LUBBOCK, Texas-- Lubbock Public Health reported a rise in hand, foot and mouth disease cases in a few daycares across the Hub City. Rachel Dolan, assistant director of Lubbock Public Health, described exactly what this disease was.

"What happens is you have a low-grade fever, and you get a rash on your hands and feet and your mouth, obviously, and that rash can kind of turn into these really painful sores also," Dolan said.

Dolan explained that this was more common in daycares.

"So, it spreads through saliva or like droplets when someone coughs or sneezes. It can be on surfaces. It can spread through feces, so diaper changes," Dolan said.

According to Dolan, hand, foot and mouth disease does not have a specific treatment, and would usually last from seven to 10 days. Executive director

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