Impetigo
Impetigo is a very common skin condition which causes sores
and blisters and is most commonly found in children. GPs may prescribe no
treatment (as it usually resolves within 3 weeks), antibiotic cream or tablets.
It is caused by a bacteria entering the skin through a
wound, bite or cut and typically causes raw, blistered skin which weeps and
forms honey-coloured crusts. It is
common on the face in the children.
You can try treating it yourself – remember the rule:
- If there is no change within three days of taking the remedy, stop as its not working and you need a different one.
- If the symptoms clear up – stop taking the remedy.
- If the symptoms get worse, stop the remedy and wait as it is likely to work over the next 2-3 days.
There are lots of remedies which can help, but here are the top 3. If you want to try one of these, you can buy these remedies from Helios Homeopathic Pharmacy online.
I have added pictures purely as a guide - these are not the absolutes of what the skin must look like to prescribe these remedies, but do illustrate how the rash/pustules can vary.
Ant-Crud
- Pustules with thick, hard, honey coloured scabs.
- The skin and pustules feel burning
- The skin feels worse for getting warm and also sensitive to cool baths
- The itching is worse when warm, sore when scratched and at night
Arum-t
- The skin rash is scarlet, raw, itching and bleeding and is in patches on the body
- The skin can peel from around it
- The skin feels better for warmth
Merc
- The pustules become ulcerated with yellowish-brown crusts which leak pus. Alternatively they form spots (vesicles) which weep a honey coloured liquid and can bleed
- The skin is moist, burning and itching and becomes worse from being warm in bed
- The rash starts small and as scattered red spots the size of peas, gradually enlarging in circular shapes and become continuous patches
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