Mupirocin for impetigo

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Avatar m tn 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.
Avatar n tn 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.
Avatar m tn Last year I had an outbreak on my lips and my doctor said it was impetigo. They put me on an oral antibiotic but then the symptoms did not subside after a few days leading them to think it was HSV1 and they prescribed Valtrex. After a few days and some rest it went away and scabbed over. Note: The bumps on my lips went across the entire lip, oozed a yellowish- clear liquid, and then scabbed and healed.
Avatar f tn I have impetigo and have been treating it with Mupirocin ointment. It was continuing to spread so I went back to the doctor and was prescribed Doxycycline. I've been on the oral antibiotics for 48 hours but still have little blisters popping up on my hands and arms (and just noticed today a couple on my stomach). They're little and stay little (about the size of a grain of rice), not like the large ones I had on my face and neck that showed up and became pea sized in a single day.
Avatar m tn 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.
Avatar m tn s addressing the infection as it should, but the itching will be uncomfortable for a bit. You can call the doctor and ask if there is anything you can take for the itch specifically.
Avatar m tn 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.
5123318 tn?1417395836 For 18 years, I've had impetigo chronically. I can rarely make it 10 days without an outbreak. It is so bad in my eyelids that I can no longer read, look at a cell phone, watch tv, etc. If I look at a cell phone to type 5 text messages in one day, I will have outbreaks. I've taken dozens of antibiotics. The only things that have helped have been cutting out citrus fruit. But I starve myself out of fear that food may be causing this.
Avatar m tn I can't really see the red spots in the picture, but I'm guessing its impetigo. It's either just impetigo or it's bullous impetigo ( if it's real bad ) my daughter had the same thing and had to have a biopsy done to figure out what it was for sure. she had seen 4 different doctors who said it could be follicilitis. hers were red pimples with a little red rash around it and some have whiteheads in the center.
Avatar n tn Anyway, it turns out to be impetigo! (Not very fun!) I have a prescription for anitbiotics and a cream. It is very uncomfortable, and from what I understand, highly contagious. Do you have any advice about minimizing the spread? I'm wearing clean clothes, and using clean sheets, clean towels, etc. I've also been avoiding makeup and scratching the sores but every time I accidentally bump one I'm afraid it's going to spread!
Avatar n tn I was wondering if it is impetigo, and if so, how do I treat it so close to his eye with him wearing glasses? I have never seen impetigo. The only thing I know about it is what I have read on this website. Any info would really help.
Avatar f tn 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...
Avatar m tn I've been suffering with a very strange skin infection for the past 6 months. In October 2009, I caught a very bad case of impetigo, and was given antibiotics to combat it. In a couple weeks it cleared up, but in less than a week after treatment my skin broke out with these oozing, golden crusts once again. The dermatologist I was seeing prescribed all sorts of antibiotics to try to cure me, but all served to be only temporarily effective.
Avatar m tn When I went to the doctor he prescribed my mupirocin to apply topically three times a day for 2 weeks. After 3 weeks the rash looks smaller and not crusty, but it was still there. I went back to then doctors office, but this time had a different one (a huge mistake). This new doctor said it was ring worm and gave me ketoconazole. After two weeks it did absolutely nothing and so i went back, this time with pictures. A new (again) doctor told me it was indeed impetigo, and gave me cephalexin.
Avatar m tn Wash your hands and anything you touch including the water tap, towels etc. If it is a large area then you may need to have oral antibiotics. For impetigo they probably don't have to culture it but it is best to see a doctor. It is pretty easily spread to others. So, be careful not to touch the area and touch others.
Avatar m tn i had similar symptoms. i think it may be impetigo. i was prescribed mupirocin 2%. You're supposed to use the cream 3 times a day for 10 days straight. I messed up and stopped after 3 days because i thought i was better but then the red bumps came back but this time on my lower lip. It had first started on the left corner and then the top left side of my lip.
Avatar f tn 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.
Avatar m tn t helping, so I returned, and my doctor assured me that my Impetigo was cured and I just needed to wait for the blisters/ulcers to heal. Though, he did give me an extension for my Keflex subscription anyway. Two weeks later, I returned again. This time I was prescribed Minocycline (oral; once a day) and Fucidin cream (topical). After ten days of trying this, it didn't seem to be helping either.
Avatar n tn Hi guys. I have a similar problem that I can only describe as chronic/recurring impetigo that's been going on for more than 3 years now. Areas of my face and scalp would develop into tiny blisters, and then break out and ooze a wierd yellowy liquid that would crust over and become hard.
Avatar n tn It will crust, but not honey in color, just quasi crust. FOR WEEKS!! It will not heal. Finally after a year (of always having at least 1 sore on my face, during the summer as many as 8 small ones at a time) of trying to battle what I thought was adult on set acne, I saw a dermatologist who said he thought it my be impetigo/ecythyma. I was but on Bactroban cream and after about 8 weeks, most sores cleared up. However, the damn things come back. Question 1.
Avatar n tn 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.
Avatar f tn He may have given you Levofloxacin. Not sure. Also not sure why he gave you the steroid. It is really not good as it lowers your immunity. It does kind of hype you up though but it is good for lowering inflammation. Since it isn't on the inside I don't know I wouldn't have wanted a steroid shot. Maybe he gave you anti-fungal cream because he thought you had a yeast too? If so you may have a yeast in the urinary tract? I don't know without a culture.