Cases of hand, foot and mouth disease continue to rise among children in Manitoba and across the country, but an infectious disease specialist says it's not surprising to see the virus spread after two years of pandemic restrictions. "Over the past couple of years, we probably forgot about the routine, regular, circulating viral foes that we see in children — one of which being hand, foot and mouth disease," Dr. Justin Penner told Global News. "We certainly could have predicted this — it's not unheard of after two years of a pandemic, when people aren't mixing or aren't in school or daycare." Penner said the disease typically causes non-specific symptoms — fever, cough, some belly symptoms — as well as its namesake fluid-filled blisters on hands and feet and inside the mouth. Read more: Province takes more steps to combat chronic wasting disease "Most cases of hand, foot and mouth disease are self-limited —...
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