When Old Sid was young he can remember kids suffering from impetigo running around with blue dye on their heads and arms. What happened to that disease?
2006-09-29 05:10:14 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
Yep its still around and still very contagious. Lots of kids where I work get it, I work in a very underprivellaged area!
2006-09-29 06:24:45 · answer #1 · answered by hypercb1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember it well from when I was a child & when my son was about 3 [he's 19 now] we were swimming one day & a lady scratched him as she swam passed, that night it looked like a cigarette burn & within 24hrs it was all down one side of his back, not because we ignored it but because the dr gave him the wrong treatment. I think it's possibly something to do with a low immune system & although we don't see so much of it these days I'm sure it's still around.
2006-09-29 13:08:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's still around
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=images&fr=ks-ques&va=impetigo&imgsz=all&vf=all&ei=UTF-8
I'm not sure what the blue dye you refer to is, but my son had a mild case of it a few years ago.
http://dermnetnz.org/bacterial/impetigo.html
2006-09-29 05:27:15 · answer #3 · answered by shellbugger 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is around just not treated with blue dye.
2006-09-29 05:30:05 · answer #4 · answered by JS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's still around but now it's less common.
2006-09-29 05:15:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work with kids and its still around and highly contagious
2006-09-29 05:18:43 · answer #6 · answered by Lou 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its still arond but I think abetter diet and way of life has eradicated a lot of things ie scurvy ect
2006-09-29 09:17:23 · answer #7 · answered by rosydog2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is still with us , but is treated with antibiotics now not gentian violet (blue dye)
2006-09-29 05:24:01 · answer #8 · answered by Jane S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is still around, i think it is just less frequent with more awareness of how to prevent it.
2006-09-29 05:18:31 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is still around but not as much
2006-09-29 10:08:12 · answer #10 · answered by pat e 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