With the early summer heat, hand, foot, and mouth disease, a major concern for families with infants and young children, is showing signs of becoming a full-fledged epidemic. Hand, foot, and mouth disease is highly contagious and has the characteristic of spreading rapidly in group living environments such as daycare centers or kindergartens. According to the medical community on the 29th, hand, foot and mouth disease is a disease mainly caused by enterovirus infections such as coxsackievirus type A16 and enterovirus type A71. It commonly occurs in infants and children under the age of 5 who have weak immune systems, and is a representative summer infectious disease that begins in May and peaks in August. Hand, foot and mouth disease is easy to confuse with chickenpox as its symptoms are similar, but there are differences in its causes and aspects. Chickenpox is caused by infection with the varicella-zoster virus. The rash begins on the face or torso and spreads throughout the body, later taking the form of blisters, pustules, and scabs, and is characterized by itching during the process. Hand, foot, and mouth disease is mainly spread through direct contact with secretions such as feces, saliva, nasal discharge, or phlegm of an infected person, or through droplets through coughing or sneezing. Shared items such as toys, play equipment, door handles, etc.