Prevention

La ukuvimbela impetigo ngokusebenzisa:

• Ukuhlanzeka okuhle kwansuku zonke kwesikhumba;
• Ukukhishwa enkulisa noma esikoleni kwezingane ezithintekile ukuze kugwenywe ukutheleleka.

Imithi yokwelashwa

Ukwelashwa kwe-impetigo kudinga bonana nodokotela ngoba izinkinga zingavela uma kwenzeka ukwelashwa okungalungile njengokunwetshwa kwezilonda, ithumba, i-sepsis, njll.²

Noma kunjalo, lawula isimo sakho se-tetanus atshele udokotela wakhe. Endabeni ye-impetigo, ukujova kabusha kuyadingeka uma umjovo wokugcina wawungaphezu kweminyaka eyishumi ubudala.

Imithetho yenhlanzeko ibalulekile:

• Gcoba amabhamuza ngenaliti enenzalo, uwadlulise elangabini njengesibonelo;
• Khuthaza ukuwa kotwayi ngokufaka insipho izilonda nsuku zonke;
• Zama ukuvimbela izingane ukuba zinganwaya izilonda;
• Geza izandla izikhathi eziningana ngosuku futhi usike izinzipho zezingane ezithintekile.

Ukwelashwa okunqunywe udokotela kusekelwe kuma-antibiotics:

• Ama-antibiotic wendawo

Zisetshenziselwa izilonda izikhathi ezingu-2 kuya kwezi-3 ngosuku kuze kube yilapho ukuphulukiswa okuphelele, okuvame ukuthatha isonto. Ama-antibiotic endawo avame ukususelwa ku-fusidic acid (Fucidin®) noma i-mupirocin (Mupiderm®).

• Ama-antibiotic omlomo:

Ama-antibiotic okufanele asetshenziswe ngokokubona kukadokotela kodwa ngokuvamile asekelwe ku-penicillin (i-cloxacillin efana ne-Orbenine®), i-amoxicillin ne-clavulanic acid (Augmentin®) noma i-macrolides (Josacine®).

Ama-antibiotic omlomo aboniswa ikakhulukazi ezimweni ezilandelayo:

• impetigo eningi, ukusabalalisa noma ukweqa ukwelashwa kwendawo;
• ukuba khona kwezimpawu zasendaweni noma ezijwayelekile zokuthi ubucayi (imfiva, ama-lymph nodes, umkhondo we-lymphangitis (= lena yintambo ebomvu ekhuphuka njalo ngobude besitho, exhumene nokusabalala kokutheleleka kwesikhumba emiseleni ye-lymphatic) , njll.);
• izici ezibalulekile zobungozi ezinganeni ezisanda kuzalwa nezinsana noma kubantu abadala ababuthaka abanotshwala, abanesifo sikashukela, abangenaso isimiso sokuzivikela ezifweni, noma abangasabeli ekwelashweni kwezihloko);
• izindawo okunzima ukuphatha ngokunakekelwa kwendawo noma engozini yezinkinga, ngaphansi kwama-diaper, ezungeze izindebe noma esikhumbeni;
• uma umuntu engezwani nemithi elwa namagciwane endawo.