If an adult is diagnosed with impetigo, general treatment and medication are needed.
1. General treatment: patients with impetigo need to pay attention to skin hygiene, keep the skin clean, and avoid scratching the pustules with hands. Some patients also need appropriate isolation treatment, and the contaminated clothes and environment should be disinfected in time to reduce the spread of the disease.
2. medication: when the pustules are not broken, patients can use 10% glycerine lotion, and the pustules should be extracted when the pustules are large. When the pustules are broken, patients can use 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution or 0.5% neomycin solution to clean and apply wet compresses, and then use mupirocin ointment, fusidic acid cream and other antibiotics to control the infection.
In addition to medication, people with impetigo can also take oral penicillin, clindamycin and other antibiotics.
It is recommended that those who are diagnosed with impetigo adjust their mindset and actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment, rather than indiscriminately using medication or prescriptions on their own.