Savannah
20-09-11, 14:31
I suffer with cystic acne from time to time. About 2 weeks ago I had about 3 spots pop up, one near my eye/top of nose and 2 at side of my mouth/chin They were the usual hard lumps, that balloon and sometimes get a yellow head. After 10 days of using TCP liquid and my Zineryt antibiotic topical acne treatment from GP they got little yellow heads on them that oozed yellow fluid. That happened over the weekend, they felt very swollen and sore.
I decided to see GP yesterday as I felt the ZIneryt wasn't helping at all, it was just drying them out even more. My GP said that they had a secondary infection, he thought the spots had become infected so gave me Fusidic acid cream. He asked if any of my children have impetigo, they haven't and he said it won't be that then, it will be my spots.
I went home and googled pictures of impetigo and the symptoms and scared myself that I had it after reading that in rare circumstances it can lead to septicemia. Trust me to go looking, I very rarely google as I know it can be dangerous, but I didn't think Impetigo was anything but a mild skin condition
The GP said in 2 days I should notice a difference, but I am seeing him next Monday if no better. I am just worried now it is impetigo, because why would he have asked if the children ahd it if he thought it was just my spots? My friends have had it in the past and they said my spots do not look like it as it is very itchy and the crusts are very hard and golden. Where as mine are raised red hard lumps that keep getting heads on them. Yes they go scabby but after using all the Zineryt and TCP liquid I thought it was just dry skin, as do my friends but I can' t help but worry why GP said that. They don't itch at all either, is that a good sign I don't have it?
I have a fear of blood poisoning so this has knocked my anxiety a bit.
Any words of wisdom?
I decided to see GP yesterday as I felt the ZIneryt wasn't helping at all, it was just drying them out even more. My GP said that they had a secondary infection, he thought the spots had become infected so gave me Fusidic acid cream. He asked if any of my children have impetigo, they haven't and he said it won't be that then, it will be my spots.
I went home and googled pictures of impetigo and the symptoms and scared myself that I had it after reading that in rare circumstances it can lead to septicemia. Trust me to go looking, I very rarely google as I know it can be dangerous, but I didn't think Impetigo was anything but a mild skin condition
The GP said in 2 days I should notice a difference, but I am seeing him next Monday if no better. I am just worried now it is impetigo, because why would he have asked if the children ahd it if he thought it was just my spots? My friends have had it in the past and they said my spots do not look like it as it is very itchy and the crusts are very hard and golden. Where as mine are raised red hard lumps that keep getting heads on them. Yes they go scabby but after using all the Zineryt and TCP liquid I thought it was just dry skin, as do my friends but I can' t help but worry why GP said that. They don't itch at all either, is that a good sign I don't have it?
I have a fear of blood poisoning so this has knocked my anxiety a bit.
Any words of wisdom?