What is Infentigo? Can get in vaginal area?

Answer 1

The most common form of impetigo is impetigo contagiosa, which usually starts as a red sore on your child's face, most often around the nose and mouth. The sore ruptures quickly, oozing either fluid or pus that forms a honey-colored crust. Eventually the crust disappears, leaving a red mark that heals without scarring. The sores may be itchy, but they aren't painful.

Your child isn't likely to have a fever with this type of impetigo but may have swollen lymph nodes in the affected area. And because it's highly contagious, just touching or scratching the sores can spread the infection to other parts of the body.

Bullous impetigo
Bullous impetigo primarily affects infants and children younger than 2 years. It causes painless, fluid-filled blisters — usually on the trunk, arms and legs. The skin around the blister is usually red and itchy but not sore. The blisters, which break and scab over with a yellow-colored crust, may be large or small, and may last longer than sores from other types of impetigo.

Ecthyma
Ecthyma is a more serious form of impetigo in which the infection penetrates deeper into the skin's second layer (dermis). Signs and symptoms include:

Painful fluid- or pus-filled sores that turn into deep ulcers, usually on the legs and feet
A hard, thick, gray-yellow crust covering the sores
Swollen lymph glands in the affected area
Scars that remain after the ulcers heal

Answer 2

Vaginal Impetigo

Answer 3

Believe me it can. I just got back from a dermatologist because I had been getting the run around from doctors not having any idea what I had. I thought it was an STD or something but luckily it's impetigo so nothing some antibiotics won't clear up.

Answer 4

It is nor restricted to poor and unsanitary as the first answerer said. It is a conditon common in children of ALL economic and cultural backgrounds. Alot of times it starts out as a bug bite and when scratched becomes infected with the germ and it does spread quickly. As to where it will spread I do not know..Kids often pick it up at school or play groups.

Answer 5

Infantigo is actually called Impetigo. It's a skin infection caused by staph or strep bacteria. It's not limited to the poor, unclean or unsanitary people, anyone can get this condition. You can have this rash anywhere on your skin, a doctor needs to be consulted.

Look at this link:

http://www.medicinenet.com/impetigo/article.htm

Answer 6

its impentigo and its pus filled blisters on various areas of the body. i was babysitting a 8 mth. old with it and called the dr. to find out about it. it is contagious if the blisters break or after they break until they heal. you can get it anywhere on the body, and there is medication for it.

Answer 7

Do you mean impetigo? It is a skin disease that affects mostly poor children in unsanitary conditions, and occurs on the face. How would it get near your vagina?