Diagnosis
Español: Diagnóstico para la enfermedad de manos, pies y boca
![Boy with symptoms hand, foot and mouth disease.](../images/boy-symptoms.jpg)
Hand, foot, and mouth disease is one of many infections that causes mouth sores. Health care providers can usually identify mouth sores caused by hand, foot, and mouth disease by considering —
- how old the patient is,
- what symptoms the patient has, and
- how the rash and mouth sores look.
Depending on how severe the symptoms are, samples from the throat or feces (stool) may be collected and sent to a laboratory to test for the virus.
- Page last reviewed: January 6, 2017
- Page last updated: January 6, 2017
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