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What Causes A Burn Like Patch On The Skin With Blistered Edges?
My son has a circular burn looking type irritation to his leg, it started about the size of an pencil eraser and is now about the size of a orange in diameter, the edges are blistered and keep peeling causing it to grow, it has been about a week, not sure what this is????
Thu, 30 Oct 2014
Hi
Your son seems to have developed a superficial bacterial infection of skin called impetigo .
Keep the affected area clean and dry .
Wash the affected area with lukewarm saline water twice daily.
Apply a topical antibiotic cream like neosporin or mupirocin over the lesion twice daily.
Do not apply any other cream or oil over the affected area.
Dr Geetika Paul
Your son seems to have developed a superficial bacterial infection of skin called impetigo .
Keep the affected area clean and dry .
Wash the affected area with lukewarm saline water twice daily.
Apply a topical antibiotic cream like neosporin or mupirocin over the lesion twice daily.
Do not apply any other cream or oil over the affected area.
Dr Geetika Paul
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