The month after HFM-adult

the doctors say i have HFMD but they're not sure exactly...

i get ulcers all thought out my mouth also swelling and the little red spots on my hands that turn into liquid filled blisters at its worst. skin also peels off at the end which takes meny mouths to heal so it looks normal (sorry best way i can discribe it) but i never had anything on my feet before.

This is the 4th or 5th time its reacured atleast in a 2 year time to me, which makes me feel like itis forsure HFMD also sometimes its real bad and other times i can deal with it. Mouth is usally bad but my hands are random.

Iv been prescibed staroids (helped with swelling of my lips and mouth) and antibiotics (which seemed to do nothing and i also read that they wont help with HFMD anyway), hydrocodone (500mg vikes) for pain in the hands, magic sweral to numb the ulcers in my mouth.

I work constrtion as a foremen and also work on the side doing landscaping and remodeling. which dose put me in some real stressfull environments among other things.

i also dont know how i got this just randomly happened but my main question is do you belive that this keeps accuring because of to much stress (which kinda makes sence with my last two weeks or so)

im not exactly calm person eather

If you dont mind replaying back about what you mean by "healing meditation" because at this point anything and everything is worth trying so this dont come back or hopefully be able to controlle it from getting anyworse.

Iv also had that happen under my noise as well but i work outside so never really payed any mind to it or thought it would be involved with this issue.

This post is the accurate artical iv read to compare to what im going and or went through.

Any help would appreciated.

also forgot to mention i also use peroxide, worm salt water, non alacholic mouth wash, orajel(which i dont like useing) and drinking plenty of water.

im not on any of that prescribed medicine like i was the first 4 or 5 times neather.

(listed earlier) im starting to get use to it sadly.

For anyone eles that reads these this is a horrible thing to get you should try your best to avoid anyone with it for a week. Iv never passed it on to anyone but it says it can be. Also i had to of got it from somewhere.

I, also, am 29 yr old healthy female.

It seems that adults tend to get this worse than children do, although, it is children who normally are diagnosed with hand foot and mouth. 

If you want my entire story, read on...

It started with a horriblily high fever and chills that nothing could help. Even with Tyneol, my fever stayed pretty high-grade. By day 2 and a half, the fever had subsided to a low grade fever, but my throat was on fire. I went to a local urgent care, since it was a sunday and my dr was not avialable. They said I had strep and gave me penacillin.  

I start feeling a little more human...hot tea helps my throat, and I'm on Motrin and Tyneol....Sunday evening I notice 2 little bumps on my hand, and don't think much of it..I think it may be because of the high fever, and I call it a night.

Monday morning I wake up to more red dots and bumps on my hands and arms. I still have a fever and decide to make an appt to see my doctor. 

- I visit my Dr, he thinks it could be an allergic reaction to Penacillin, and tells me to go home and take some Benedryl. 

I follow the doctors orders, take a good benedryl nap, and a few hours later I wake up with more red dots and bumps and go straight back to my doctor, luckly, he is just right down the road.

They still think I have strep and the bumps are from either the fever or the penecillin, we switch antibiotics, I tell the doctor that I work better with "hard deadlines" and tell him to give me a hard headline on when my bumps should start going away and feeling better.

He tells me 48 hours, so I go home with my new round of medicine (a Z-pack) and just try to get better. 

At this point, the worst bumps in between my fingers are turning into blisters, I have little red "pin prick" dots, and bigger red blister type bumps on my hands and arms, as well as red splochy spots that appear to be almost under the skin,  I can't shake the fever, my throat still hurts, I have gague ear piercings, and they are both angry and infected, and my nose is super stuffy and runny, and therefore angry with an infected (maybe not infected....crusty??) sore.

I to, cannot sleep because it feels like my hands are on fire, I have ice packs that I sleep with and tuck my hands in, and that seems to help. 

By tuesday, I'm still down for the count, and to add, my feet really hurt when I stand on them...at this point I can't tell that there are blisters and bumps forming, but there are. 

Wednesday, the fever is gone, the throat is a little better, the bumps are still bad and my hands are so swollen I can hardly bend my fingers or grip anything,  and I am impatiently waiting my "deadline" of 48 hours since the bumps are getting worse. 

