Fort Collins Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Treatment Near Me

AFC Fort Collins provides hand, foot, and mouth disease diagnosis and treatment at our facility in Fort Collins.

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Fort Collins, Colorado is known for its great outdoors, arts, culture, and things to do. As a parent, there might have been a whole week of fun plans, only for one of your kids to wake up with a fever and a rash on their hands and feet. Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease is an uncomfortable illness that is most often seen in children that you’ll want to get treated right away due to its contagious nature. AFC provides HFMD care with no need of an appointment and is open 7 days a week. We’ll get you back to your planned activities with our top-notch pediatric care.

What is Hand, Food, and Mouth Disease?

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a viral infection that mainly affects children under 5 years of age. While the most common symptom is a rash on the hands and feet, there are a variety of symptoms. It is highly contagious and is known to spread very quickly through schools and daycares through sneezes, coughs, or contaminated objects.

AFC Fort Collins understands how uncomfortable and confusing HFMD can be for a kid. Our providers are well-trained to offer expert medical care to children in a kid-friendly manner, helping patients relax, and trust them during the pediatric visit.

If you believe that you or your child has HFMD, visit AFC Fort Collins for diagnosis and treatment.

Symptoms of HFMD

Someone who has contracted HFMD may show all or just some of its main symptoms. These include:

• Fever
• Sore throat
• Mouth sores
• Drooling Skin rashes, especially on palms and soles of feet
• Loss of appetite

Symptoms should resolve in 7 to 10 days. If symptoms continue, or get worse, visit AFC Fort Collins for immediate care. 

How to Prevent HFMD

Since HFMD is highly contagious, it is best to be aware of how to prevent the virus. We recommend:

• Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after changing diapers, using the toilet, and coughing, sneezing, or blowing your nose.
• Help children wash their hands and keep blisters clean.
• Avoid touching your face with unwashed hands, especially your eyes, nose, and mouth.
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces and shared items, including toys and doorknobs.
• Avoid close contact with an infected person, such as hugging or kissing them.

HFMD Treatment

The best way to treat HFMD is to focus on the symptoms. There is no specific antiviral medication for it, so it is best to keep your child comfortable until the illness resolves. Our clinic can alleviate HFMD symptoms by:

• Providing over-the-counter pain relief
• Making sure your child remains hydrated through oral rehydration solutions or IV fluids
• Ensuring that mouth sores or other symptoms are cared for with topical treatments or mouth rinses

We understand that some parents want to try to help their child at home first. With HFMD, mouth sores are often the worst aspect of the illness. It can make swallowing hard, painful, and limit what you can do to help your child.

• Make sure to keep your child hydrated.
• Food can also be difficult, so try to offer children soft food along with soft cool food to provide nutrition and relieve pain.
• Treating mouth pain with over-the-counter pain medication.

If you feel that this isn’t helping or is getting worse, visit AFC Fort Collins immediately.

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