I hope your daughters recover easily and quickly. Posted By: eireAre your kids in daycare? They are in camp but they haven't gone since Thursday. That seems like too long ago???
It's very contagious, and very common in the summer. It spreads I believe through body fluids, saliva, snot, fecal matter etc. Any normal play time with an infected person can be enough to catch it. I imagine it can also live on playground equipment for some time. Hated it when my son had it.
I felt so badly for him! He was in so much pain, thank goodness it doesn't last long. But like others said it is most contagious when you don't know you have it! My son had it a couple of weeks ago. He's not in daycare and doesn't go to the pool. Who knows where he picked it up, but the ped said it's one of those illnesses that's super common in the under three year old set.
We treated with Tylenol until the fever broke. The spots appeared after the fever and didn't seem to bother him at all, except for the ones on his throat. He didn't eat much for a few days. My 5yo son has it as well. He's got an awful scabby rash all over his face. The Urgent Care place here in Seattle we're visiting family here says he has strep, but I know that rash and it's coxsaxie.
You might want to get them checked from strep just in case. Luckily my son is hale and hearty and it's not affecting our trip now that he's on antibiotics. I was at the pool sitting next to a pediatrician the other day and he explained that coxsackie is the or one of the only viruses that can live in pool water, so, yes, you can get it from the pool.
This info really skeeved me out, since as he was explaining it I was sitting with my butt in the baby pool and my baby on my lap sucking on a pool toy. It's totally possible you got it from the pool, especially the baby pool. To kill germs, chlorine needs to be kept at a certain level. Pool PH also needs to be in line. During very hot weather and when the pool is busy with many bodies and their respective germs, it's harder to keep the levels stable.
I can tell you that public pools are the worst at it too! It would not surprise me in the least if kids pick up some funky thing Bee, just think of it this way: our kids will have fabulous immunity built up after years of being dipped into the cesspool that is the SO baby pool! To amie in Seattle, visiting The baby may need a cream as well to really clear up the scabs. Children can and do contract many viruses and bacterial infections at the same time so you may be treating two different things.
The oral antibiotics should cover the scab infection but a cream will help if any itch is present. Another reason coxsackievirus is so infectious is that the virus can be passed along through nose and mouth secretions for a week and and from contact with feces for several weeks after infection.
Thus exposure can occur from children who appear well. It takes days from exposure to come down with symptoms. Children infected with the coxsackieviruses may be symptom-free, or they may develop a mild illness characterized by fever and non -specific symptoms sometimes called the "summer flu". They may have recognizable hallmarks of coxsackievirus infection such as hand, foot, and mouth disease which has a characteristic rash along with fever.
Other children may develop sore throat, conjunctivitis, or meningitis-like symptoms including headache, stiff neck, and sensitivity to light. Some symptoms mimic illnesses caused by other infections, so careful diagnosis is required to make sure your child receives treatment that is appropriate. Doctors tend to identify illnesses caused by the coxsackievirus based on the patients' description of their symptoms, including their onset and progress , the location and types of skin rashes and of vesicles or patches in the mouth or throat, as well as the course of the child's illness.
They may also rule out other causes of similar clinical syndromes by performing tests such as throat cultures, spinal taps, or blood counts. If a definitive diagnosis of coxsackievirus is required, a viral culture or a test called a polymerase chain reaction PCR is obtained.
Your best bet is to practice hand-washing hygiene because the virus spreads through fecal-oral contamination, Sood says. The illness usually lasts about a week.
Children may not want to eat or drink for a couple of days due to the mouth sores; parents can try foods such as Popsicles that will numb the mouth and get fluid into the child. Coxsackie can, in rare cases, cause more serious issues, but usually it's "very benign," Sood says. Real Estate Technology Cars Columns. A file photo of a doctor with patient.
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