Conditions
Impetigo
Impetigo is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the skin, of which there are two types: bullous impetigo (which causes large, painless, fluid-filled blisters), and the more common non-bullous impetigo (which accounts for over 70% of cases and causes sores that quickly rupture leaving a yellow-brown crust.) The condition is most common in children, normally occurring between the ages of two and four. However, it can also affect adults, especially if they are living in a confined environment such as an army barracks…or the Big Brother house! Channele Hayes, the Wannabee WAG from BB8, expressed concern in the diary room that the unhygienic conditions in the famous house could lead to an outbreak of impetigo. And even troubled singer Amy Winehouse has reportedly been diagnosed with the condition (maybe she picked it up in the confines of rehab?) A seven-day treatment of antibiotic creams will usually do the trick, but oral antibiotics can also be used if the creams are ineffective.
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i have impetigo now, i just want it gone its taken over my life over the past week.
i picked at my face and now its turned into impetigo i cant go anywhere i havnt left the house for a week cuz its so embarissing i am going to the doctor today to get something that will help it heal, i dont even want to see the doctor im so embaressed of it.
I got impetigo when i was 14 all over my chin. It started when i couldnt leave a spot on my chin alone, i picked at it all the time and slowly it spread over my chin and developed a massive green crust which i foolishly picked off one day, leaving me with a scar :( but i went straight to the doctor who gave me fucidin cream which got rid of it really quickly. Have not had it since.
I went on holiday to Turkey when i was 19 and caught impetigo off i guy i was seeing. I am now 25 and i get a bought of it at least 5 times a year.
It is always on the same spot on my chin, I have never got it anywhere else. It weeps alot and is sore and as a result I have scaring. Oral antibiotics get rid of it but it takes at least a week to clear. I often find that it starts as a cold sore and then spreads.
Last year my GP prescribed me Dianette, which is used to treat acne. I found that this helped alot and I now get it less frequently. I also have antibiotic cream which i occasionally use with zoviracs which seems to hlp if i can feel it coming on.
i am 24 and suffer with blisters that apear on the top ov the crack ov my bum. they tend to apear round the time of my periods. some moths there are only 1 or 2 but other times there are loads. it gets sore and rubbs on my knicker line or waist likne on my clothing. i have been to the doctors and they took a swob test of it but told me that nothing came back from this and they dont know what it is. please if you could help me coz it is soembarrassing.
I have suffered from Impetigo since i was about 7years old and i can't get rid of it i have had it 4 times now and i am 18years old now. I find it when i get it is when i am run down and in the winter is the worst time. I find it flares up around my mouth and its really embarrassing for my i have been to my doctors about it but they just give my cream but i find that it keeps comming back and i am wondering if i would ever get rid of it or would it still keep on coming back?
Can anyone help me fight this EMBARRASSING ILLNESS.
hi im 22 now and ive had sores since 15 but thought they were insect bites but they weren't. When i was 21 i had severe impetigo. 3 months of tablets and cream and still now i get orange lumps under my skin, im always wondering will it ever go? Please help
When I was about 7years old I got impetigo around my mouth. It was sore, some looked dry and others were open and weeping, and they kept growning all the way around my mouth. I had to have a cream prescribed by the doctor that was smeared on the sores and eventually it cleared up, but it took ages, and did not look good on the annual school photo!! My Mum joked that I shouldn't go kissing all the boys. I never had impetigo again, but it didn't stop me from kissing!!!
hi i am 14 years old and ive had problems with impetigo that keeps reacurring over the last 8 months. ive had 4 lots of antibiotics
which seem to do the job at the time but it always seems to come back making my skin look red and raw like a rash(around mouth and under nose) can someone help :(
in the sun when my chest gets sunburned a bit , i get impitigo in a ring on my chest , i went to the pharmesist and she give me some coldsore cream, but every time the sun is out i get it again ,
i also get really bad cold sores with turn a yellowish colour,i have been getting them near anuff all my life , my mum has never had one, its only me and 1 of my sisters that get them, they often spread and get really sore , i normally get them atleast once a month i went to the doctors and they give me some anti-biotics to stop them from coming to often , but they didn't work , is there anything i could do to stop them ?? , xxx
Hello
I had singles on my face when i was 15 for about 3 weeks & told by the doc it occur from stress???? Ever since then iv suffered from really really bad outbreaks of coldsores & impetigo. which i woun't go outside the house with because it's too embrassing & i look like a freak with it.
About 3 weeks ago i had a bad flare up of impetigo & had2 take 2weeks off work because of it i was put on 2 courses of antibiotics & granodin ointment. Even the GP told me it was the worse case he had ever seen!!!
I think the ointment was the best treatment i have ever used for clearing up impetigo as fucidin cream is not strong enough4 severe cases which i get!!!
I wish some1 would invent a vaccination to prevent getting it as it takes over my life when it does occur! i can't go out, i can't sleep with it or shower properly cuz im afraid it will spread & no1 will cum near me with it!! please help!
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