Can you get coxsackie virus from a pool

You can get the disease and have no symptoms. I contracted it when I was in my early thirties. My husband was a resident at John Hopkins and the infectious disease docs at the hospital were fascinated by an adult getting it, so they invited me into their laboratory so they could all get a look at me.

They asked if I'd grown up with a silver spoon in my mouth as they couldn't believe someone that old would get it. Ah, to be that young again. I'm pretty certain I got it from a high class pool club that I went to earlier. It caused me to miss a trip to Gettysburg with my bookclub because another member was pregnant or had a tiny infant , can't remember which.

I do remember that I hadn't noticed the spots on my feet until the infectious docs mentioned them and looking down I saw that, yes, there they were. Did this disease become common only in recent years? I don't remember this one flying around when I was a kid, and I came from a family that had at least one incidence among us of Measles, Mumps, and Fifth Disease Posted By: pippiit was previously more often referred to as Foot and Mouth disease.

Hand, Foot and Mouth, actually. Posted By: TigerLillyDid this disease become common only in recent years? I remember getting it when I was about I used to babysit a lot, so I probably got it from one of my charges. I had awful sores in my mouth for days. Prior to that I don't ever remember getting it or hearing about it. My infant had it three times last year. So far nothing knock wood this year. Tigerlily, I wonder about these "common" childhood illnesses too. I come from a large family and I don't recall anyone ever having coxsackie, fifth's disease or anything else like that.

My daughter is in her early 20s and I don't remember her or her peers having anything other than pink-eye. Makes me say, hmmmm. Return to all Discussions. Return to Maplewood Specific. Start a new discussion. View all Free Items. It was named Coxsackie after the town near Albany where it was discovered. There's no way to prevent Coxsackie and no vaccine. 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. Visit the USDA website to learn more about foot and mouth disease external icon. When and How to Wash Your Hands. Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link.

Section Navigation. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Syndicate. Minus Related Pages. In schools and daycares. Although anyone can be infected with coxsackievirus, the typical age range is infants to children under 5.

Many adults will not show any symptoms but may still pass the virus to others. One is most contagious during the first week that they have the virus. As mentioned, coxsackie is a self-limited virus so there is no treatment to make it go away faster. That being said, the mainstay is supportive measures such as ibuprofen for the pain and staying hydrated. Many individuals will not want to eat because of the painful mouth sores, but it is important to push fluids as a means of preventing dehydration.

This is another benign childhood virus that involves fever and rash. The typical age range for infection is 6 months to 2 years of age.

With this virus one typically sees a high fever up to for 2 — 5 days.