What is erysipelas (erysipelas)?
Erysipelas or erysipelas is an infectious disease, the external manifestations of which are progressive damage (inflammation) of the skin.
The disease usually appears on the legs and arms, less often on the face, and even less often on the torso, perineum and genitals.
Causes of erysipelas
The cause of erysipelas (erysipelas) is the penetration of streptococcus through skin damaged by scratches, abrasions, abrasions, and diaper rash.
About 15% of people are carriers of streptococci, but do not get erysipelas, because the following provoking factors are needed for the disease to occur:
- violation of the integrity of the skin as a result of bruises, injuries, burns, abrasions;
- sudden change in temperature;
The following diseases contribute to the occurrence of the disease: diabetes mellitus, varicose veins, thrombophlebitis. The occurrence of erysipelas on the face can be facilitated by nearby foci of chronic streptococcal infection: tonsillitis, otitis media, sinusitis, caries. Erysipelas are often preceded by acute streptococcal infections such as tonsillitis.
Symptoms of erysipelas
Erysipelas begins with fever, weakness, headache, and sometimes nausea and vomiting. After a few hours, local symptoms of erysipelas appear - pain, redness, swelling, burning of the affected area of the skin. Most often, the disease occurs on the leg (in this case it is said to be erysipelas of the leg) or on the face (erysipelas of the face). The affected area of the skin has clear boundaries, is brightly colored, slightly rises above the rest of the skin surface and can gradually expand by 2-10 cm per day. Sometimes, 1-2 days after the onset of the disease, a detachment of the upper layer occurs on the affected area of the skin, and blisters filled with transparent or bloody contents form underneath it. Subsequently, the bubbles burst and dark crusts appear in their place. Sometimes erosions appear in place of the blisters, which can transform into trophic ulcers.
In the most severe cases, the disease may have the following symptoms: a high temperature of up to 40 degrees lasts for about five days, large areas of the skin are affected, severe intoxication of the body occurs, against which delirium, hallucinations, and toxic shock are possible. As a result of erysipelas, sepsis and pneumonia can develop.
When diagnosing the disease, erysipelas must be distinguished from other diseases with similar symptoms: vein thrombosis, phlegmon and abscesses, acute dermatitis, etc.
Consequences of erysipelas
If left untreated, the patient is at risk of complications from the kidneys and cardiovascular system (rheumatism, nephritis, myocarditis) as a result of the transfer of infection to these organs. Local complications of the disease: ulcers and skin necrosis, abscesses and phlegmon, impaired lymph circulation in the legs, leading to elephantiasis.
The occurrence of erysipelas in newborns and children in the first year of life is especially dangerous. In newborns, erysipelas is most often localized in the navel area. The process quickly spreads to the lower limbs, buttocks, back and entire torso. Intoxication, fever, and convulsions may develop quickly, and blood poisoning may occur. The mortality rate of erysipelas in infants is extremely high.
Help, I was in the hospital for 2 weeks, treated for erysipelas, was discharged home with blisters, I don’t know what to do.
Try to treat the disease in this way: irradiation with quartz, laser, if the inflammation does not go away - penicillin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline. In prolonged cases, blood transfusion (150 ml every 2-3 days). In theory, it takes up to 10 days. Well, our medicine cannot do anything normally anywhere!!
My grandmother treated erysipelas: she “covered up” the erysipelas with chalk and wrapped them in a red rag twice a day, morning and evening. Under no circumstances should you get it wet; after a week everything disappeared.
Under no circumstances should chalk be used to treat erysipelas! And the red rag is nonsense! A patient with erysipelas needs a doctor! You need to contact an infectious disease specialist and a surgeon.
Opinions vary. Here's a real-life incident. Grandmother had a very bad face. I was in the hospital for a long time and moved on to my second leg. He was discharged with slight improvement. And then she stopped walking from pain. One healer told my mother a conspiracy (in which, by the way, there was also a red rag bandage and which was subsequently burned). The inflammation went away in 4 days. Believe it or not, but it is so. And then the mug appeared on my mother. As it turned out, it was necessary to read protective prayers. And mom spoke to herself without any antibiotics. And later, of course, prevention is better: a wound (any!) - peroxide, brilliant green, a bandage. And treatment of concomitant diseases, for example, such as tonsillitis. The conspiracy can be found on the internet. Good luck and health!
To prevent erysipelas, you need to eat right, do not give up vitamins and ... do not spare money on your health - preventing a disease is much cheaper than treating it.
Maybe someone will send a prayer spell for erysipelas?
Really, can someone say a spell-prayer from the face?
