermatologist appointment for tomorrow morning because until i started googling i assumed it was eczema or something that just broke out for some reason.

 

WDYT, sound like the HFM disease your kiddos had?

AnnapolisLari

https://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/enterovirus/hfhf.htm

1. What are the risks to pregnant women exposed to children with hand, foot, and mouth disease?

Because enteroviruses, including those that cause HFMD, are very common, pregnant women are frequently exposed to them, especially during summer and fall months. For all adults, including pregnant women, the risk of infection is higher among those who do not have antibodies from earlier exposures to these viruses and for those who are exposed to young children?the primary spreaders of enteroviruses.

Most enterovirus infections during pregnancy cause mild or no illness in the mother. Although the available information is limited, currently there is no clear evidence that maternal enterovirus infection causes adverse outcomes of pregnancy, such as abortion, stillbirth, or congenital defects. However, mothers infected shortly before delivery may pass the virus to the newborn. Babies born to mothers who have symptoms of enteroviral illness around the time of delivery are more likely to be infected. Most newborns infected with an enterovirus have mild illness, but, in rare cases, they may develop an overwhelming infection of many organs, including liver and heart, and die from the infection. The risk of this severe illness in newborns is higher during the first two weeks of life.

Strict adherence to generally recommended good hygiene practices by pregnant women (see the section ?Can HFMD be prevented?? below) may help to decrease the risk of infection during pregnancy and around the time of delivery.