Ep 123 Hand, Foot, and Mouth (and Butt?) Disease

This Podcast Will Kill You

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Health & Fitness, Science

4.8 • 17.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD). The dreaded scourge of daycares, kindergartens, even occasionally college campuses, and the topic of this week’s episode. From the multiple viruses that cause HFMD to the wide array of symptoms (bye bye, fingernails), from the relatively recent discovery of this disease to the ancient origins of all viruses (deep time, y’all), from the changing nature of outbreaks to the development of potential vaccines (fingers crossed) - in this episode we’re going way beyond the basics of hand, foot, and mouth disease. Whether or not you’ve had the pleasure of being up close and personal with this disease, this episode is sure to leave you slightly horrified/mildly impressed by the infectiousness, longevity, resilience, and deep roots of the HFMD viruses.

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0:26.6	On a Saturday in the late summer of 2018, I went to visit two of my best friends to have dinner
0:31.2	and play with their little ones who were about two and four
0:33.6	years old at the time. My friend is a teacher and had recently gone back to school in preparation
0:38.0	for the coming fall semester so her kids had just started going back to daycare after a summer
0:42.0	home with mom. My friends told me that there
0:44.2	had been an outbreak of handfoot and mouth disease at their daycare and both of the little ones
0:48.1	had gotten sick. They said it was super contagious for kids but not to worry as it doesn't really affect adults.
0:54.1	I saw a couple of little red bumps near their ankles but thought nothing of playing
0:57.4	with the tots or kissing them good night as usual.
1:00.4	The following Wednesday around 2 a.m. I sat straight up in bed shaking with violent
1:05.2	chills and experiencing what might have been the worst sore throat of my life. I checked
1:09.7	my temp and had a fever around a 102 so I loaded myself with NyQuil and stayed home sick from work for the next two days.
1:16.0	By that Friday, I was starting to feel a little better and I returned to work,
1:20.0	but that day the blister started. They were mostly painless, just empty bubbles of skin on my hands and feet that would rise to the surface and then tear off in chunks.
1:29.0	At that point, I was pretty sure that I had a case of hand-foot and mouth.
1:32.0	Remembering that the disease was very contagious for kids. pretty sure that I had a case of hand foot and mouth.
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