Treatment of streptoderma at home in children and adults

Streptodermia is an infectious disease. Most often, such a disease affects people with weakened immunity and chronic diseases, as well as children. There are several treatment regimens for this disease, it is possible to treat streptoderma in Home conditions.

Characteristics of streptococcus

The bacterium streptococcus is constantly present on our skin. Thanks to immunity, streptococcus can not penetrate inside and cause inflammation. If there are even minor injuries in the form of scratches on the skin or the immunity is weakened in humans, the bacterium penetrates into the subcutaneous layers.

Streptococcus causes a disease such as streptoderma, treatment, photos, symptoms and diagnosis which are described below. Streptodermia is dangerous because group A streptococcus is pathogenic to the kidneys and heart and can cause allergies or autoimmune diseases.

Curious facts about streptoderma

• In addition to streptoderma, streptococcus is the cause of angina, bronchitis, meningitis and many other diseases.
• Among children's dermatological diseases, the prevalence is dominated by stethoderma.
• Streptococcus causes about half of all skin diseases.
• Streptodermia is more common in southern countries with subtropical and tropical climates.

Dry streptoderma or lichen

Dry streptoderma, the symptoms and treatment of which differ from other forms of the disease, is also caused by the bacterium streptococcus. In the common people it is usually called deprive. It is easy to spread between people. With timely treatment, dry streptoderma will not leave traces on the skin. A positive result in the treatment is given by both medicamental and folk remedies.

From the causes of the disease can be identified insect bites, swimming in the pool with infected water, thin epidermis. Transmitted dry streptoderma can through clothing, hands, toys. In the spring, when immunity decreases and there is not enough vitamins, dry streptoderma is much more common. Home Treatment It is necessary to spend simultaneously with reception of preparations for increase of immunity.

This disease is dry spots up to 5 centimeters in diameter - white or pink, covered with a crust. Most often affected are the face, ears, lower jaw, rarely the disease occurs on the back and legs. Dry streptodermia develops rapidly, body temperature does not increase, itching occurs.

To distinguish dry streptoderma from fungal diseases allows diagnosis by sowing biological material. For treatment, the doctor prescribes a course of antibiotics, vitamins. Affected skin areas are treated with disinfectants - such as fucocin, iodine, zelenka, and then with antibiotic-containing ointments.

Traditional medicine offers many recipes from such a disease as dry streptoderma. Treatment at home can be carried out with alcohol tinctures of elderberry bark, calendula, walnut.

The spots remaining on the skin after recovery, after a while disappear.

Streptoderma in adults

In adults, streptoderma rarely occurs due to skin wounds, but rather it may appear as a secondary infection. It can also be transmitted by contact from infected adults and children, through common things.

In adults, the disease proceeds more easily than in children. In three weeks, streptoderma can pass in adults, whose treatment was performed without medication. The triggered disease can spread all over the skin.

Painful sensations with streptoderma in adults are almost absent, only when the infection gets on ulcers can there be inflammation and fever. In the acute stage of the disease there is itching and burning. In patients with diabetes mellitus, the healing process can last for several months.

The biggest mistake adults make when treating streptodermia is refusal to go to the doctor in favor of self-treatment. As a rule, treatment of streptoderma at home with antibacterial drugs before the diagnosis can change the clinical picture, which subsequently complicates the formulation of an accurate diagnosis.

Treatment should be carried out in a complex way, in the absence of contraindications the physician prescribes physiotherapy procedures. Do not contact chemicals or water.

Treatment in adults

Treatment of streptoderma with folk remedies is often effective. There are several recipes:

• Treatment of affected skin with Tartar juice up to 5 times a day;
• Well-healing compresses from the root of lovage;
• For 3-4 procedures to cope with streptoderma will help wipe the tincture on the water cheeryeritsa;
• Inside 100 ml before meals you can apply the bark of a white willow, boiled in boiling water and infused overnight;
• Strengthen the immunity will help tincture Echinacea - take it should be 10 drops dissolved in 15 ml of water, before eating;
• Celandine juice, lover and marigolds, passed through a meat grinder, squeezed through gauze, it is necessary to mix with vodka in a proportion of 1: 1 and to treat the skin and take it inside after eating;
• To process the damaged skin it is possible tincture Sophora Japanese - for its preparation on 100 ml of alcohol 2 tablespoons of a dry grass are required, it is necessary to insist it in a dark place.

If there are frequent relapses of the disease, it is necessary to consult an immunologist. Treatment of streptoderma in the home should be accompanied by the intake of vitamin complexes and drugs to enhance immunity.

Streptodermia in children

Many parents face streptodermia in children. There are following its varieties:

• A simple face deprive;
• Chronic diffuse streptoderma;
• Vulgar ecthima;
• Face;
• Streptococcal congestion;
• impetigo.

Entire epidemics of streptodermia occur in schools and kindergartens, where infection can occur from a sick child and through toys and general things. The main reason for this outbreak is non-compliance with hygiene rules.

Symptoms of streptoderma in children

In children with streptoderma, there is an increase in lymph nodes, body temperature is low - up to 37.5 °, it can last for a long time. A doctor will confirm the bacteriological culture of scraping and microscopy to confirm the diagnosis, which can be performed only before the beginning of treatment. If prior to going to the doctor to treat the disease used some drugs, microscopic examination will not give accurate results.

Treatment of pediatric streptoderma

If the child's general condition remains normal and the foci of the disease are single, enough local therapy is sufficient to treat it. With a more severe course of the disease, a course of hemotherapy, vitamin preparations, ultraviolet irradiation of blood and damaged skin is used. Therefore, treatment of streptoderma in children in Home conditions is possible only at the initial stage.

Streptococcal jaws on the face are treated with silver nitrate. When the lethargic nature of the course of the disease is prescribed antibacterial drugs with a course of 6 days. Nails should be treated with iodine. For a faster recovery, sulfa drugs are used. All traumas on the skin are disinfected to prevent further infection. During the treatment, all water procedures are canceled, it is possible to use chamomile.

After the treatment of the skin, it is necessary to open with a sterile needle the forming pustules and blisters, which are then treated with a green. After disinfection of the affected skin, a dry bandage with ointment is applied. Often formed crusts are smeared with salicylic vaseline.

Treatment of streptodermia in children at home should be carried out with the obligatory observance of several rules: the sick child should be provided with individual dishes, hygiene products, and linen; The room in which it is located should be regularly ventilated, all the items that it used should be disinfected. In hospitals, the quartz room must be quartzed where the patient is.

A sick child should be dressed in accordance with the temperature regime and clothing made from natural fabrics so that he does not sweat.

Treatment of streptoderma at home in a family where several children, should take place with the mandatory isolation of a sick child.

Prevention of streptoderma

To prevent streptodermia in adults and children, it is necessary:

• Carry out timely treatment of all, even minor, skin wounds;
• Respect the rules of personal hygiene ;
• Timely treat internal diseases;
• Strengthen immunity, play sports, lead a healthy lifestyle.