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Posted: April 23 2010 at 1:41pm | IP Logged Quote violingirl
Does anyone have any suggestions for dealing with impetigo without using antibiotics?

My youngest son is dealing with impetigo for the 4th time this year. He always gets it at the tail end of a cold- usually the skin around his nose has broken open becaus eof the nose wiping and he ends up with impetigo on much of his nose and upper lip.

I've been trying to use neosporin as soon as the skin starts to look a little raw, even before it breaks open, but it hasn't helped to prevent it. Plus, he's only 2 so getting him to stop touching his nose is a difficult thing to do. We did have some success with putting a bandaid over it the other day as far as keeping his hands away from the area.

Does anyone have any ideas, either preventative or for once his skin is infected?



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Posted: April 23 2010 at 7:58pm | IP Logged Quote SeaStar
Is there some type of medicated soap you could use... maybe something with chlorhexiderm or another antiseptic in it?

Skin issues like that are always tricky... poor guy!

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Posted: April 23 2010 at 8:01pm | IP Logged Quote SeaStar
Dr. Sears
has some good info and ideas at his website. I always check there first when I have a tricky problem.

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Posted: April 23 2010 at 8:46pm | IP Logged Quote violingirl
Thank you very much, Melinda! That link was full of good stuff. I really appreciate it. :)

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