Recurring Impetigo
Has anyone else dealt with a case of impetigo that keeps clearing up but then coming back?
Back in May we took my daughter to Great Wolf Lodge. I bathed her both times we went to the water park but alas 2 days after we got back she came down with a suspicious rash in her armpit. Her pediatrician said it was impetigo and we caught it early. Gave me some topical and oral antibiotics and it cleared up. A week or so later it came back again. I already had the meds on hand so I just quickly started using them again and it cleared up again no problem. It has come back 2 more times since then totaling 4 times.
I got a little worried so I took her to a dermatologist for further evaluation. He said that he thought it was impetigo as well and to do a staph decolonization protocol which I am now in the process of doing. He said if that doesn’t work and it comes back again he’ll have to do a biopsy.
Naturally I cannot get the word “biopsy” out of my head. Has anyone else ever dealt with recurring impetigo that won’t go away. I’m horribly nervous now and very upset.
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My daughter’s is in her armpit. I always catch it so early that she only gets 1 spot
That’s good , my son just started his antibiotics for it . I feel bad for him because it looks like it hurts
My son currently has it he’s almost 4 , got it from Daycare I assume, I had Mrsa really bad and am paranoid about getting it. When I took him his case was only like 3 spots now he has like 7-8 and one is huge above his lip , had to call the dr for oral antibiotics because he’s also running a fever which not sure if it goes along with it or not . I also am washing everything of his that he’s rubbed close to face blankets , pillows etc