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Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Symptoms & Signs. The symptoms of hand, foot, and mouth disease are typically mild and occur mainly in children during the spring and fall seasons. Symptoms can include fever, malaise, decreased appetite, and sore throat. A rash is characteristic of this viral disease. The rash of hand, foot, and mouth disease is most commonly observed on the palms, soles of the feet, and inside the mouth. The rash sometimes spreads to the lower calves and buttocks.
The infection leads to symptoms of fever, sore throat, skin rashes over hands, feet, buttocks, genitalia and also leads to ulcers in the mouth, throat, tonsils and tongue. Relief of symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease. Treatment for the condition is usually aimed at relief of symptoms. Patients and parents of the child are reassured that HFMD is different from foot and mouth disease seen in cattle, sheep and pigs. The symptoms of HFMD usually take around 3 to 7 days to appear.