Impetigo

What is Impetigo?

Impetigo is a skin infection. The disease is most often seen in the form of blisters around the mouth and nose, But infection can occur anywhere on the body. Impetigo can spread easily from person to person. This infection is most common in children.

Causes of Impetigo

Impetigo is caused by bacteria. The most common types of bacteria, associated with the emergence of this infection include:

• Streptococcus, group a;
• Aureus.

These types of bacteria, usually, are on the skin and in the nose. Bacteria do not cause complications, until they get under your skin. Bacteria fall under the skin through small incisions, scratch, or insect bites.

Risk factors of Impetigo

This disease is most common in children of preschool and school age.

Factors, that increase the likelihood of Impetigo include:

• Physical contact with a person with Impetigo;
• Contact with clothing, towels, sheets, or other personal belongings, that belong to a person with Impetigo;
• Poor hygiene, in particular, unwashed hands and dirty fingernails;
• Being in a team, where there is direct contact between people, eg, at school,lb army;
• Contact sports, such as football and wrestling;
• Being in a warm, humid environment;
• Summer;
• Poor health or weakened immune system;
• Other skin problems, such as eczema, or skin allergies;
• The presence of cuts, scratches, insect bites, or other skin injuries;
• Enable Vetryanaya;
• Scabies, lice, or Pubic Lice.

Symptoms of Impetigo

Impetigo symptoms appear during 4-10 days after contact with bacteria.

The main signs of Impetigo are skin damage. They occur most often on the face, hands, legs, but can be anywhere on the body. Damage can be in the form of red spots, ulcers, blisters. Impetigo symptoms include:

• The affected area is covered by flat, dry, Honey-colored crust;
• Itch;
• Increasing the size of the blisters;
• Spread to neighbouring areas of skin, especially after scratching a developer's.

Also there may be swollen lymph nodes in the area of defeat in the face of serious infections.

Impetigo is usually quite mild disorder. Nonetheless, if left untreated, problems may arise in the future. The infection can spread, that can lead to pain, edema, allocation of pus, or fever. Rarely, impetigo, caused by the streptococcal group a can cause:

• Glomerulonephritis – damage to the part of the kidney;
• Scarlet fever – disease, which may include fever,, sore throat, severe rash;
• Life-threatening invasive streptococcal infection.

Diagnosis of Impetigo

The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history, and performs inspection of the affected skin. A doctor can diagnose Impetigo, on the basis of the appearance of skin lesions.

A sample of the infected skin can be researched. This will show, What specific bacteria cause infection, that may help in the treatment of.

Treatment of Impetigo

For the treatment of Impetigo is to relieve symptoms and cure infection.

Treatment of Impetigo can include:

Antibiotics for Impetigo

Antibiotics are a type of medication, that can fight bacteria. In mild infections your doctor may advise:

• Antibiotic, a prescription;
• Antibiotic, dropped without a prescription – can be significantly less effective;
• Antibiotics to handle the internal part of the nose – bacteria may be present in the nose and cause a relapse of Impetigo.

Your doctor may prescribe antibiotics to treat more severe or common infections.

In some cases, the staph infection (eg, MRSA) may be resistant to these antibiotics. In this scenario, you may need other treatment options.

Skin care with Impetigo

Good skin care is essential in combating this type of infection. Also hand-washing can help prevent the infection from spreading to other skin areas.

For a speedy cure Impetigo:

• Do not touch or scratch the lesions on the skin;
• Wash affected areas of skin several times a day. Use SOAP and water or SOAP and antibiotic;
• The peel can be removed by moistening the infected area. Wet place on 15 minutes;
• Lesions must be covered with gauze, bandage, or clothing.

How to avoid spreading Impetigo

To avoid the spread of infection:

• Wash your hands often and thoroughly. Check, that you are well washed under fingernails, where the bacteria may remain. It is important to wash your hands after touching the infected body site;
• You want to avoid contact with the newborn;
• Stay at home, not yet treated by Impetigo;
• Do not cook food, not yet treated by Impetigo;
• If you are working in the catering industry, consult a doctor, to identify, when you can go back to work.

Prevention of Impetigo

Impetigo prevention includes personal hygiene. To avoid Impetigo:

• Wash with SOAP and water every day;
• Regularly wash your face, hands, hair;
• If you are caring for a sick Impetigo, do not forget to wash your hands each time after, When touch the sick person;
• Do not let other people use your towel, clothing;
• Keep your nails clean and regularly cut their;
• Regularly wash dirty clothes;
• Don't let your child play or have close contact with persons with Impetigo;
• Thoroughly clean the wound, such as scratches, or insect bites, with SOAP and water.