Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) recently made headlines, when an outbreak of the viral infection spread through a high school football team in the state of Washington, forcing the team to forfeit one of its games.HFMD typically impacts young children, but adults and older children can get it, too. It causes painful red blisters in the mouth .
Hand, foot and mouth disease causes skin rash on the hands and feet, as well as in or around the mouth. It also causes fever, and, in rare cases, complications such as brain fever.
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