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Impetigo Cures

Updated: 10/08/2009

Natural Remedies and Supplements to Treat or Cure a Strange and Antibiotic-Resistant Skin Infection Like Impetigo

"Impetigo (sometimes impetaigo) is a superficial bacterial skin infection most common among children age 2–6 years. People who play close contact sports such as rugby, American football and wrestling are also susceptible, regardless of age. The name derives from the Latin impetere (assail). It is also known as school sores.

Impetigo is usually caused primarily by Staphylococcus aureus, with frequent secondary infection by Streptococcus pyogenes.

According to the American Academy of Family Physicians - Nonbullous impetigo was previously thought to be a group A streptococcal process and bullous impetigo was primarily thought to be caused by S. aureus. Studies now indicate that both forms of impetigo are primarily caused by S. aureus with Streptococcus usually being involved in the nonbullous form.

Scratching may spread the lesions." (Wikipedia)

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COCONUT OIL

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[YEA]  12/29/2008: Sarah from Monrovia, CA USA writes: "Coconut oil work wonders for impetigo. My daughter had impetigo. her doctor prescribed iodine and Bactroban cream which worked well. But recently she has break out on the lips inside the mouth. I tried the cream for a few days, but it does not help much because of the saliva. So I tried coconut oil. Wow, it works so fast! I appllied VCO on her lips just like applying lotion before sleep and the next morning the lesion became black and dried up."

GRAPEFRUIT SEED EXTRACT

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[YEA]  08/08/2008: Zanz from Nelson , New Zealand writes: "i have recently stumbled apon the most fantastic cure all!!!!!! grapefruit seed extract has served as a mirical cure for my double whammy fungal infection which then spawned impetigo! i had been back to the quack 3 times prescribed antibiotics which 1/2 worked but then the sores spread! i was devistated as they were set to take over my whole face! then fate stepped in and handed me a little bottle of GSE whithin 3 days the impetigo was peeling away to reveal beautifull healthy skin underneath and after just 8 days my face was compltetly clear and even the annoying hormonal breakouts i get on the sides of my chin have shown dramatic healing and i mean dramatic! I took GSE internally and i wash my face with it morning and night and put a couple of drops in almond oil as a moisteriser."

[YEA]  10/08/2009: Adela from Sherman Oaks, Ca, USA replies: "Impetigo developed on my face and I have tried so many medicines/crèmes prescribed by doctors even the newest one known as the altabax but nothing worked for months. Lastly I tried grapefruit seed extract by applying it on my impetigo 4 times a week. For me it started to itch really bad exactly where the impetigo was. It started becoming red and when it became too itchy I took it off. During the other days, I washed the impetigo with hydrogen peroxide. I held the cotton soaked with the hydrogen peroxide on my impetigo until the pimples become white. It will burn if you hold it enough and the pimple will become white but if you do this 2 times a day, eventually it will go away. It took me two weeks to remove the impetigo and I'm so happy I cured myself because it looked terrible. After that your skin can be kind of red but eventually it will heal and it will become a new healthy skin."

IVORY SOAP AND CAMPHO-PHENIQUE

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[YEA]  08/10/2007: Elaine from Lubbock, TX writes: "When I was very young, I had impetigo on half of my head. My mother stumbled onto the simplest remedy after all other traditional medical treatments failed. She would wash the area with plain Ivory soap, and then apply Campho-Phenique. The impetigo healed within days, instead of the weeks that she had used the usual prescribed methods of antibiotics and salves. Years later when I had my own daughter, I was trying the usual modern medicine way, the doctor had prescribed gentian violet (which burns like the dickens) and the condition was just spreading. My mother reminded me of how she helped mine to heal and I promptly did as she had, and I am happy to report that the impetigo that I had battle with my daughter for a couple of weeks, was rapidly healed within 48 hours of starting the soap, water and campho-phenique. Sometimes simplicity is the key."

TURMERIC

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[YEA]  02/01/2008: Ang from uckland, New Zealand writes: "Thank you for your wonderful website! I tried your tumeric cure on my 8 1/2 year old son, who just recently had school sores (impetigo), and then started to develop a boil (which is exactly what happened last time he had school sores at age 5 - he then went on to have boils for about 4 months). I gave him a tsp of tumeric in a chocolate milkshake 3 x per day for two days and the boil totally dried up and didn't get big or painful...and, no more boils have developed after 1 week! Awesome!!"

10/03/2009: Deanna from Augusta, Ga replies: "I have tumeric but how much do I use for an adult, also since ACV works on fungus,vbacteria,vand viral can I drink that too? Funny about the ACV my daughter and I can drink it straight, she also drinks vinegar straight. Can you apply ACV to the impetigo? I am tired of battling this."

 

 

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