I tried the red rag and chalk on myself. If it were not for this folk remedy, the consequences are unknown. I got an “infection” with erysipelas on my right leg, which appeared literally 3-4 hours at night. At the hospital, they injected me with an antibiotic like pinicillin and gave me pills—no noticeable improvement. Friends found a folk remedy - you apply vegetable oil so that the chalk does not fall off, sprinkle it with crushed white chalk, wrap it in a red (dark scarlet) rag, secure it with an elastic bandage and “in the cradle” for the night, after praying. Literally after the first night there was a clear improvement. The attending physician was even cheerful that she managed to cure my illness. I didn't tell her anything. Within a week, the erysipelas disappeared.
My mother has had erysipelas since about 2003. We were admitted to the hospital when a wound and other symptoms of erysipelas appeared. She stayed there for about a month. She was smeared with potassium permanganate there. In short, everything is without brains and useless. Now her left leg is larger than her right. She has difficulty moving. Nothing helps. It often swells even more. And, as a rule, twice a year he lies down without getting up, with a high temperature, for about a week. We don’t know what to do with this disease anymore. Can anyone recommend an effective treatment for erysipelas.
My son is 8 years old and has erysipelas! Tell me how to treat?
The face can be lubricated with chlorophyllipto containing alcohol, but diluted with water 1:1. And tooth powder also helps in treating erysipelas, streptocide powder is good, but this is if it is the initial stage of the disease
I am sharing a family recipe for treating erysipelas, my grandparents used this method to treat people, but now they are not with us, and I decided to take everything into my own hands, because I saw such pictures that my hair stood on end. Under no circumstances should the mug be wet; this is what she loves most. It needs to be “burned out,” that is, heated with fire. When my grandmother had erysipelas, she held her hand over the gas stove. You can also put a piece of cardboard, put 5-6 pieces of gunpowder wrapped in newspaper on top and set it all on fire, then pour the ashes onto the inflamed skin and cover with a cloth for a few minutes. On the first day you need to repeat it 2-3 times, in three to four days the disease should go away. But I don’t remember whether it’s possible to pour gunpowder onto an open, purulent wound. Good health to you.
I cured the erysipelas on my leg with holy water, a red rag and prayer. Treatment of the disease should be carried out only in the house where you live. Once a day (in the evening), sprinkle the affected area with Holy water, cover with a red rag and read a prayer. “An old man was walking, carrying a casket, he stumbled and fell. Whatever I dropped, I picked up everything. He took the mug from slave (name), put it in a casket, and the casket in matting. Amen. Read 3 days after sunset. It may seem funny to some, but it helped me.
my leg is inflamed again, as a result of erysipelas LYMPHOSTASIS (elephantiasis), help, I don’t know what to do. Weakness, leg hurts. I take antibiotics, Trental, apply troxevasin, nothing helps cure this disease of erysipelas, should I really go back to the hospital, but I don’t want to!
I would like to believe in folk remedies, but I have one kidney, I’m afraid without doctors, what should I do?
The surgeon diagnosed a suspicion of erysipelas and prescribed antibiotic treatment and vodka compresses. Is this treatment enough, or is it better to treat erysipelas with traditional methods? Tell me please.
My husband is currently in the process of treating erysipelas on his leg. 2 years ago, erysipelas appeared on his left leg, the disease went away without fever, but he went to the doctor and underwent a course of treatment - injections, ointments, tablets. Now this infection appeared on the other leg, but he already had a terrible fever. He spent 10 days in the hospital. The temperature was lowered, antibiotics were given and he was discharged. Now he is being treated at home, being seen by another doctor, who said that he needs to be given injections every year, which we will soon find out. So, look for a good infectious disease doctor, and oil, chalk and red rags - we went through it during the first illness. It was much easier, so I believed that it was helping.
In general, it turns out like this: Erysipelas is a disease that is incurable by anyone, neither doctors nor grandmothers... And what to do - think for yourself, as best you can.
I got through everyone, now I’m treating myself - as soon as the symptoms of erysipelas appeared, I drink 4 capsules of LINCOMYCIN every 4 hours, and so on for the entire package... I rub vodka into the hearth and make compresses from it at night. Try it - it won’t get any worse, maybe this method will suit someone... In general, all these faces are caused by nervous stress...
There are many recipes for this disease, but I don’t even know which ones to choose. My mother has an erysipelas on her leg, the doctors can’t help, so what treatment should I choose? Tell me, who knows good healers in the Kursk region.
