Abstract
Abstract Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a viral highly contagious disease affecting mostly infants and children and occasionally adults. It has become a significant public health problem because of frequent outbreaks and rise in its incidence, severity and fatal complications in Southeast Asian countries in the last few decades. India had experienced a sudden resurgence of HFMD recently in the year 2022. The clinical course of HFMD is mainly mild and self-limiting with recovery within 1–2 weeks, but in few patient’s, severe form of infection has been reported. In this report, we present the case of a 4-year-old boy presenting with HFMD.
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