I go to the Dr, they are no help, and continue to lather my hands in cocoa butter or aquaphor. 

Friday morning, with the  I go back to the Doctor, see another doctor in the practice, and he seems a little more knowledgeable than the other doctor I had been seeing. 

He tries to track down the "Dermo" specialist and leaves me for his quest. 

They come back a few minutes later, the dermo specilists takes one look at me and my hands, and says "oh, you have hand foot and mouth" and that there is nothing I can do but ride it out. 

By that weekend, the swelling starts to go down on my hands and the RED bumps have turned into red bumps and seem to be slowly going away. My feet however seem about 5 days behind my hands, because they scream at me every time I try to put shoes on or stand on them...I am still heavily moisturing my hands and feet. 

In the weeks to follow my hands peel and peel the red spots, turn to brown, and finally start to dissapear. 

2 months later, my toes are still peeling, as are my feet, and now the bottom of some of my fingers has started to pull away and peel away from the rest of the nail. It doesnt hurt, there is "nail" underneath the peeling part, but right now I'm concerned that it is starting to grow back and kind of curve into the nail bed....oi. 

tl;dr

hand foot and mouth sucks, it took 5 doctors trips for them to diagnose me, everything was angry (ear piercings etc) ice packs and aquaphor help, 2 months later, my feet and nails are still peeling. 

I am a single dad living in Cape Town, South Africa.

On the 21st Feb this year my (almost 13 year old) daughter told me that she had a sore throat and headache and was feeling cold - it was almost 32 degrees C outside. She actually didn't look ill at all and I can usually tell immediately by looking at my kids when something is amiss healthwise.

I checked her temp and found that she was running a fever. Put her to bed and 2 days later the bumps on the fingers and toes started.When I saw the bumps I took her to the Doc immediately as Im ,,, had no clue as to what it was. After checking her out and almost sending us on our way (undiagnosed) I reminded him about the bumps and on closer inspection he said she had HF&MD. He could not say where or how she had contracted it.

The bumps then turned from a burning sensation into intense pain. Delilah (My daughter) likened the feeling to having "cuts"beneath the surface of the skin - it actually looked exactly like that!

She also had what appeared to be masses of tiny pimples all over her face.

After a week at home in bed she went back to school (even though she felt alot better - a little too soon I expect.

Last week end Delilah showed me her fingers and toes which look absolutely appalling. The skin is peeling off in huge pieces and her 1 nail looks as if the peeling is happening underneath it. itdoes not yet look as though she will lose the nail - heaven forbid.

This skin "Peeling"seem so be moving down her fingers and is occurring in places where she had no red bumps.

The skin underneath is very pink, almost like a blister that has burst and has left an open space where the underlayer of new skin is.

Her fingers are sensitive, particularly her index finger where she holds her pen for school.

Her toes are actually sore - I don't think it helps that she has to wear shoes and socks all day at school.

After her shower her feet (in particular) look absolutely abominable.

I also have no idea whatsoever where or how she contracted this. No other children at the school have reported suffering from anything like this at all.

I am currently using "Alcare Aloe"(South African product) as well as a bees wax extract to try and form some sense of relief from the sensitivity and the condition.

If there is anything that you came across that slows or halts the "peeling" please do let me know.

This is probably one of the most shocking illnesses that I have yet come across and do not wish it upon my worst enemy.

Further to the above, the day that Delilah went back to school (2 weeks ago) I awoke on the monday with a headache from hell that I can only describe as 4 hangovers at once. (I don't drink much alcohol at all so I knew that it was not a hangover!) The headache lasted until this past Sunday when it finally subsided. Nothing that I took for it helped in any way at all.

I can only but imagine that the headache had something to do with the illness that Delilah was inflicted with. I luckily did not come down with the bumps etc. The only thing that was similar was a mildy sore throat that lasted for 2 days prior to the headache starting.

Please do let me know if you came across anything else that helps with the skin peeling.

I also have had the same extreme case of the blisters and peeling on my hands, feet, and scalp. My whole heal has a very thick layer of skin that is coming off. Very disturbing and disappointing to not be able to wear sandals in summer. I'm wondering if any of you lost finger nails or toe nails? My thumb nail started peeling from the base yesterday and it looks like the same well happen on another nail. My fever and red bumps occurrd exactly one month ago.