I have been suffering from erysipelas for many years. Three years ago I couldn’t cure it for six months. Now I have learned to stop the disease in the shortest possible time. Firstly, you need to raise your immune system (malt, I drink infusion and tea from echinate). It’s a very insidious disease, I’ve tried a lot of folk and medical remedies. I have burn symptoms, it occurs with terrible pain, constantly flows, and has a fever. The conspiracy is necessary, but it needs to be changed, he helped me with a knife, I don’t remember where I got it, but it healed and the symptoms of erysipelas no longer appear in this place, but now in another. Once the leg was hit all the way to the knee, in a circular pattern. Red cloth helps too. Now, as soon as itching appears on the affected leg, I soap it with laundry soap, do not wash it off, bed rest, legs above the head, relieve swelling, injection of bicellin-5, I also have sugar, so I don’t eat anything for a day - only water, then cereal water, no oil, minimal salt, lots of parsley, radish. This year I healed the outbreak in a few days, a spell is required, red cloth, I lie vertically for about 40 minutes with my legs raised, if my leg is leaking heavily, I sprinkle it with streptocide and drink streptocide three times a day.
face is damage or the evil eye, doctors won’t help, look for grandma, she’ll talk, you need chalk and a red rag
can you tell me what the plot is?
I also had erysipelas in my leg. The doctors treated him for a long time, the wound healed within 2 months, and the leg remained dark, like a hematoma, like congealed blood. 6 months have already passed, what should I do? Answer how to walk in the summer, the symptoms of erysipelas are visible. Help, thanks!
Help, small bubbles appear on your hand. They say these are symptoms of erysipelas. Can be wetted.
Can someone answer or not, this question has been asked here more than once, but it is completely ignored... How to treat and what to do if after an erysipelas a swollen, edematous hard leg remains. Maybe someone can tell me
Good afternoon! My mother has an erysipelas on her leg. Every year in the summer, the symptoms of erysipelas worsen. And we went to see my grandmother, and she was in the hospital, and every month she goes for an antibiotic injection. The treatment has been going on for a year now. And then she got out again. Tell me, who might have tried something else besides rags, chalk and doctors.....
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you need to read a prayer and take an antibiotic at the same time
Inject the antibiotic CEFTRIAXONE. From experience, domestic is better. Ceftriaxone 1g. 2 rub. in a day. 10 days. If erysipelas with complications 15 days. Do not miss. Dilute with lidocaine 2 ml. You can apply a cold terry towel to the affected area, periodically turn it over or cool it (refrigerator). This reduces the symptoms of erysipelas. Do not rely on rags, spells and chalk, especially those who already have complications of the disease.
Erysipelas is popularly called “erysipelas.” This infectious disease occurs in people of any age; its main causative agent is streptococcus.
Erysipelas is a common streptococcal infection that enters the body through cracks or cuts in the skin. This bacterium lives in our environment, most often falling on the lower extremities (due to their proximity to the ground) with street dust. Erysipelas has the peculiarity of rapid transmission from a sick person to a healthy person. The disease is very dangerous and requires mandatory drug treatment.
Streptococcal infection can enter the body in various ways. Inflammatory processes of the skin are caused by the introduction of this microorganism into various layers of the epidermis. The entry of streptococcus into the body is facilitated by the presence of damage to the skin - scratches, cuts, insect bites and other minor or significant wounds.
The development of erysipelas of the skin is also facilitated by the presence of an old streptococcal infection in the body (chronic tonsillitis, caries). From the main location, bacteria can quickly spread throughout the body through the bloodstream and cause various complications in its various systems, including the dermis. The main obstacle to the spread of infection is immunity, but if the body’s defenses are weakened for any reason, there is a high probability of developing diseases such as erysipelas, glomerulonephritis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, etc.
The risk group for erysipelas of the skin includes people who work in dusty, polluted rooms, in unsanitary conditions, who spend a long time outdoors, who have skin lesions, and weakened immunity. Erysipelas on the lower extremities is usually diagnosed in older people with limited mobility. Staying in a lying position contributes to the stagnation of fluid in the legs, as a result of which trophic ulcers and cracks can appear on the skin, opening the way to infection.
At the site where streptococcus invades, the skin becomes inflamed, red, painful, and sometimes swollen. Depending on the development of the disease, the inflammatory process can spread to large areas of the skin. The patient is also characterized by general symptoms of intoxication:
With erythematous erysipelas, blisters filled with turbid liquid appear on the skin at the site of inflammation, leaving behind minor pigment spots. The most dangerous is the bullous-hemorrhagic form of erysipelas, accompanied by severe intoxication of the body, high body temperature, and the appearance of purulent papules on the skin at the site of infection. In the most severe cases, the patient experiences: confusion, convulsions, fainting, loss of orientation in space, indicating disturbances in the activity of the central nervous system.
If you have at least a few symptoms of erysipelas of the skin, you need to visit a specialist - a dermatologist. If the disease is severe, treatment is carried out in a hospital setting. Seeing a doctor is mandatory if the illness is accompanied by high fever and complications. Erysipelas is most dangerous for children and the elderly, people suffering from allergic diseases, heart failure, varicose veins, thrombophlebitis, diabetes mellitus, and diagnosed with HIV.
