Given the fact that anyone can have a staph infection, and most importantly children, I decided to talk about signs, symptoms, prevention and treatment for it. So, let’s start by answering the main question: what is it? The staph skin infection is the one caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, which many healthy people carry on their skin and in their noses without getting ill. I am not sure if you have heard this before but as human beings we carry on thousands of bacteria, sometimes more than some animal species. However, when our skin is punctured or broken, staph bacteria can enter the wound and cause infections, which can lead to other health problems and that is what we are going to review today in this article. Since they cause a lot of health problems that we are about to discuss, you can help prevent staph skin infections in your family members by cheering them to follow regular hand washing and daily bathing, and by keeping areas that have been cut clean or covered. This is because a bacterium takes advantage of cut skin areas to enter inside your body and start causing harm inside cells, then tissues and make the experience really annoying.
The staph bacteria can spread through the air, on contaminated surfaces, and from one person to the other. Kids can carry staph bacteria from one area of their body to another or pass it to other people via dirty hands or a fingernail, which is why a good hand washing is vital to preventing infections
It is also very important to encourage kids to keep their skin clean with a daily bath or shower; nevertheless, if your child has a skin condition like eczema that makes frequent bathing difficult, ask your doctor for further advice on staph infections so that you can keep an eye on it, for your child’s safety.
When it comes to staph symptoms, let’s mention an example of one of the most common infections: Folliculitis. Folliculitis is an infection of hair follicles (the skin base from where hair grows located all over our body) which often occurs in areas where there has been any friction or irritation, such as with shaving.
If for any reason your skin does not seem to get better once you have started to use treatment, please take into consideration that Staphylococci are becoming gradually more resistant to many commonly used antibiotics including penicillins, macrolides such as erythromycin, tetracycline and aminoglycoside. In such case, you need to talk to the doctor to get his advice.
Most localized staph skin infections can be easily treated by washing the skin with an antibacterial cleanser, warm soaks, applying an antibiotic ointment prescribed by a doctor, and covering the skin with a clean dressing. In order to keep the staph infection away use a towel only once when you clean an area of infected skin and wash it.
Info about infections treatment can be found at Herpes Infection.