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Re: "Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease" From: Robert J. Woolley (wooll005@tc.umn.edu) Wed Dec 30 21:24:44 1998 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Barbara Nesbitt: "FW: Information about postL.S.C.S uterine inertia" Previous message: Kathi Wilson, BHSc, RM: "Re: gestational age; final" Next in thread: R. Daniel Braun: "(no subject)" Reply: R. Daniel Braun: "(no subject)" Reply: Efrain Ramirez MD: "Re: New Post" In message <28c50f73.368add76@aol.com> writes: > Help Lister-- > > I have a G2, P1 at 22 weeks who told me her son was diagnosed by their family > physician with "hand, foot, and mouth" disease. She was concerned about > possible effects on the fetus. > > Since I have never heard of this, I had no idea whether this is a viral or > bacterial infection. I had the patient ask the family physician for the > medical diagnosis. > > Is anyone familiar with this and any potential fetal effects? Thanks in > advance. > > Lenora McCall, CNM I was about to say, "Anybody who doesn't know this shouldn't be taking care of pregnant patients." But I thought better of it, and decided that wasn't quite true. Here's the revised version, which I will stand by: Anybody who doesn't know this *and* doesn't have the resources on hand to look up such an answer in his/her office in about 5 minutes shouldn't be taking care of pregnant patients. (As a generalist, I long ago gave up on knowing everything that I "need" to know. A good set of reference materials--combined with the skill and habit of using them--can make up for many of the inevitable lacunae in knowledge.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Woolley -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Paul, Minnesota "Laws are like spiders' webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape." -- Solon (ca. 600 BCE) Next message: Barbara Nesbitt: "FW: Information about postL.S.C.S uterine inertia" Previous message: Kathi Wilson, BHSc, RM: "Re: gestational age; final" Next in thread: R. Daniel Braun: "(no subject)" Reply: R. Daniel Braun: "(no subject)" Reply: Efrain Ramirez MD: "Re: New Post"

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