Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease

Childhood disease with blisters on hands, feet, and mouth. Coxsackievirus causing vesicular lesions in young children.

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There's a phenomenon called "onychomadesis" where children's fingernails and toenails fall off 4-6 weeks after HFMD infection. Parents panic thinking their child has a serious nail disease, not realizing it's a delayed consequence of a seemingly mild viral illness they forgot about.

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