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Impetigo, Infected Sores

Does this describe your symptom?

 
  • Sores smaller than 1 inch in diameter.
  • Often covered by a soft, yellow-brown scab or crust.
  • Scabs may intermittently drain pus.
  • Begin as small red bumps which rapidly change to cloudy blisters, then pimples, and finally open sores which weep.
  • Increases in size (any sore or wound that grows and doesn't heal).
  • Impetigo often spreads and increases in number from scratching.
    Cause
  • Superficial bacterial infections of small breaks in the skin.

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Reviewed/Modified: Sept 2008 by Intermountain Healthcare, Inc.


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