After confirming the diagnosis of erysipelas, a course of antibiotics is prescribed intravenously, intramuscularly or orally. Antibacterial drugs are always the basis of treatment. Also in various sources there is a lot of information on how to treat erysipelas on the leg yourself , without the help of doctors. Herbs with an anti-inflammatory effect have a beneficial effect on the body during streptococcal infection: burnet, yarrow, chamomile, coltsfoot. Lotions from decoctions of these plants help eliminate the inflammatory process, relieve swelling, and prevent the development of complications (secondary infection of the site of inflammation, its suppuration).
There are known methods of folk treatment of erysipelas using propolis, butter, and beans. Propolis disinfects and softens the skin, prevents necrosis, eliminates pain and swelling at the site of inflammation. The location of erysipelas is treated with propolis three times a day. It is not recommended to apply a bandage to the affected area of skin, as this will interfere with the healing process.
Traditional methods of treatment can only be used after consultation with a specialist. Incorrect therapy often causes complications (skin necrosis, vein damage, blood poisoning, abscess).
Streptococcus is resistant to many types of antibiotics; this infection responds well to treatment with drugs from the group of macrolides (Erythromycin) and penicillins. The course of treatment lasts at least 7 days. If the patient is allergic, Penicillin can be replaced with Nitrofural.
In case of a complicated form of erysipelas, the course of treatment with an antibiotic can last from two weeks or more, depending on the severity of the symptoms. Preferably intravenous infusion of the drug.
To eliminate the main symptoms of the disease, anti-inflammatory drugs, diuretics, and ascorbic acid are prescribed. Good results in the treatment of erysipelas on the lower extremities are achieved by ultraviolet irradiation and electrophoresis.
Erysipelas of the skin is a contagious disease, since the main cause of its occurrence is an infection that can be safely transmitted from one person to another. When working with a patient (treating the site of inflammation, medical procedures), it is recommended to use gloves, and after completing contact, wash your hands thoroughly with soap. The main source of diseases caused by streptococcus is always a sick person.
strong>Erysipelas is a dangerous disease. If erysipelas occurs, you should consult a doctor. But sometimes doctors are powerless, and they themselves send the patient to healers. Sometimes folk remedies for treating erysipelas are more effective
In the official treatment of the disease, antibiotics are used; if they are chosen correctly, then after 24-72 hours the symptoms of erysipelas subside: the temperature decreases, the area of skin lesions decreases, the affected area turns pale, its boundaries become unclear, and swelling subsides. Local manifestations disappear by 10-14 days of illness.
If the disease is mild, then traditional treatment for erysipelas can be used. Folk remedies for treating erysipelas can quickly relieve swelling, burning, and pain from the affected surface of the skin. Traditional treatment for erysipelas on the leg can also be used in conjunction with drug treatment to speed up recovery.
Prepare a tincture of burnet root according to the following recipe. Dilute 1 tbsp. l. tinctures in 100 g of water, apply lotions to inflamed areas of the skin. This folk remedy for treating erysipelas quickly relieves burning, reduces inflammation, and significantly alleviates the patient’s condition. In the folk treatment of erysipelas, tincture of burnet root can be replaced with its decoction.
Traditional treatment of erysipelas on the leg with cottage cheese
Cottage cheese helps a lot with erysipelas on the leg. You need to apply a thick layer of cottage cheese onto the inflamed area, not allowing it to dry out. This folk remedy relieves pain symptoms from the affected area and restores the skin.
How to treat erysipelas on the leg with black root
Pass the black root (root) through a meat grinder, wrap the pulp in a gauze cloth and secure the compress on the damaged skin. This folk remedy for treating erysipelas on the leg quickly relieves heat and pain and removes swelling.
Yarrow and chamomile
Squeeze juice from yarrow and chamomile, 1 tbsp. l. juice mixed with 4 tbsp. l. butter. The resulting ointment quickly relieves inflammation from the affected area of the skin and reduces pain symptoms. In the folk treatment of erysipelas, the juice of only one of these plants can be used as part of a healing ointment.
Celery in folk recipes for the treatment of erysipelas
Erysipelas on the leg can be treated with celery. Pass celery leaves through a meat grinder, wrap the pulp in a gauze napkin and secure the compress on the damaged skin. Keep for at least 30 minutes. You can use cabbage instead of celery.
How to treat erysipelas on the leg with beans
Powder from bean pods is used as a powder for erysipelas of the skin.
Traditional treatment for erysipelas on the leg with chalk
Chalk is widely used in the folk treatment of erysipelas. This folk remedy for erysipelas is mentioned in all medical books. Despite all its simplicity and absurdity, it is very effective. Even doctors recognize the inexplicable effect of the color red on suppressing erysipelas. How to treat erysipelas with chalk and red cloth:
The recipe is simple. Grind the chalk into powder, sprinkle it generously on the sore spot and wrap it in a red rag. Then wrap the affected area with a towel. The compress should be done at night. After this procedure, the temperature will go away in the morning, the red color and severe swelling will go away. After 3-4 days, the erysipelas completely disappears.
