Category Archives: Erysipelas
Erysipelas: Diagnosis and Treatment
How is it diagnosed? The diagnosis is usually established by the symptoms, because the germ does not grow into the lesion, and blood cultures are usually negative. If you do a blood test, data will appear as acute infection, increased white blood cells and erythrocyte sedimentation rate. What is the treatment? – Bed rest – [...]
Symptoms of Erysipelas
What are the symptoms? The onset is sudden, affecting overall, with high fever, chills, vomiting and skin appearance on a plate red, swollen, hot and painful, well-defined. The lesion extends “in flames” with a clear leading edge which causes an elevated and bright. The patient feels tightness in the affected area. As a result of [...]
Erysipelas
What is erysipelas? Erysipelas is an infection of the dermis (middle layer of skin) and subcutaneous tissue (deeper layer of skin) higher, mainly caused by the bacterium Streptococcus beta hemolytic streptococci Sometimes also participates Staphylococcus aureus. In infants, may be due to infection by group B streptococci How is the infection? The germ enters through [...]