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Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common infection caused by a group of enteroviruses. [10] It typically begins with a fever and feeling generally unwell. [10] This is followed a day or two later by flat discolored spots or bumps that may blister, on the hands, feet and mouth and occasionally buttocks and groin.
It was known as pink disease (due to these symptoms) before it was accepted that it was just mercury poisoning. [1] The word acrodynia is derived from the Greek: ακρος, which means end or extremity, and Greek: οδυνη, which means pain. As such, it might be (erroneously) used to indicate that a patient has pain in the hands or feet.
Coxsackie A virus is a subgroup of enterovirus A, which are small, non-enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses. Its protective, icosahedral capsid has an external portion that contains sixty copies of viral proteins (VP1,-2,-3) and an internal portion surrounding the RNA genome containing sixty copies of VP4 viral proteins.
But while most people put their hands at 10 and 2 on the steering wheel, Spencer's method was a bit different: he used his feet. After contracting a virus in his spinal cord when he was only 3 ...
Beginning in January 2018, an outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) occurred among children nationwide across Malaysia.Nearly 38,000 cases were recorded between January 1 and July 26, [3] and by August 14 the total number of cases had risen to 51,000. [1]
Hand Foot and Mouth Disease: Similar to herpangina, hand foot and mouth disease occurs predominantly in children. It is caused by Coxsackie A and B virus, and lesions or blisters are found bilaterally on the hands, feet and mouth of the patient.
Gianotti–Crosti syndrome (/ dʒ ə ˈ n ɒ t i ˈ k r ɔː s t i /), also known as infantile papular acrodermatitis, [1] papular acrodermatitis of childhood, [1] and papulovesicular acrolocated syndrome, [2]: 389 is a reaction of the skin to a viral infection. [3] Hepatitis B virus [4] and Epstein–Barr virus are the most frequently reported ...
It is a cutaneous condition characterized by pruritus, edema, and erythema of the hands and feet. [37]: 401 In 1996, an association with parvovirus B19 was described, after virus was demonstrated in skin biopsy samples, [38] subsequently corroborated in numerous publications. [39] [40]