Is that the same as impetigo? Because I have had that as an adult. Fun times.
It's a different one. Most of the time you do not need medication for HFMD, but for impetigo you do.
Impetigo is weird.
I remember my kid, toddler, two years old, kissing an impetigo spotted kid straight on the mouth. (I had picked up the ointment for treating it for the mother)
So, there I was waiting for impetigo to happen at home too. Nothing happened.
Half a year later, no kid with impetigo in school, or preschool. Out of the blue, my kid gets it.
Some kids keep having impetigo, in spite of any offered treatment. Luckily my kid wasn't one of those.