most helpful answer exposure to an infectious disease like hand foot and mouth disease does not automatically mean that the exposed person will get it. your children may be at mild risk not likely you or your husband. the vast majority of children will not get hand foot and mouth disease ever again however there can be very rare cases when those skin lesions will surface again (milder the second time). this can be due to another similar viral species that causes identical skin lesions or a rare reactivation of the prior infection.
can you get hand foot and mouth disease more than once? . my 11 month son was diagnosed with this today and his doctor acted as if you can only contract this once although she did not specifically say that. she told me that children over the age of 4 are usually spared as they have most likely already had the disease in the past. i have never had this nor has my husband or my two daughters (10 and 5). just looking for any extra precautions that i may need to take.