HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE

Domain	Definition
Health	A mild, highly infectious viral disease of children, characterized by vesicular lesions in the mouth and on the hands and feet. It is caused by coxsackieviruses A. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is caused by a number of enteroviruses, such as enterovirus 17. HFMD is not to be confused with foot and mouth disease, which is a disease affecting sheep, cattle and swine, and which is completely unrelated to HFMD.

HFMD usually affects infants and children, and is quite common. It is moderately contagious and is spread through direct contact with the mucus or feces of an infected person.

Symptoms

Symptoms of HFMD include:

fever
rash in the mouth
sores with blisters on palms of hands and soles of feet

Not all symptoms may be present.

Treatment

There is no specific treatment for HFMD. Individual symptoms such as fever and pain from the sores may be eased with the use of medications, however.

Ancestral Language Translations: HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE

Alternative Orthography: HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 41 4E 44 2C 46 4F 4F 54 41 4E 44 4D 4F 55 54 48 44 49 53 45 41 53 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00101100 00100000 01000110 01001111 01001111 01010100 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01001101 01001111 01010101 01010100 01001000 00100000 01000100 01001001 01010011 01000101 01000001 01010011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#65 &#78 &#68 &#44 &#32 &#70 &#79 &#79 &#84 &#32 &#65 &#78 &#68 &#32 &#77 &#79 &#85 &#84 &#72 &#32 &#68 &#73 &#83 &#69 &#65 &#83 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0041 004E 0044 002C 0046 004F 004F 0054 0041 004E 0044 004D 004F 0055 0054 0048 0044 0049 0053 0045 0041 0053 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	aphtae epizooticae. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.