Hand-foot-mouth disease

(HFMD); an exanthematous eruption of small, pearl-gray vesicles of the fingers, toes, palms, and soles, accompanied by painful vesicles and ulceration of the buccal mucous membrane and the tongue and by slight fever

Description
Hand-foot-mouth disease is spread by directd contact with the virus, is common in infants and children and lasts 4 to 7 days. It is usually caused by Coxsackie virus type A-16, but has also been identified as being caused by other viruses of the enterovirus genus, including other coxsackieviruses, polioviruses, echoviruses and enteroviruses.