SKIN INFECTIONS: IMPETIGO

Now let’s turn to some specific skin infections. Lately I have noticed a gradual increase in Impetigo. The lesions of this contagious skin infection are characterised by thin, rolled vesicles or pustules, in a thick superficial crust, often caused by haemolytic streptococcus and staphylococcus influences. To my mind impetigo is caused more often nowadays by a faulty diet than by poor hygienic management. In hot climates impetigo problems seem to be becoming more common and there I think the causes lie in diet and hygiene in equal importance. Fortunately, impetigo can be cleared relatively easily, as long as the right measures are taken.

With children in particular, one should look at the child’s constitutional condition and likely causes will be malnutrition or a poorly balanced diet. Introduce plenty of fruit and vegetables into the diet and consider substituting cow’s milk with goat’s milk. Try to make the child eat raw food, such as salads, although I admit that this may not be so easy in younger cildren. Added to this, bathing in Epsom Salts baths and the use of Echinaforce, Violaforce and Urticalcin, makes a very good all-round treatment to clear impetigo.

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