The skin disease caused by pyogenic (pyogenic) bacteria of the cocci group, and characterized by suppuration in the affected areas, is called pyoderma. This is the most common skin disease, as its pathogens are widespread; so, the presence of staphylococci on the skin of a person is a normal phenomenon. Plus, the emergence of the disease contributes to a number of factors that undermine the natural protection of the skin: the presence of contaminants, exposure to high and low temperatures, excessive humidity of the environment, microcurrents and scratches, infectious lesions, gastrointestinal tract pathologies, metabolic and circulatory disorders , a decrease in overall immunity against a background of fatigue and stress.

The forms of the disease Pyoderma are classified according to several signs:.

Depending on what kind of globular bacteria triggered the disease:.

streptococcal;.

staphylococcal;.

mixed type.

Depending on the depth of penetration into the skin of the pathological process:.

superficial;.

deep;.

Depending on the nature of the course of the disease:.

acute form;.

chronic form.

In practice, one patient can be combined to diagnose both a superficial and a deep form of purulent lesion, and during the course of the illness both acute periods and stages with signs of chronic form or relapses. There may also be a secondary type of pyoderma, which has developed as a complication of other skin diseases - most often those in which the patient is concerned about severe itching.

The main symptoms of pyoderma The clinical picture of purulent skin diseases can be very diverse, since the symptoms of pyoderma are largely determined:.

type of bacterium-pathogen;.

individual characteristics of the patient's body;.

reactivity of the organism, first of all - the level of immunity;.

external factors that can influence the development of the disease;.

degree of severity of purulent lesion, its localization;.

duration of the disease.

With the staphylococcal form of the disease, the pathological process most often develops in the zone of hair bulbs (follicles), skin glands (sweat, sebaceous). Patients develop abscesses in the form of cones or hemispheres, with dense and thick strained walls; often in the center of the abscess is piercing his hair. Purulent discharge greenish-yellow, thick consistency. Staphylococcal pyoderma in children (for example, in infants diagnosed with epidemic pemphigus) can manifest as a blister located on the surface of the skin and not having a connection with glands and hair bulbs.

Pyoderma caused by streptococci is more common in children and in women. At the beginning of the disease, a bubble is formed, filled with serous fluid and covered with a thin, soft film - fliken; very soon its contents are transformed into purulent-serous, and then into purulent. Flicent is located in the superficial layers of the skin (epidermis), increases due to growth along the periphery. If this section of the abscess is not destroyed (as in the transformation of phlyctenes into ecthimus - an ulcer with deep ulceration), then at the site of the opened bladder, rapidly healing erosion forms, leaving a trace in the form of a darker patch on the skin, which eventually passes.

If the disease has a superficial form, the pustules are localized in the epidermal layer of the skin, and irreversible traces after healing do not remain. Deep pyoderma is characterized by the development of lesions not only in the epidermis, but also in the underlying layers: connective tissue (dermis), and even in the subcutaneous tissue; in these cases on the site of the resolved blisters there are scars, the scar tissue is formed. When deep pyoderma in children and adults lasts a long time, it is possible the appearance of allergic pathologies of the secondary type - pioallergids; it can be rashes of a very different nature: lichenoid, consisting of erythematous or eczematous elements, erythematosquamous and t.

Methods of treatment of pyoderma For the treatment of pyoderma apply:.

specific drugs: vaccines against staphylococcal and streptococcal infections, bacteriophages, antibiotic agents, preparations of a number of sulfonamides;.

nonspecific methods of therapy: autohemotherapy (introduction of the patient's own blood), lactotherapy (introduction of milk), courses of vitamins;.

local therapeutic methods and drugs aimed at the early resolution of purulent inflammation.

Prevention of pyoderma in children and adults. Preventive measures to prevent the disease include:.

compliance with the rules of general and personal hygiene;.

correct diet, full table;.

regular physical education, sports;.

treatment of general diseases;.

avoiding microtraumas, and in the case of their production - prompt treatment.

Also, prevention includes isolating children with impetigo (staphylococcal, vulgar) diagnosis from school and other groups, and timely treatment of pyoderma at the initial stage.

Primary preventive measures in the production include systematically conducted medical examinations of citizens exposed to the risk of frequent microtraction, the creation of workplaces in accordance with sanitary and hygienic standards, the use of special agents (pastes, solutions) to create a protective film, the immediate processing of the abrasions and wounds obtained, and t.

Secondary prevention measures include regular clinical examination of patients suffering from purulent skin diseases in various forms and anti-relapse therapy: administration of vitamin courses and UV irradiation once every 6 months, sanitation of zones of chronic infectious lesions, nasopharynx and oral cavity.

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