Impetigo

[lindsaykay]

I received a note from my daughters school today

My daughter is 8 years old and in 3rd grade.


A Note from Your School Nurse:

Subject: Impetigo

This is to notify you that a case of Impetigo has been identified in your childs room at school. Impetigo begins as a "pimple-type" spot or infected sore. It becomes a weepy sore with honey-colores scabs. Without treatment, spreading is usually rapid. (As the spots heal, the skin remains very discolored.) Impetigo most commonly appears on the face, but can be anywhere on the body.

Impetigo is infectious. It is caused by either "Strep" or "Staph" bacteria, and can be spread through personal contact. Symptoms usually appear one to five days following exposure. If you believe your child has the above symptoms, you are advised to call your school nurse or family physician.

If you have any questions, please contact your school nurse.

School Nurse


Wow! This sure does sound like M lessions! I have NEVER heard of Impetigo...and I have been tested for so much crap! I was even told (about a year and a half ago) that the lessions on my face had "Staph". The Dr. claimed my lessions were "self inflicted" from picking at my "Adult Acne" Whatever! I have had MRSA, and MRSA wounds in the past. I was tested weekly for infection during a 6 month period (in 2007) ,while undergoing weekly wound debridments of my abdominal wound (see pics on my profile).....I often tested positive for "Staph" and "Strep"!

Yet I have never heard of Impetigo!

Has anybody else heard of this?

-Lindsay

[scabdraggr]

This may well be the first case of M simultaineously infecting several humans in a closed enviroment.It's speeding up with the amount of victims being affected squaring ever few mths.This may be confirmation of that equation.

[Jo]

There's a possible connection between Morgellons and a number of bacterias - one which is known to be a cause of impetigo - Staphylococcus aureas. If you do a search on MDR for Staphylococcus aureas you should find a number sufferers diagnosed.

Also Dr Wymore found Staph.a in his analysis of samples - it's a common bacteria found in the skin of the general population.

Impetigo lesions and blisters appear to me to look different to morgellon lesions. Some morgellon sufferers' lesions have been thought to be mis diagnosed as impetigo.

Jo

[tcmgpt13]

I had a severe case of impetigo while in the tropics in my early twenties. I believe I caught it by swimming in a pool which was not properly chlorinated. The outbreaks did look a bit like Morgellons lesions and it did clear up quickly with an antibiotic, but I agree with Jo that these outbreaks do not exactly resemble the lesions found in Morgellons. It did spread more quickly than do lesions. Even the pain the impetigo caused was more superficial.