The effectiveness of this folk treatment for erysipelas will increase greatly if you add dry, powdered chamomile flowers and sage leaves in equal proportions to the chalk powder.
How to treat elderberry disease
Fill a saucepan with small branches and leaves of black elderberry, add hot water so that the water level is 2 cm higher. Boil for 15 minutes, leave for 1 hour.
Heat unwashed millet in the oven or in a frying pan, grind into powder in a coffee grinder and mix into a homogeneous mass. Place this mixture on the sore spot and place a napkin soaked in elderberry decoction on top. Leave the compress overnight.
In the morning, remove the compress and wash the affected area with elderberry decoction. After three such compresses, the erysipelas goes away.
You can apply coltsfoot leaves to the affected areas 2-3 times a day, but it is more effective to sprinkle the affected areas with powder from these leaves and take 1 tsp orally. 3 times a day decoction prepared at the rate of 10 g of herb per 1 glass of water.
Erysipelas - folk treatment with burdock
To treat erysipelas, apply fresh burdock leaves, smeared with sour cream, to the affected areas 2-3 times a day.
I have had erysipelas for 20 years, no matter what I did, nothing helped. It happens that if I have time to read the Lord’s Prayer, then the illness goes away, the temperature is milder, and does not reach 40.
My husband has swelling in his left leg, redness, and doctors diagnosed lymphostasis. They said that if he didn’t get treatment, he would get erysipelas. Works as a driver. The swelling lasts for more than a week. We used troxerutin (gel) and a burn appeared. Now we use unsalted butter + propolis. Melt everything over low heat, but do not bring to a boil, and spread on the leg 2 times a day. The result is almost immediate.
A folk recipe for erysipelas - chalk on blue paper - wrap it, fix it, erysipelas goes away in 2 days!
Dear, please tell me what to do. A red burgundy spot, the size of a coin, appeared on my leg. There was terrible pain and fever in this place, doctors prescribed antibiotics, the spot changed color and faded, but six months later everything happened again. Now the spot has no clear boundaries, but it hurts and itches. Please tell me what to do.
The big toe is red, fluid came out at first, is it erysipelas, what should I do?
I also don’t know where the erysipelas came from. I’ve been taking expensive antibiotics for 4 days now, smearing my leg with chalk and wrapping it in a red rag. Old grandmothers say that erysipelas is the result of damage.
But this disease is so nasty! You wouldn't wish it on anyone!
Thank you all for your feedback, my mother suffers from erysipelas, she was in the hospital, all to no avail, I don’t know what to do!
Last year I had an erysipelas on my leg. The hospital said that it was necessary to burn it with iodine, generously lubricating the entire part of the leg with the affected area. I just burned my leg. I had to turn to a woman healer. It's gone. Now the erysipelas have appeared again, only on the other leg. My sister suggested a folk remedy for erysipelas, which helps her perfectly: I cut a red satin ribbon into thin beads, added honey and stirred it. I smeared the affected area with the resulting mixture, applied a cabbage leaf and wrapped the whole thing in a red rag. I did it three times. But, alas, nothing helped. The woman I went to last time no longer practices this practice. Now I don’t know what to do, how to treat erysipelas. Please advise.
I have been suffering from erysipelas for 26 years. It has gotten to the point where erysipelas appear every month! I was also diagnosed with lymphostasis; I was treated with folk remedies, doctors, and alternative medicine - as you can see the result! My personal observations - the immune system is weakening - “they’ve arrived”; We were very nervous, same thing! So draw your conclusions! And prevention every month is for three years
Yes, erysipelas is not a pleasant disease... I have been suffering from erysipelas since 1992. I save myself with my grandmother’s spells (we have one) or smear egg white with egg whites - the pain subsides.
Dear people! Please tell me. I have an erysipelas on my right leg on the outside of my shin, this is the first time in my life. I've never even heard of this (face). The hearth opened, i.e. the skin was broken, I accidentally touched it. So tell me, how can I treat an open wound with erysipelas, how to treat it? Help!
After giving birth I got thrombophlebitis of deep veins, I have been suffering for 32 years. Almost every year trophic ulcers open, and this year it’s even better, a vesicular erysipelas appeared on my leg, I spent a month in the hospital, now I’m at home, but there’s still little improvement. They smeared my leg with brilliant green, burned it, I try to treat the erysipelas with chalk and a red rag.
Hello! My mother has an erysipelas on her leg, they say it is damaged, please tell me where to find a good healer to remove the damage and cure the erysipelas.
