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BACTERIAL DISORDERS ((RISK FACTORS ( A broken skin as a result of…
BACTERIAL DISORDERS
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SYMPTOMS
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NURSING MANAGEMENT
The nurse instructs the family and patient to bathe at least once daily with bacterial soap. Cleanliness and good hygiene practices help prevent the spread of the lesions from one skin area to another and from one person to another.
Each person should have a separate towel and washcloth; because impetigo is contagious, infected people should avoid contact with other people until the lesions heal
HEALTH EDUCATION
Maintain clean personal hygiene
Use topical treatment correctly as being instructed
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Lesions begin as small, red macules, which quickly become discrete, thin walled vesicles that soon rupture and become covered with loosely adherent honey-yellow crust.
These crusts are easily removed to remove to reveal smooth, red, moist surfaces on which new crust soon develop.
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT
Systemic antibiotic therapy is the usual treatment, it reduces the contagious spread, treat deep infection and prevent acute glomerulonephritis (e.g. kidney infection) which may occur as an aftermath of streptococcal skin diseases.
Topical antibacterial therapy may be prescribed when disorder is limited to a small area
FOLLICULITIS
Inflammation of a hair follicle caused by staphylococcus, it is common on the scalp, beard area and axilla
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NURSING MANAGEMENT
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Systemic antibiotics may be prescribed where infection is persistent and will not clear with local applications.
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HEALTH EDUCATION
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• Use prescribed soap to bath your skin and never share your washcloth and also dry your cloth every time after using it
DEFINATION
Also called the pyodermas, pus-forming bacterial infection of the skin may be primary or secondary. Primary skin infections originate in previously normal appearing skin and are usually caused by a single organism. Secondary skin infections arise from pre-existing skin disorder or from disruption of the skin integrity from injury or surgery. The most common primary bacterial skin infections are Impetigo and Folliculitis.
IMPETIGO
Is a superficial infection caused by staphylococci, streptococci, or multiple bacteria. It is common in pre-school children