Jem wrote:
Mimi wrote:
Minor but painful nay. I got bitten by a mosquito on the part where my ear meets my head and it's turned into impetigo, and my ear is swelling up and blistering. Luckily I just happened to have a doctor's appointment today so she's given me the treatment for it, but man alive my ear is sore.
Oh that sucks. I get impetigo under my nose after a cold (except I never drag my arse to the docs to get it sorted so it comes back again and again
) and it's so sore and itchy. Hope it goes asap
Under your nose? Gosh, i bet that's even more painful then where I have it on my ear. Apparently it's contagious. The advice on the cream is (spoilered for squeamish)
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to wipe away all of the crusts with antiseptic soap and then apply fusilic acid cream.
The cream does work in 2-3 days rather than 2-3 weeks without it. I like that they say the
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crusts look like cornflakes
I've had to put a plaster over mine as I really don't want Darwin touching it and getting it. Have you ever tried to put a plaster over the skin between your earlobe and your face/neck? Not easy. Blinking mosquitos, eh?