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   Filthy Democrat swine!  Wash your hands and take a bath occasionally!   
      
   This fall, multiple states including Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee and   
   Wisconsin have reported outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease, a   
   contagious virus that commonly infects children under 5 but can also   
   cause symptoms in older kids and adults, too.   
      
   “This year, [cases seem] to be out of control,” said Dr. Allison Agwu, a   
   professor of adult and pediatric infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins   
   University School of Medicine in Baltimore. For example, in Agwu’s state   
   of Maryland, cases are at “four to five times what they saw this time   
   last year,” she said.   
      
   Dr. Matthew Thomas, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at WVU   
   Medicine Golisano Children’s in West Virginia, said spikes typically   
   happen in cycles. “Some years you’ll see a lot of cases, like we’re   
   seeing this year, and then it kind of fades away, where you don’t hear   
   about it for a while,” Thomas said.   
      
   With cases higher than normal, it’s important to know the signs of the   
   virus and what to do if you (or your kids) get sick. Here’s what to know:   
      
   As the name suggests, symptoms include blisters on the hands, feet and   
   mouth.   
   Hand, foot and mouth is a virus within the family of enteroviruses,   
   explained Dr. Jennifer Duchon, an associate professor in the divisions   
   of pediatric infectious disease and newborn medicine at Mount Sinai   
   Hospital in New York.   
      
   https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-spike   
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