Erysipelas relapse symptoms?

summary

For erysipelas patients, through a period of treatment can basically recover, but after a period of time may also relapse, and there will be a lot of symptoms before the recurrence, if you do not know these symptoms, you can not carry out symptomatic treatment before the recurrence, and after the recurrence may be aggravated. Now I'll talk about erysipelas relapse symptoms?

Erysipelas relapse symptoms?

Before recurrence, there are often active tinea pedis, nasal and oral infection foci and skin trauma history. Before skin lesions appear, there are often chills, fever, headache, nausea, vomiting and other systemic symptoms. Sometimes infants may have convulsions, and the incubation period is generally 2-5 days.

At the beginning, the rash was red, swollen and hard patches, then quickly spread to the surrounding areas and became large scarlet macular lesions. The surface was tense, hot, shiny, slightly high, and the boundary was clear. Later, the lesions extended outward, the Central Red faded to brown yellow, with slight desquamation and obvious tenderness. Blisters or bullous lesions containing serous or purulent secretions are called blisters or bullous erysipelas. When the symptoms are very serious, gangrene can quickly occur in the affected part and become erysipelas gangrenosum. This situation is more common in newborns, mostly from the umbilical or genital department, after rapid expansion, the condition is dangerous, easy to cause sepsis and peritonitis and even death.

The damage can also spread to other places (migratory erysipelas) or occur repeatedly in the primary lesion (recurrent erysipelas). Repeated recurrences are called chronic recurrent erysipelas, and local lymphedema is often secondary. It can occur in any part, especially in calf, face, forearm, hand, foot and baby abdomen. It can also occur in other parts. Local lymph node enlargement. The disease can occur all year round, but it is common in spring and autumn. It is easy to diagnose because of its sharp onset, local redness and swelling, clear boundary, high fever and pain.

matters needing attention

We should actively look for skin lesions that can lead to the entry of pathogenic bacteria, such as scratch, damage or trauma of eczema. Once these skin lesions are found, we should actively treat them. Tinea pedis is the most common, easily neglected and untreated risk factor, which can be the gateway for bacteria to enter the skin. Ask the patient not to dig the nose.