The doctors also told me: erysipelas on the lower leg. The leg was red, pimples appeared, then they burst, and all this multiplied at a very high speed. In short, after 3 days, I was already in the hospital, I couldn’t stand on my leg at all. The doctors didn't know what to do with me. Then I called my doctor friend and explained the whole situation. He answered me: let them take a sample for the microbe from the pimple. When I started telling the doctors what to do, who could see their dissatisfied faces. But they took a sample. It turned out that I had Staphylococcus aureus. They prescribed me an antibiotic, and after 3 days I was discharged from the hospital. This is the kind of face I had.
Hello! I had erysipelas on my leg, due to the fact that I did not have a medical insurance policy, the doctors did not want to treat me for it, but they could not kick me out of the hospital, so they called it a simple tumor, injected me with some kind of antibiotics, which there was no point, only the pain was dulled. A week and a half later, my mother took me from this hospital and took me to a surgeon she knew, who confirmed that it was erysipelas and cured it in just a few minutes. He just put gauze on his leg, a little cotton wool on top, set the whole thing on fire, and said: when you can’t stand it at all, say “AY.” As soon as he said “AY”, he took off the gauze, threw it into the water, literally after a couple of minutes the swelling simply began to subside before my eyes, he prescribed me some other ointments, which I practically didn’t even have to use... Thank you very much to that doctor, I’m more with erysipelas I didn't suffer! About 3 years have passed! By the way, this doctor mentioned Bicilin 5 injections, i.e. if his methods do not help, then you will have to inject Bicilin 5, but this can only be done 3 times in your entire life, otherwise your kidneys and liver may simply fail…. those. These are the most extreme measures, not personally tested! Hello everyone!
Guys. Help out. Problem: an erysipelas appeared on my leg, I was treated in a hospital, I come home - the wound has healed, but the pain remains and does not heal completely, it constantly bleeds, the wounds are opened... what to do? Should I continue to treat erysipelas? Or just try to treat with healing agents? And, by the way, it’s somehow not the season for this disease. What to do. I'm afraid of burning all my skin.
Oksana, erysipelas definitely needs to be treated, it tends to become chronic. This is the third time in 2 years that my husband has had erysipelas. It is treated with penicillin antibiotics, but they did not help my husband much. On Monday there was inflammation again, it was relieved with chloramphenicol and aescin (to improve lymph flow). And among the folk remedies for treating erysipelas - drink propolis (it acts as an antibiotic), you can try lubricating the affected skin with onion juice (heals wounds well).
I heard that blue clay is good for treating erysipelas on the leg. Pour water over the clay, when it softens, put it in a simple cloth and make a layer 1 cm thick. Keep it on your foot for 2 hours. If the skin is broken, it should be wrapped in a sterile cloth. After removing the layer of clay, treat the wound by sprinkling it with devil's finger powder (there are such pebbles on the banks of rivers). You can apply bandages to the face up to 5 times a day. Use plastic utensils for locking clay. Clay should not come into contact with iron objects.
Thanks for mentioning blue clay. I will definitely try it in the treatment of erysipelas and write to you.
My husband also suffers from this disease, but I treat it for him myself. As soon as he felt that erysipelas was coming, I immediately read a spell for erysipelas on a red rag for 3 days in a row, preferably on the waning moon, but the disease can arise spontaneously at any time, and it is impossible to delay. After the conspiracy, everything goes away immediately, but after a year or two or three it happens again, it’s incurable. Unfortunately, I cannot write this prayer, I can only suggest that it is necessary to cut white chalk with the prayer “Our Father” (3 times) onto a simple red rag with a knife, outline the sore spot with chalk, also with the prayer “Our Father”, attach the rag on the sore spot and under no circumstances should you wet the sore spot for 14 days, the longer the better. I’m not bragging, but I treat all my relatives and close friends myself for almost all diseases, inherited from my grandmother. Good luck!
My experience of healing from erysipelas and lymphostasis was formed after seven years of illness (with severe lymphostasis, when only short cloaks could be put on my leg), relapses repeated after three to four years. After the latest exacerbation, I came to the following conclusions:
1.At high temperatures, antibiotics and intravenous drips are usually prescribed. This helps by 15 percent; you return from the hospital so weak that you can’t walk across the room. At the same time, you discover that the leg has become “elephant” (lymphostasis). Doctors “forget” to remind the patient and prescribe a vitamin-mineral complex. I took Belarusian Duocaps, only a week after that my appetite began to return. In addition, after treatment for erysipelas in the hospital, I developed dysbacteriosis (everything was found on my underwear). And the doctors again “forgot” to give a recommendation, thank God, I thought of it myself.
Bifidobacterin helped me.
