Symptoms of bacterial skin infections

Skin infections are quite common in our daily life, especially bacterial infections, which often cause serious damage to the skin. The hands, face, and neck are the most common sites of skin infection. The most common clinical manifestations are redness, swelling, heat, pain, and pus. That is, the skin will become red, causing swelling, fever, and pain. In severe cases, symptoms of pus and blood will appear.

Symptoms of bacterial skin infections

Bacterial skin diseases can occur on the skin all over the body, most commonly in exposed areas such as the head, face, neck, and hands, and are manifested by redness, swelling, heat, pain, and pus in the affected area. Clinical classification is based on the following methods. 1. According to the bacterial species, it can be divided into coccal and bacillary skin diseases. Bacterial skin diseases are caused by staphylococcal or streptococcal infections and mostly occur on normal skin. Common ones include impetigo, folliculitis, furunculosis, scarlet fever, meningococcal rash, toxic shock syndrome, etc. Skin diseases caused by bacilli often occur on the basis of existing skin lesions, mainly skin tuberculosis and leprosy, and others such as typhoid, paratyphoid, erysipelas, anthrax, plague, etc.

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The principles of treatment are anti-inflammatory, bactericidal, drying and astringent to prevent the spread of inflammation. 1. Topical treatment: Topical application of non-irritating medications that have astringent, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties. When the pustule is large, extract the blister fluid; if the pustule has ruptured and scabbed, it can be cleaned or wet-compressed with potassium permanganate solution or neomycin solution. For those with smaller skin lesions, you can directly use a cotton swab dipped in povidone-iodine solution. For those with larger skin lesions, you can use erythromycin ointment, mupirocin ointment, etc. after local wet compress to relieve pain and promote early healing of the erosion surface. 2. Systemic treatment: Patients with obvious systemic symptoms should take antibacterial drugs in time. If necessary, select sensitive antimicrobial drugs based on the results of bacterial sensitivity tests. If accompanied by fever, antipyretic drugs can be used for treatment