children Viruses
By chebel82
@chebel82 (417)
United States
10 responses
@moonfairy6 (132)
• United States
30 Oct 06
oh yes. It is (I agree) very common. I think people hear more of it when they start having children or being around them a lot. Warm salt water rinses does wonders, and REMEMBER to NOT share anything from their mouth to yours or vice versa. WASH your hands a lot. When I was little they used to call it "Hoof and mouth" disease. Refering to cows. --but mommy I wasn't with the cows.--- hahaha
@ilse72 (1450)
• United States
28 Oct 06
Yes, it is a common virus. It is a mild illness and the rash will disappear in 5 to 7 days. It is common in children and strikes in the summer or fall. Treatment usually just involves ibuprofen and salt water rinses. If you need more info, just let me know. (I'm an R.N.)
@chebel82 (417)
• United States
30 Oct 06
yea I understand that now , but I have to keep all 5 of my kids home from school, cuz they are starting to get sores in their mouths, and the school nurse said for them to get cheked out before I bring them back to school, so they don't spread the virus at school
@wolfrayne (1)
• United States
30 Oct 06
I am a parent of 3 and have heard of it very often, the one and only kind of big worry is it is very contagious. Other then that the doctor should have given you some medicine and it will work very well but like atibiotics you must use it until all of the disease or medicine is gone. Good luck with it; it sounds much much scarier then it is.
@chebel82 (417)
• United States
31 Oct 06
the doc told me it was a virus, and antibiotics don't work on viruses, and also he said it was just as contagious as the common cold. My son got the sores and meds on friday, and the sores are gone, but not the med and it's tuesday, I hope it's the same duration or shorter for my girls
@indiandevil (2410)
• Canada
29 Oct 06
Yes I heard of it its just a common virus like the flu or a cold it won' last long and is nothing to worry bout
@rahul_shandilya (39)
• India
29 Oct 06
Thanks for letting us know about such virus but i really dont know about that...Which all locations is affected by this Virus?