A San Antonio mom’s TikTok video alerting parents about a contagious infection circulating in schools is gaining attention.

“Hand, foot and mouth is going around really bad in San Antonio and the school districts. My children’s school is allowing children to attend school with active blisters,” said Dominique West, who has five kids.

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a viral infection that results in red sores or bumps in different parts of the body. It can sometimes be accompanied with fever, but not always.

The TikTok video, which was posted last week, has already garnered 186,000 views.

“It is so contagious, and I think the biggest reason why I made my video. It can be contracted by touch. It can be contracted by saliva. There’s so many different ways,” West said in an interview with

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