REPRINTED FROM CONCRETE OPENINGS | VOL.18 | NUM.2 | JUNE 2009. TECH tAlK. Tech Talk is a regular feature of Concrete Openings magazine, focusing on equipment, maintenance and operational issues of. interest to concrete cutting contractors. Readers wishing to have a particular subject addressed can call or email CSDA with. their suggestions at 727-577-5004 or rhitchen@concreteopenings.com.
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is an illness that causes sores in or on the mouth and on the hands, feet, and sometimes the buttocks and legs. The sores may be painful. The illness usually doesn't last more than a week or so. Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is common in children but can also occur in adults.
A fever and sore throat are usually the first symptoms of hand, foot, and mouth disease. The characteristic blisters and rashes show up later, usually one or two days after the fever begins. Hand, foot, and mouth disease is often caused by a strain of coxsackievirus, most commonly coxsackievirus A16. The coxsackievirus is part of a group of viruses called Enteroviruses. In some cases, other types of Enteroviruses can cause hand, foot, and mouth disease. Viruses can be easily spread from person-to-person.