Facial pyoderma

Introduction to facial pyoderma Facial pyoderma is an acute inflammatory skin disease characterized by perforating, suppurative nodules that occurs in healthy young women. basic knowledge The proportion of illness: 0.002% Susceptible people: no special people Mode of infection: non-infectious Complications: hemorrhoids abscess skin disease

Causes of facial pyoderma

(1) Causes of the disease

The etiology of this disease is still unclear, but rosacea may be an important prerequisite. Some people even think that this disease is a serious form of inflammation of rosacea, and coagulase-positive staphylococci can often be cultured in pus.

(two) pathogenesis

The pathogenesis is still unclear.

Facial pyoderma prevention

1. In the units prone to pyoderma (such as some factories, agricultural machinery stations, primary schools, etc.), extensive publicity and education on the prevention and treatment of suppurative skin diseases, regular preventive inspections, as far as possible to eliminate all factors.

2 to maintain the integrity of the skin function, for skin diseases, especially pruritic skin diseases, timely reasonable treatment, prevention of skin damage, avoid scratching and skin friction and other stimuli.

3. Clothes, towels, basins, etc. are prohibited from being used in public to prevent contact with infection. The patient should be properly isolated. The dressings and contact materials used by the patient should be strictly disinfected or burned. During the illness, it is forbidden to use the liquid to clean the skin lesions. Wash the affected area with tap water to prevent extension.

Facial pyoderma complications Complications, acne abscess, skin disease

This disease is accompanied by rupture damage of the skin mucosa, and is closely related to staphylococcal infection, so it can induce other bacterial infections or fungal infections of the skin due to scratching, usually secondary to low body constitution, or long-term use of immunosuppressants and Patients with fungal infections such as onychomycosis, such as concurrent bacterial infections, may have symptoms such as fever, swelling of the skin, ulceration, and purulent secretion. Severe cases can lead to sepsis, which should be brought to the attention of clinicians.

Symptoms of facial pyoderma Common symptoms Abscess facial edema and scarring nodules gradually become rough

The face is acutely swollen, forming a painful nodule, which in turn forms a sinus. The sinus ostium usually flows out of yellow or green sticky pus, and the perforation damage and sinus lead to linear abscesses and scarring, which are evident between normal skin and damage. The dividing line, face, cheeks and forehead can be affected. This disease is sometimes like a cluster of acne, but there is no blackhead. If it is not treated for weeks to months, it will cause scarring.

Examination of facial pyoderma

Histopathology: acute or subacute inflammatory reaction around the hair follicle, manifested by neutrophil and lymphocyte infiltration, and partial necrosis, hair follicle sebaceous glands can be affected, under the microscope is lupus erythematosus.

Diagnosis and differentiation of facial pyoderma

It can be diagnosed according to severe inflammatory lesions that occur in the face of young women without acne, but should be identified with clustered acne, which has blackheads.

It is distinguished from clustered acne, which has blackheads.

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