Showing posts with label hand foot and mouth disease. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hand foot and mouth disease. Show all posts

Hand Foot and Mouth Disease in Adults (HFMD): My Experience

I’m not a doctor. This is not medical advice. This is just my lived experience. 


TRIGGER WARNING: This post is going to be gross, filled with symptoms and pictures, not sugarcoated. I’m putting it out there for others who could use this story.

Most of what I read online said that it would be mild in adults. Well, it wasn’t for me. It was awful. The most sick I’ve ever been. At one point, I thought I was going to be hospitalized. 


So, my son started at a new daycare. He must have picked up the disease there. He’s fine. He got through the worst of it in a few days, the rest within a week. But, I got it from him.


Click the jump to see the day to day and pictures...