2. What bothered me most was the “elephantiasis” of my leg. Not a single doctor, not a single healer could help. The hint came in a dream, my Angel helped. I woke up at night, put three spoons of candied honey in the socket, smeared my leg from foot to knee, put on a napkin and wrapped it with an elastic bandage. And she fell asleep peacefully. The next morning I discovered that some liquid was secreting between my toes. I made cotton pads, changed the “honey wrap”, put on dog hair socks and for the first time felt that I was on the road to recovery. After five “honey wraps” the lymphostasis went away. I began to feel much better. I'm sure that if it helped me, it will help someone else. Be healthy. Hope.
Erysipelas is an energy disease. And we need to treat human energy using folk methods! You must first understand where this pain comes from.
I've had erysipelas on my leg for 5 days now! The pain is terrible! The doctor prescribed injections and said: go to the grandmother-healer. I was with my grandmother, but it was getting worse. What to do? Help
My mom has erysipelas. The disease is very difficult, antibiotics do not help, we have been receiving treatment in the clinic for three weeks now. There is no result, they advise a healer, help me find her in the city of Chelyabinsk
I had erysipelas on my leg two years ago, I was treated in the hospital for a month. Now this disease has started again, it has even gotten worse, the temperature does not subside, it has lasted for 4 days. They give me injections, but there is no effect. I’ll try to treat erysipelas with folk remedies. They say a red rag, chalk and prayer help a lot. Grandmothers say correctly - damage.
My mother has had erysipelas on her leg for two months now. We did everything we could, we injected her with antibiotics, she took some medicines, talked to her, wrapped her in coltsfoot and drank a decoction. Nothing helps. Maybe there are still some folk remedies for erysipelas?
I developed a swollen ridge on my lower leg, and below that there was glossy, stretched skin. Feeling like your leg is in a vice. But there is no redness or fever. Doctors cannot make a diagnosis. The leg was very swollen.
Has anyone had an erysipelas without red color and temperature? Help!
I also suffer from erysipelas, this year already three times in a month and a half. I relieve high temperatures with cool water and vodka rubdowns. I cured phlegmon on my leg with Kalanchoe leaves. You can probably use aloe. Thanks for your feedback. I will definitely use the honey wrap. I went through everything: bicillin 5 injections, cephalosporins, grandmas.
I also have something strange on my leg. Under the knee there are tumors (3 pieces) red in color, the size of a nut. I read everything about leg diseases, but nowhere did I find the answer to my illness, maybe someone has something similar, I would be very grateful for your help. I tried burdock, it helped for a while, now it’s already painful to walk, I apply Nurofen gel, it helps, but weakly, my right leg swells a lot. I really hope for a review...
Is it possible to replace chalk with tooth powder?
Treatment of erysipelas: biseptol 2 times a day, synthomycin ointment 2 times a day, iefazolin 1.0 2 times a day intramuscularly, dimexide lotions once a day for an hour. IT HELPED.
This is the second time I have had this disease in three weeks. In general, she visits me often.
Help! We have already used everything and almost all the drugs. My husband has had erysipelas on his leg since October and it still hasn’t gone away. I took MIDOCALM-Richter injections 2 times a day and SIRDALUD antibiotic tablets - it didn’t help. They applied chalk with red material - to no avail. I tried all sorts of ointments - I no longer know what or how to save myself. I even applied cabbage leaves and wrapped my leg, dimexide did not help! Help.
My grandmother had brucellosis (rotten) erysipelas about 20 years ago. The doctors threw up their hands and decided to amputate the leg. They actually hinted that we could try to find the grandmother. We probably transferred all the grandmothers to the hospital, but no one helped. Then, on the day of the operation, some nurse told her that the kitchen worker could talk. When the surgeon came for her, the grandmother asked to postpone the operation at least until tomorrow. The next day, all her abscesses opened up, and only the deepest one had to be opened. After 3 conspiracies, the grandmother was discharged on two legs. Therefore, if the healer did not help you, look for another one until you find yours. The main thing is not to despair.
Hello ! I'm 24 now. I had erysipelas 7 years ago! Doctors don’t treat mugs; it’s easier for them to cut them off than to treat them! Believe me! Now I actually don’t have erysipelas, but from time to time dryness appears on my leg, where there was a lesion or small ulcers. I usually make a harmless mask: camphor oil, egg and chalk (crumbs) of any kind, mix, lubricate the leg, top with a bag and red socks (red color repels all diseases). Don't despair, just watch your nervous system. All illnesses are due to this. In general, erysipelas appears from a lack of immunity, but there is one thing: when you take medications to boost immunity, do not forget that with an excess of vitamins in the body, another, and believe me, not very pleasant disease may appear - this is angioedema, commonly known as urticaria. You won’t be able to eat a lot of things later, I experienced it all myself. Be healthy everyone!
