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skin disease impetigoDiagnosis-
The ordinary case is easily diagnosed, but the circulate type is sometimes mistaken for ringworm. In the latter the ring is nearly always made up of a number of minute individual vesicles or pustules, while in impetigo it consists of the continuous edge of one large vesicle whose center has disappeared. A very acute impetigo involving practically the whole of both sides of the face almost symmetrically may be extremely difficult to diagnose from an acute weeping eczema of the face. It is difficult to give any exact criteria by which diagnosis may be made, but help may sometimes be obtained from the history-impetigo usually starting on one side and spreading, while eczema, usually starts symmetrically on both sides. The presence elsewhere of characteristic lesions of one or other disease would of course help in the diagnosis.
Treament-
The average case of impetigo can be cured in a week to ten days with local antibiotics such as neomycin or soframycin. Heavy crusting should be gently removed by bathing with warm water and the ointment gently smeared on thrice daily.