depends how bad they have it, you will know. my toddler got a very bad case of it, crying cranking scabbing, sores and blisters everywhere, wouldn't eat, inconsolable, the nails came off, it took a week away from daycare from him to be up to going and he still had blisters. i wish they had vaccine for this shiii...it's horrible. and yes we also got it. |
My child had it nine times. A few were relatively minor illnesses. Several were horrible. Two were unfathomable. I caught one of those. Was the sickest I have ever been in my life. |
For those that experienced mouth sores with HFM, what did you use to relieve your DC’s pain? |
No, just until they're no longer open sores. Or at least that's our daycare's policy. My baby was out for a week while we waited for the open sores to heal (she was otherwise fine during that time - had a fever for one day in the beginning but otherwise did not seem uncomfortable in the slightest) but the sores didn't fully disappear for like 3-4 weeks. |
My oldest child never got it. My youngest got it at age 3 and was feverish for one day and then had itchy hands. It wasn’t terrible. I had to scratch her hands for 3 or 4 nights.
Then I got it. I had a fever for one day and some tingly hands and feet and then a few days of pimples all around and inside my nose. It wasn’t that painful. It was not my worst illness. I have had the real flu and shingles and both were about 10x worse. |