REPRINTED FROM CONCRETE OPENINGS | VOL.18 | NUM.2 | JUNE 2009. TECH tAlK. Tech Talk is a regular feature of Concrete Openings magazine, focusing on equipment, maintenance and operational issues of. interest to concrete cutting contractors. Readers wishing to have a particular subject addressed can call or email CSDA with. their suggestions at 727-577-5004 or rhitchen@concreteopenings.com.
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is an illness that causes sores in or on the mouth and on the hands, feet, and sometimes the buttocks and legs. The sores may be painful. The illness usually doesn't last more than a week or so. Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is common in children but can also occur in adults.
Hand, foot, and mouth disease, or HFMD, is a contagious illness that is caused by different viruses. It is common in infants and children younger than 5 years old, because they do not yet have immunity (protection) to the viruses that cause HFMD.