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Diagnosis of Hand, foot and mouth disease

Hand, foot and mouth disease can be recognised by the sores in the mouth and on the hands and feet. You may be aware of a recent outbreak at the child’s playschool.

The symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease are similar to chickenpox. It can also be confused with mumps, herpes simplex (cold sores) and a virus called herpangina that only causes sores in the mouth. Your GP will be able to recognise the virus. If it is necessary to do tests (such as throat swabs) results will take several weeks to come back, by which time the person will be better.

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