Bad Relationship w/Impetigo

[hugs2day]

my youngest developed impetigo on his hairline at forehead at the start of the year and now my oldest has impetigo on scalp at back of head. The problem for my youngest started several months ago around Februrary and has been cycling. He will get well with 7 days of Keflex and then be well for 4 to 5 days off the keflex and then the impetigo is back. He has a huge yeast issue now so that has thrown gasoline into the fire. The impetigo is clearly a trigger for Pandas he will get intrusive thoughts and cry and scream with terror. Never a friggin break from strep. First years of strep throat then T&A put an end to that and now impetigo is cycling.

 

My oldest had been in remission since January and antibiotic free he is now ticing and back on penn vk and omnicef. he is doing well enough to function though he pulls out of it quick with abx alone.

 

My youngest is relapsing to scary places though. I really need to eradicate this impetigo cycle from his body. I started Diflucan and the herx is too much. had to pull back on the dosage. he has not been on Difilucan since February. I really don't like to use Diflucan but nystatin was not doing enough. If he would eat even a GFCF cookie he would start crying. Ibuprofen and alka seltzer gold are both helping with the herx and provide relief for him.

 

My husband and I are fine no rashes or symptoms of strep. Its just them. I keep a super clean house and use Clorox on all surfaces that strep or staph can live on. My kids have good hygiene daily.

 

Something to note is they both are experiencing stomach pain with the impetigo. Thinking about trying goldenseal.

 

Anyone else have problems with impetigo?

[SSS]

Hi- Sorry no- one replied- how is it going? What's happening with impetigo?

 

My dd developed what looks to me like impetigo on her face yesterday- 1st time dealing with this, waiting to call our Ped.

when they open.

I can't figure out what it is- but I think it's impetigo, and I am trying not to freak out.

[911RN]

my youngest developed impetigo on his hairline at forehead at the start of the year and now my oldest has impetigo on scalp at back of head. The problem for my youngest started several months ago around Februrary and has been cycling. He will get well with 7 days of Keflex and then be well for 4 to 5 days off the keflex and then the impetigo is back. He has a huge yeast issue now so that has thrown gasoline into the fire. The impetigo is clearly a trigger for Pandas he will get intrusive thoughts and cry and scream with terror. Never a friggin break from strep. First years of strep throat then T&A put an end to that and now impetigo is cycling.

 

My oldest had been in remission since January and antibiotic free he is now ticing and back on penn vk and omnicef. he is doing well enough to function though he pulls out of it quick with abx alone.

 

My youngest is relapsing to scary places though. I really need to eradicate this impetigo cycle from his body. I started Diflucan and the herx is too much. had to pull back on the dosage. he has not been on Difilucan since February. I really don't like to use Diflucan but nystatin was not doing enough. If he would eat even a GFCF cookie he would start crying. Ibuprofen and alka seltzer gold are both helping with the herx and provide relief for him.

 

My husband and I are fine no rashes or symptoms of strep. Its just them. I keep a super clean house and use Clorox on all surfaces that strep or staph can live on. My kids have good hygiene daily.

 

Something to note is they both are experiencing stomach pain with the impetigo. Thinking about trying goldenseal.

 

Anyone else have problems with impetigo?

Impetigo can be atypical...Staph or Strep causing it. If you have Impetigo this "resistant" and recurrent...I would suggest having it cultured to make sure you are using correct antibiotic. Are you using any topical creams? Or just using pills by mouth? Along the hairline or in the hair is hard to eradicate because germ likes to hide in hair folllicles. Topicals AND systemic meds are usually needed to eradicate Impetigo. Maybe longer course than 7 days is needed. Try 10-14 days?

 

I don't think this is a cleanliness issue- seems like it has never been fully eradicated and just keeps coming back.

[airial95]

Early on in our PANDAS lives we had issues with impetigo. It is what triggered my son's PANDAS to start with, and we had some nasty bouts that were pretty hard to get rid of. We ultimately had to use both oral abx AND a topical abx to get rid of it (we have used Altabax and Muciroprin for the topicals). Hope this helps.

[SSS]

We got back from our Ped's office - (we are no longer with Kaiser, and this office is, how shall I put this, reasonable, caring, and open minded)

 

Anyway, it is the start of Impetigo on her face- crusted over to the honey colored this morning, slightly spreading- we got full dose Keflex for 10 days, which is not one she has been on, the cream, and an anti-histamine that the Dr. thought might help my dd quell the urge to pick.

 

I wonder how long strep might have been lurking- we never test positive in the throat with dd - never high titers- saw an uptick in OCD a few months ago, did an Azith Z pack (she has had so much Azith, I think it does very little now)

Wax and wane, then, she started picking incessantly at skin moles, added NAC, that went away... so stopped the NAC daily, uptick lately in OCD again,

but, it is manageable OCD at this point in our lives, so ....

Then Impetigo showed up for the first time ever yesterday.

What a long strange trip it's been.

Edited August 1, 2013 by S & S