Many children have severe impetigo because their parents treat it at home.

Bathing in leaf water, applying fig sap, drinking liver detox drink

The girl's mother said that about a week ago, her right hand had blisters that itched uncomfortably, then the blisters burst and spread to other areas. The family went to a private pharmacy to buy oral and topical medications, but the condition did not improve and gradually spread to other areas such as the legs, nose, etc. Hearing from an acquaintance that the girl had shingles, applying fig sap would help cure the disease, the family did so but found it ineffective. The family then took the girl to the Ho Chi Minh City Dermatology Hospital for examination.

A 4-year-old boy (living in Bien Hoa, Dong Nai) came to the clinic with skin abrasions, swelling, and pus on his scalp, which then spread to other areas. The boy had a fever and complained of a headache. The boy's mother said that she had previously gone to a pharmacy and described the boy's symptoms, and the pharmacy staff advised her to take detoxifying and liver-cleansing medicine. However, the boy's condition did not improve, the blisters on his head burst, then spread to other areas of his body.

Similarly, a 5-year-old patient (living in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City) was brought to the clinic by his parents with many skin abrasions in the mouth, hands and feet, yellow fluid oozing, the child was itchy, scratched and uncomfortable. Through medical history, the child's mother said that about 5 days before, the child's hands and feet had small, scattered blisters, the child often scratched, so the mother bought green tea leaves to bathe the child, but the condition did not improve, the blisters broke and spread to many locations in the mouth, abdomen, back...

Impetigo on a child's hand

Increase in children with contagious impetigo during school opening season

On September 18, Master - Doctor Dang Thi Hong Phuong (General Planning Department, Ho Chi Minh City Dermatology Hospital) said that recently the hospital has received many cases of children with impetigo for examination. According to statistics, on average, the hospital receives about 8 children with impetigo every day, many of whom have impetigo spreading to many places due to their parents' subjectivity and self-treatment at home with folk methods such as "khoan huong", bathing with green tea leaves, star fruit leaves, taking liver-cooling and detoxifying medicine, etc.

According to Dr. Hong Phuong, impetigo is a skin infection caused by bacteria and is common in young children. Symptoms of impetigo are the appearance of blisters or vesicles on the skin, which gradually become cloudy, have pus and then burst to form erosions, form characteristic honey-yellow scabs, and quickly spread to the surrounding skin. Common locations of impetigo are on the face, around the nasal cavity, mouth or hands and feet. The disease usually heals within 7-10 days if treated properly.

Doctor examines a child with impetigo

“Impulse can occur at any age, but mostly in preschool children. Impetigo is often confused with other skin diseases. If diagnosed early and treated properly, the disease will heal quickly and leave no scars. Parents who arbitrarily treat it with folk methods such as bathing in herbal water or applying medicine based on word of mouth experience can also make the disease worse, easily causing complications," Dr. Phuong emphasized.

Doctor Phuong said that when seeing children with impetigo, parents need to closely monitor the condition of the injury. If it does not improve or tends to get worse, they need to go to a medical facility with a dermatology specialist for timely consultation and treatment to avoid unfortunate complications. If impetigo is diagnosed early and treated properly, it will heal quickly and leave no scars. However, if left for a long time and treated incorrectly, the infection can become more severe and spread, causing some complications such as staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, cellulitis, sepsis, acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, etc.

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