Patient's question:
Recently, I read in the newspaper that parents taking care of children with hand, foot, and mouth disease have also been infected. Both of their hands have developed blisters. I previously heard that hand, foot, and mouth disease is specifically targeted at children, but can adults also get hand, foot, and mouth disease?Doctor's answer:
Hand, foot, and mouth disease is an infectious disease caused by enteroviruses. There are more than 20 types of enteroviruses that can cause hand, foot, and mouth disease. Among them, Coxackievirus A16 and Enterovirus 71 are the most common. Most cases occur in children under the age of 5,，，，，，。 Adults are usually not infected with hand, foot, and mouth disease, except for some patients with weakened immunity. Please avoid contact with children with hand, foot, and mouth disease as much as possible and wash your hands frequently.