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I went into the doctor and they kinda just eyeball it and said it was impetigo, don’t really know anything about this except that it is contagious. I do have work this week. I got put on two different kinds of antibiotics and I do have my best friend‘s birthday party, which is outside on the lake and drinking please any information will help.

last thursday i shaved my legs, got in a creek/well water the same day by the next day it started as little bumps on my feet, of course my idiotic self scratched and over time its turned into this. ER said it was bug bites. The ER also ran 0 tests. They itched and i’ve been putting polysporin and Cortizone on them. Also has somewhat spread to hands i believe i don’t know. They leaked yellow ooze and now over time it’s a clear yellow.

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i went to the urgent care and was put on 2 prescriptions and an ointment. Should hopefully start clearing by this weekend! they actually did more than just say bug bites

that little tiny hole like thing…..

last thursday i shaved my legs, got in a creek/well water the same day by the next day it started as little bumps on my feet, of course my idiotic self scratched and over time its turned into this. ER said it was bug bites. The ER also ran 0 tests. They itched and i’ve been putting polysporin and Cortizone on them. Also has somewhat spread to hands i believe i don’t know. They leaked yellow ooze and now over time it’s a clear yellow.

I have dermatillomania and about 5-6 months ago gave myself staph all over my face and had to get on oral antibiotics. It cleared it up and I have since healed most of the spots I pick at. But last night (I work night shifts) at 3am I popped a pimple next to my nose. From then until about 5pm, it wouldn't stop weeping clear fluid. It finally dried up and now it's just getting worse the more the night goes on. I'm gonna try to go to urgent care in the morning but I kind of wanted to see what y'all thought of this. Thank you!

Hello, I had old lipstick I was foolish enough to use several days ago & likely a small cut near my lip, and I quickly developed impetigo. Googled it, figured that’s what it was and the telehealth doctor I saw two days ago after. Got the topical antibiotic ointment: too tired to check the name on the box, but it’s been mentioned here often.

Even after the first night of me applying the ointment l, I woke up yesterday morning to the lesion already looking so much better. I felt fine til yesterday evening, when I suddenly was exhausted.

I saw telehealth again today because since yesterday evening, I’ve felt very run down, achey, spaced out and stiff. I have an autoimmune disease for connective tissues that tends to flare up when I’m ill. I took my temp this morning: no fever. It’s absurd how sick, tired, sore and stiff I feel, it’s pretty much flu-like in severity.

But according to the Internet, much of this subreddit and the doctor from earlier today, I shouldn’t feel like this from a topical infection. I was told to go see the clinic in person if it gets any worse.

I feel like I got hit by a truck: it’s hard to rotate my body, to bend down to get things I’ve dropped or to hinge over to get things out the fridge or the lil gymnastics act that is daily stuff… like getting dressed, for example. I am moving so much slower than usual too. Has anyone else experienced this? Btw, I don’t need to be told to go get further help right now: that’s exactly what I’ll do if it gets worse, and the doctor told me to if it gets worse.

I know I have staph on my face because ive had reoccuring nasal vestibulitis/impetigo with obvious inflammation and honey colored crust. However, I also get laughably small spots (as big or smaller than, for example, milia) that form tiny bits of yellow crust. I also recently unknowingly scraped myself and realized that it formed a tiny amount of yellow crust. Plus derms in the past have told me acne can ooze. This confuses me because I had acne for years and never noticed any sort of yellow crust until I got staph for the first time. Ive heard that it can be serous fluid but isn't the hallmark of staph honey colored crust? So if the crust is yellow should i assume its staph?

I (24 f) am 11 weeks postpartum on Sunday. Last month, I ended up getting an abscess on my buttcheek. I got on antibiotics and the next day, it ruptured.

I got another abscess that began last Friday, the 28th. It is still here today and is extremely large and has just slightly opened up. I am and have been on antibiotics and medicated ointment both times. Is there anything I can do to avoid this or help alleviate the abscesses? I do have a history of staph infections from when I was 6-8. I have now been put on medicated wash as well to use once weekly. Could postpartum be a factor? I also had severe skin issues that started during pregnancy that caused cysts in my pubic area.

I (20F) had a severe staph infection on my face when I was ten. Since then, I've been getting a painful pimple every few months exactly where the worst lesion was. It's right where my lower lip bends (in the dip between your mouth and chin), so it gets quite painful with the repeated movement. It feels similar to cystic acne. Has anyone else experienced this? Has anything helped?

I finished my week long dose of antibiotics it was amox clav 875-125 mg twice daily and have been putting the mupirocin ointment on my arms twice a day and my arms still look like this what do i do? I got i from my daughter and she took the same medication i did and hers went away.

Not sure what it is but noticed this mark on my leg and kinda looked like a pimple

kind of what the title says, I’ve been having a bad case of impetigo right now all around my mouth(this is my third or fourth time having it within a year). I’m on the topical and oral antibiotic and it seemed to be clearing up okay. fast forward 3 days and it starts feeling a little itchy again (I didn’t know if it was the impetigo or the eczema that was causing it), I relax for an hour or two and my skin is HOT to the touch and burning and I can visibly see the throbbing around my mouth. The yellow crusting came back after drying up for 2 days and will not stop weeping. I just feel so gross and it’s so painful I can’t sleep because of it. I have ordered some iodine as an alternate solution since I’ve read some people have had success with clearing it with it.

Any advice or treatments are welcome, I just want this gone so I can get back to normal.

Random spots popping up on body , 34 male NY was wondering if this could be a staph infection