Impetigo Treatment
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To help prevent impetigo, take a bath or shower every day, and always keep your skin clean. If you have cuts or scrapes in your skin, or a poison ivy rash, make sure to keep the area clean and covered.
If you have impetigo, you can prevent spreading the infection by not touching the affected area. You can easily spread the infection from one place on your body to another if you touch the infection then touch somewhere else. To keep impetigo from spreading, it is very important that...
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Impetigo
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Impetigo is a superficial skin infection that occurs in nonbullous and bullous (elevated lesions) forms.Beta-hemolytic streptococcus usually produces... Read more »
Impetigo
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Impetigo is a common skin infection.Causes, incidence, and risk factorsImpetigo is caused by streptococcus (strep) or staphylococcus (staph)... Read more »
Ecthyma
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Ecthyma is a skin infection similar to impetigo. It is often called "deep impetigo" because it occurs deep inside the skin.Causes, incidence, and... Read more »
Scabies
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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