I am not a doctor, but since you started going through this symptom after taking the medication, and because of what the symptom is, I am thinking it is the antibiotic doing this.
You should see your doctor and let him/her know what has happened. They should have a test for you to see for sure if this is the problem. If it's not (which I doubt) they will be able to help anyways for the problem.
So, impetigo isn't really something you treat with over the counter products. It typically requires a prescription from a doctor of a topical antibiotic (like a cream you put on) or a pill if it is systemic (through body). It's basically a staph or strep infection of the skin. And it IS contagious. It's important he receive prompt attention (especially since you are mentioning his eye lid involved) but it needs to be a prescription of antibiotics from a doctor.
Back in May my left cheek hurt for a few minutes and then swelled up, and stayed swollen for days. I was told by an urgent care doc it was probably a virus, and I did get a bad sore throat & tonsil which were very swollen and red. Also had fatigue, muscle aches, slight fever of 99.0 to 99.6 and earaches. After a month I was still sick, so my regular GP gave me a strep test, blood work and UA, all came back fine.
Earlier this afternoon (july 7th), i ended up going to urgent care and the doctor said i had impetigo, and he wrote me up a prescription for antibiotic ointment (Mupirocin Ointment USP, 2%) and sent me on my way.
I still have some questions though!
1.) i read that impetigo is highly contagious. How contagious is it? i always wash my hands after i apply the ointment, and I don't touch the area at all, except when im putting the ointment on.
2.
Hi
Are you taking any medications for this? With the way you describe the skin condition, this sounds like impetigo. "Impetigo starts as a red sore that quickly ruptures, oozes for a few days and then forms a yellowish-brown crust that looks like honey or brown sugar. The disease is highly contagious, and scratching or touching the sores is likely to spread the infection to other parts of the body as well as to other people."
Source:http://www.mayoclinic.
I did, and he, unbelievably, diagnosed impetigo (I had not been near any children). I was very ill for about 7 days with a fever, chills, muscle pain etc. I had no proper medication, just an anti-histamine.
Sometime later, I saw my then gastroenterology and showed him a photo of the lesions and he (wrongly) diagnosed Sweet's Syndrome.
My daughter had impetigo several weeks back. She was treated with a cream and oral antibiotics. The area has healed. However, she has and pigmented discolored area exactly the same size as where her impetigo spot was. Will this go away? How long will it take? Is this normal and is there anything we can do to help this area return to its natural skin color.
I just recently noticed a small area inside my right nostril that appears to either be impetigo or a cold sore. This looks like a cold sore, but after reading on internet, it sounds like odds are it is more likely impetigo. It started as a pimple like lesion and looks more like a flat/slightly raised brown crusty lesion? Please help me figure this out, or give me more info on what this could be, so I know whether to go right in to see a doctor. Thank you.
I am worried because I went out in the sun for about 4 weeks straight after the impetigo cleared up and that is why i think the hyper pigmentation change will be permanent. I got Impetigo the first week of April, and its now the end of May, so it has been 8 weeks and the red marks are still there and are very pinkish/redish in color. Therefore, my questions are,
1) Is this color change normal after impetigo?
2) Will this pigment change go back to its original color ?
You can take a duo test right now since it is after 28 days for a conclusive result. Impetigo is highly infectious and you interact with others so there is no reason to try to narrow it down to her.
Everyone posts their ARS symptoms here but so far no one has had ArS since I have been here, so doctors don't diagnose from symptoms, just tests.
As an Asian I have very smooth skin. however 5 months ago I was told that I had impetigo. I had some antibacterial cream prescribed and a cream to get rid of the flaky skin that comes impetigo. It has been 5 months and I still have some bumps. They aren't impetigo, ( no leaking), but these are abnormally large lumps on my skin. The would cluster and would look like acne. but when I pop them only blood comes out.
Your child should be kept out of school until he has been on treatment for 24 hours with oral antibiotics or 48 hours with antibiotic ointment alone. For mild impetigo treated with an antibiotic ointment, the child can continue to attend day care or school if the sore is covered with a Band-Aid."
Do kee us posted on your doubts and progress.
Earlier this afternoon (july 7th), i ended up going to urgent care and the doctor said i had impetigo, and he wrote me up a prescription for antibiotic ointment (Mupirocin Ointment USP, 2%) and sent me on my way.
I still have some questions though!
1.) i read that impetigo is highly contagious. How contagious is it? i always wash my hands after i apply the ointment, and I don't touch the area at all, except when im putting the ointment on.
2.
2 weeks ago, I was diagnosed with Impetigo and Folliculitis, most likely caused by the same bacteria living on my body. The doctor diagnosed the Impetigo by looking at it, and he prescribed me Doxycycline and Muporocin (SP?) After a few days, the Impetigo began to clear up. It was in the left corner of my lip. There is still a bit of redness there, but nothing else and no irritation. The folliculitis was on my head, back, different areas of my thighs, and occasionally my chest.
Which I am sceptical because when I took Amoxicillin it was 1 a day pill for a week and as soon as i took it the bacteria was going away. Now I've taken Clindamycin like 5 times, because it's 1 pill ever 6 hours. There is 28 pills in total. But I don't see the bacteria fading, like the Amoxicillin.
Due to a recent oral sex encounter, I got tested for gonorrhea and chlamydia in the throat. Those swabs were done with the Aptima Combo 2 Assay and came back negative. I took azithromycin and rocephin injection as a precaution (before the swab results came back), and am currently taking Augmentin to get rid of the strep. I was feeling fine and healed until yesterday when my throat started to hurt again.
I told her mother that she should take my daughter to her Dr. and ask her to examine her for impetigo. I haven't heard back from her whether she has or not. I will follow up. I will say with certainty that the spot my daughter had was EXACTLY what I had on my face. I appreciate your response and maybe I just need to be a bit more patient. I'm still taking the antibiotics, as the Dr. gave me a month's supply (3 per day, 30 days), with one refill available.
I'm 19 years old and I have had impetigo around my mouth for over two months now and nothing seems to help it. Ive been on three rounds of Flucloxacillin and have also been using Fucidin cream alongside it, but nothing has cured it. It seems to get better to the point that it is almost completely gone, but then I go to bed and wake up the next day and the thick crust has returned.
t remember when they developed first but I think it was as a result of an impetigo infection 3 years ago (which i took oral antibiotics for and cleared up). However not all the areas affected by the impetigo left marks. Since that initial impetigo infection I've had it a few times more (unusual I think?) but no scarring etc. occurred any of those times.
They don't seem to be scars as my facial hair is growing through them.
Is this usual or unusual for bullous impetigo? Also, are the sore spots in my hair that look like crusty flakes on my scalp sebhorriec dermatitis or psoriasis or maybe it's something else?? Why do you think the impetigo keeps coming back because from the things that I read it's supposed to be curable and once cured you don't have to worry about it coming back to haunt you again, is it?? Any thoughts...
Hi,
This could be a bacterial skin infection like Impetigo or an allergic reaction. Impetigo is a superficial skin infection, caused by staphylococcus ("staph") and streptococcus ("strep") bacteria. Though it is more common in children it can be seen in adults.
The non-bullous variety is the common form, caused by both staph and strep. It appears as small blisters or scabs, which then form yellow or honey-colored crusts. These often start around the nose and on the face.
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