Yesterday I was in trauma stage, seeing Ian suffered (screamed, yelled, cried, kicked, wrestled) at the clinic. I did not ask much about Ian’s injury.
Today, I went to the clinic again - Isabel’s turn. She has caught a cold. I took the opportunity to ask the doctor again about Ian’s injury. So I learnt a new term - Impetigo.
Apparently this Impetigo is a common skin infection amongst kids 2-6 years old. The cause of it is bacteria Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes.
There are 3 types of Impetigo, and I believe what Ian got was the 3rd type - Ecthyma, the more serious type. The infection penetrates deep into the skin’s second layer. Ian’s wound fit into most of the described symptoms:
- Painful fluid and pus-filled deep ulcers
- Hard yellow crust covering the ulcers
- Very itchy
Doctor said it is contagious if come in skin contact, if other kids have open wounds or insect bites. It also spreads when the kid scratches. In Ian’s case, I believe he scratched the area because he complaint of itchiness.
Doctor also said that, some strains are even more ‘wild’, which could attack the internal organs like kidney. And some of the strains cause the rare and scary Flesh Eating Disease or “Necrotizing fasciitis”.
In Ian’s case, the treatment is easy - just need to clean thoroughly and apply antibacterial cream. This morning the red spots seem not spreading any more. He keeps complaining of itch. Pity boy…
Yesterday I was in trauma stage, seeing Ian suffered (screamed, yelled, cried, kicked, wrestled) at the clinic. I did not ask much about Ian’s injury.
Today, I went to the clinic again - Isabel’s turn. She has caught a cold. I took the opportunity to ask the doctor again about Ian’s injury. So I learnt a new term - Impetigo.
Apparently this Impetigo is a common skin infection amongst kids 2-6 years old. The cause of it is bacteria Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes.
There are 3 types of Impetigo, and I believe what Ian got was the 3rd type - Ecthyma, the more serious type. The infection penetrates deep into the skin’s second layer. Ian’s wound fit into most of the described symptoms:
- Painful fluid and pus-filled deep ulcers
- Hard yellow crust covering the ulcers
- Very itchy
Doctor said it is contagious if come in skin contact, if other kids have open wounds or insect bites. It also spreads when the kid scratches. In Ian’s case, I believe he scratched the area because he complaint of itchiness.
Doctor also said that, some strains are even more ‘wild’, which could attack the internal organs like kidney. And some of the strains cause the rare and scary Flesh Eating Disease or “Necrotizing fasciitis”.
In Ian’s case, the treatment is easy - just need to clean thoroughly and apply antibacterial cream. This morning the red spots seem not spreading any more. He keeps complaining of itch. Pity boy…