Impetigo

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Impetigo

• By Kathryn Martin

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Information
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Basic Description

• Impetigo is a superficial disease. This means
  that it is on the surface of skin.
• Most common in children and can affect skin with
  no visible breaks in it.
• It is contageous and can be spread through puss
  from an infected person touching your skin.

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Cause

• Staphylococcus (staph) bacteria or streptococcus
  (strep) bacteria
• Methicillin-resistant staph aureus (MRSA) is
  becoming a common cause.
• The breaking of the barrier of skin. Some of
  these occurrences are animal bites, human bites,
  injury or trauma, or insect bites.

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Lesions from impetigo
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Symptoms

• Puss filled blisters
• Red base when popped
• Easy to pop blisters
• Itchy and yellow puss filled with crusty outsides
• Skin lesions
• Rashes that can spread with scratching
• Swollen lymph nodes

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Treatment

• Prescription antibiotic cream for mild rashes
• Prescription antibiotics taken by mouth for more
  severe cases
• Wash several times a day with antibacterial soap
  and warm water to remove the crust and puss from
  the lesions.
• Can be diagnosed with a sample of the puss from
  the lesion.

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• This is a man with untreated impetigo on his
  back, side, and arm.

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Not-So-Fun Facts

• The sores heal slowly and rarely scar
• The heal rate is very high
• Usually reoccurs in children after treatment
• Commonly occurs around the nose and mouth, hands
  and forearms, and in diaper areas on infants but
  can occur on any part of the body.

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Continued Facts

• Any blister or rash that is scratched a lot can
  be turned into impetigo.
• This includes poison ivy and poison oak along
  with other common skin diseases.

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Serious impetigo
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Complications

• Can cause kidney failure but this is rare
• It causes rashes in kids.
• Can cause permanent damage to the skin. This is
  rare also.
• The infection can spread to other parts of the
  body. This is very common.

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Prevention

• Use a clean wash cloth and towel every time you
  clean
• Do not share personal care items with anyone not
  even family
• Use good hygiene and wash the lesions every day
  and wash your hands after touching a lesion.

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Pictures
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• This is Amy Winehouse with Impetigo.
• It is around her cheeks and bridge of her nose
  and chin.

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• A child with Impetigo around the nose and mouth.

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• Impetigo in the hairline and scalp of a person.

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• Impetigo on an infants butt.

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Sources
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• http//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH000186
  3/
• http//kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_
  viral/impetigo.html
• www.beauty-stuff.com/.../impetigo-in-adult2.jpg
• http//doctorgrasshopper.files.wordpress.com/2010/
  06/impetigo.jpg
• http//dermimages.med.jhmi.edu/images/bullous_impe
  tigo_5_080322.jpg
• http//www.aocd.org/skin/dermatologic_diseases/imp
  etigo.html