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wrestling diseases
well im a freshman wrestler for 119 and 125. i think i might have a skin disease from the mat, its sorta like a matburn and its like rele close to my lip. its scabbed up and my dad thinks its emphintigo. idk what it is, so i just say its a matburn. can anyoen help?
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I was just watching the program, "The Doctors" on TV, and one of the doctors said if you scratch your nose inside too hard it can cause an infection around the upper lip and under the nose and it looked like little fluid filled blisters. He called it emphintigo, although I am not sure it is spelled that way. I also have this problem right now, and at a previous time when I had it, I saw a doctor who told me it happened when your body had too much histamine in it. Histamine is something your body produces naturally, I guess.Taking an anti-histamine made it go away.Mine is going away as we speak.
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Just to add to Erronius very good answer...
Impetigo does spread and sometimes very rapidly. It is also contagious which means you can give it to other people. Get it treated soon.
Here is a web site that has pictures of it and also
information on how to treat it.
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Its spelled Impetigo, and your father isn't just making it up (though he might still be funning you, I dunno).
It could be anything really. Impetigo can be treated with topical antibiotics I believe if it isn't too bad. Thing is, I believe it has the ability to get QUITE bad, especially in younger children. If its just a small patch, and you or your parents dont want to go to the doctor, try some antibiotics and see if that helps.
Remember though it can be just about anything, bacterial, fungal, etc. If it gets worse, or lingers after the intibacterial, go to the doctor to have it checked out. Unless of course, you aren't afraid of having your face eaten off. You think I am joking, but with the skin infections running around nowadays, its better to be safe. More than likely it will fade on its own, but if it doesn't go have it checked out.
I'd also not be surprised if your coach tells you to go to the doctor, or bars you from wrestling with it. No need to go smearing something possibly infectious on other wrestlers, right?
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