Erysipelas is an infectiousskin disease of bacterial nature caused by hemolytic streptococcus of group A, which is accompanied by severe intoxication and inflammatory phenomena on the skin.
The causative agent (hemolytic streptococcus) causesand other diseases, for example, angina, but not all people who have had a sore throat develop erysipelas. The cause may be reduced immunity, allergic reactions to staphylococcus, a predisposition to this disease and many other factors.
Infection occurs more often by contact, throughsmall lesions in the skin, scrapes, since the pathogen is constantly on the surface of the skin, but only acquires pathogenic properties under favorable conditions.
It is possible to infect from the outside through unprocessed medical instruments, and there is also a lymphogenous pathway (with recurrent erysipelas).
Localization of erysipelas can be different: the face, neck, trunk, but most often the lower extremities (shins) are affected.
Erysipelas inflammation of the legs symptoms.
The incubation period is several days(usually 3-4 days), although the symptoms can develop within a few hours. In terms of severity, light, medium and heavy face are distinguished. Localization: localized, widespread and metastatic. By the nature of the flow: erythematous, erythematous-bullous, erythematous-hemorrhagic and bullous.
Primary erysipelas begins with acuteincrease in body temperature to 39-40 degrees, symptoms of intoxication (headache, weakness, pain in the muscles). At a severe degree, symptoms such as seizures, nonsense, nausea, vomiting, etc. can be observed.
By the end of the first day, and sometimes the next daysymptoms of inflammation of the skin integrate: redness, burning sensation and skin flushing, local fever (the limb is hot to the touch), accompanied by swelling.
If the infection is located on the face, swelling and redness strongly disfigure the appearance, resulting in the disease and received its name.
Воспаленный участок кожи имеет ярко красный цвет, clearly localized edges with elevations (inflammatory shaft) along the periphery, often inflammation is compared with the tongues of the flame. Acute erysipelatous inflammation lasts from five to fifteen days, after which the inflammatory phenomena begin to abate, and skin peeling occurs. Pigmentation of the skin remains at the site of the lesion.
With a more severe course of the disease,exfoliate the epidermis (the top layer of the skin) and fill with serous contents with the formation of blisters (erythematous-bullous form) or hemorrhagic contents (bullous-hemorrhagic form). After transferring such forms of inflammation, trophic, long-lasting non-healing ulcers may appear.
If the recurrence of erysipelas begins after an acute illness for two years, then they speak of recurrent erysipelas.
How to treat erysipelatous foot inflammation?
Treatment of erysipelatous foot inflammation shouldbegin with a decrease in body temperature with antipyretics. Further treatment of erysipelatous foot inflammation is done only under the supervision of a physician. Since the inflammation is bacterial in nature, it is treated with antibiotics, respectively. Therapy is usually carried out with penicillin-type drugs (penicillin, bicillin-5) in large doses, with a course of 7-10 days. With often recurrent erysipelas, antibiotic therapy is treated with erysipelas with the help of hormones (prednisolone).
Also, treatment of erysipelatous foot inflammation involves local treatment with solutions of antiseptics (furacilin solution).
