Impetigo
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Clinic
- Impetigo is a bacterial infection that involves the superficial skin esp yellowish crusts on the face, arms, or legs
- Less commonly there may be large blisters on groin or armpits
- The lesions may be painful or itchy
Causes
Types
- Contagious / Nonbullous impetigo : This is most common form of impetigo, also called, often begins as a red sore near Nose / Mouth which soon breaks, leaking pus or fluid, and forms a honey-colored scab, followed by a red mark which often heals without leaving a scar. Sores are not painful, but they may be itchy. Lymph nodes in the affected area may be swollen, but fever is rare. Touching or scratching the sores may easily spread the infection to other parts of the body.
- Bullous impetigo: Painless, fluid-filled blisters, mostly on Arms/ Legs /Trunk, surrounded by red and itchy (but not sore) skin. The blisters may be large or small. After they break, they form yellow scabs
- Ecthyma: It is nonbullous form of impetigo, produces painful fluid- or pus-filled sores with redness of skin, which become deep ulcers. After breaking open, they form hard, thick, gray-yellow scabs / Cicatrix. Ecthyma may be accompanied by swollen lymph nodes in the affected area.[11]
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