title: Hand Foot and Mouth Disease Like Illness in Office Practice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the clinical profile of Hand Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) like illness in a cluster of cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  Children presenting with papulovesicular skin lesions with or without oral lesions were clinically examined, treated and followed up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 21 cases, 18 (85.7%) were less than 3y and 15 (71.4%) were males. Skin lesions were seen in 100% with predominant involvement of dorsum of hands, feet, palms and soles. Oral lesions were noticed in 20 (95.2%), fever in 14 (66.6%) and upper respiratory infection in 6 (28.6%). Irritability was the presenting feature in infants. Only clinical diagnosis was made. All the children recovered completely. On follow up of 16 (76.2%) cases for 3 mo, no nail changes or any other sequelae were noticed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early clinical diagnosis of HFMD is needed for monitoring and prevention of its spread.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Vinayaka Missions Medical College, Karaikal, Puducherry, 609609, India. gangs.mythila@gmail.com.|, 39, John Selvaraj Nagar, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, 612001, India. gangs.mythila@gmail.com.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ganga
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006232:Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male
keywords: Oral lesions; Skin lesions