Is hand, foot, and mouth disease going around Chicago Heights, Illinois?
Not right now. No confirmed hand, foot, and mouth disease activity has been reported at Chicago Heights, Illinois schools and daycares in the past 14 days. That can mean it is quiet, or simply that nobody nearby has logged it yet.
How Chicago Heights parents can tell
- Mild fever and fussiness
- Painful mouth sores
- Red spots or blisters on hands and feet
- Drooling or refusing to eat
It is most contagious in the first week, but the virus can stay in stool for weeks, which is why daycares see long runs of it.
Everything on this page comes from Chicago Heights parents logging what their kids actually had, stripped of anything identifying. Nothing shows up until at least two families report the same thing, so one sick child never puts a school on the map.
Read the full hand, foot, and mouth disease guideOther illnesses in Chicago Heights
Chicago Heights schools and daycares we watch for hand, foot, and mouth disease
Follow a school to get a heads up the moment hand, foot, and mouth disease is logged there.
- Serena Hills Elementary School
- Barack Obama School of Leadership and STEM
- Chicago Heights Middle School
- Marian Catholic High School
- Greenbriar Elementary School
- Kennedy Elementary School
- Normandy Villa School
- Early Childhood Program
- Wilson Elementary School
- Washington-McKinley Elementary School
- Roosevelt Elementary School
- SPEED
- Jefferson Elementary School
- Bloom High School
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Follow your Chicago Heights school and get a heads up when hand, foot, and mouth disease shows up.