For seven years I suffered from erysipelas on my leg, three times I was in the hospital undergoing purulent surgery, once the doctors threatened me: we will amputate. I visited grandmothers in various distant villages, but nothing helped. They will treat it a little, and after a while there will be redness again and the temperature will reach 40. It turns out that salvation lives nearby. On the edge of our village. In general, it’s almost a year since my grandmother treated me. It is clear that the leg is a little swollen, but there has been no redness or fever yet, thank God.
I want to share some advice: many years ago I had an erysipelas on my leg. The hospital didn’t help me; they advised me to turn to healers. And they helped me, they burned my face. Three years later, my leg became inflamed again, and then I burned my face myself. Recently my son developed this disease. I bought red cotton fabric, preferably linen. It must be folded in several layers, with any slightly damp cloth placed on top so that the fabric does not catch fire. Put all this on the sore spot. You need to burn flax (plant) on your leg; if not, use regular cotton wool. Move the knife clockwise over the sore spot and read a prayer or spell. Burn as long as the person endures the heat. I did this three times over three days. If the erysipelas is not advanced, this is enough. Do not wet your foot for 14 days. And wrap it in red cloth that was used for burning. I hope my advice helps.
The most common use in the treatment of erysipelas is a red rag! What if you use an infrared lamp? Disinfects, improves blood circulation and all this just on the surface of the skin and the affected area.
I treated my mother’s face with a spell, and I also reprimanded my neighbor. It helped.
A friend’s face popped out on his hand after the fortune teller held that spot.
Mom has an erysipelas on her leg, tell me how to get rid of it? I was in the hospital, it got better, but not completely.
Maybe someone knows the address or phone number of the grandmother who is making faces in Kolomna, Moscow region, or somewhere nearby. Thank you in advance.
Tell me, can I take a bath when I have erysipelas?
My brother has a erysipelas on his leg. It hurts to watch a person suffer. Help, please! They said that it is necessary to treat erysipelas with spells. Help me find a good granny. We are from Chuvashia. Thank you in advance.
I wish everyone a speedy recovery
For erysipelas, baby powder - talc, preferably with antibacterial properties - helps. Sprinkle on the wet area overnight and bandage lightly, do not overtighten.
The cause of erysipelas is disturbances and urinary retention. Solve the problem with the pelvic organs, and erysipelas will go away.
I have erysipelas on my leg, amoxiclav and fucidin ointment were prescribed.
Thank you all so much for your advice. I will treat erysipelas on my husband’s leg. In the hospital the pain was relieved, but the swelling did not go away. There is no decay.
Erysipelas is an infectious disease that is a lesion of human skin in the genital area, torso, but most often on the legs. How to get rid of this disease: with the help of medications or using home methods? Each person chooses his own way. However, today we will learn how to overcome this disease using chalk, propolis, plantain and other means.
Erysipelas is an infectious disease caused by streptococcus. But healthy skin cannot become inflamed under the influence of this bacterium. The development of infection presupposes the presence of certain conditions, as a result of which a disease called erysipelas of the leg may develop. Treatment with folk remedies for this disease is possible. However, the result of such home therapy is not always successful. Therefore, before starting treatment, you need to consult a doctor to find out the cause of inflammation, the stage of the disease, as well as possible ways to get rid of this disease. And the factors due to which a person may develop erysipelas on the leg may be:
- Scratches, cuts, diaper rash.
— Sudden change in temperature (hypothermia, overheating).
- Bruises, injuries, thermal burns.
- Phlebeurysm.
- Trophic ulcers on the legs.
- Reduced immunity, especially in old age.
— Work associated with dirty conditions (for example, builders, loaders, metallurgical and coke production workers).
Symptoms of this disease on the leg appear immediately after infection. Signs of the presence of erysipelas on the leg are:
- Increased body temperature.
- Redness of the affected area.
- Pain at the site of the outbreak.
Many patients, disillusioned with conventional medicine, resort to home methods of getting rid of this inflammation and try to treat erysipelas with folk remedies. People most often try to overcome this illness with a red rag and chalk. And some of the patients, in their opinion, manage to get rid of this disease. So, for treatment you will need ordinary chalk. It should be thoroughly crushed to form a powder. Then you need to sprinkle it on the affected area, wrap it in a red rag, and bandage it with a towel on top. This compress can be left on all night. And the next morning, according to the patients themselves, such treatment of erysipelas on the leg with folk remedies will give the first results: the inflammation will subside, the temperature will subside, there will be no swelling, and the skin color will become paler. In a week the person will completely forget about this disease.
Some patients also advise using dry crushed chamomile flowers and sage leaves in equal proportions along with chalk.
They are trying to overcome erysipelas of the leg using various means. Treatment with folk remedies (spells and prayers among them) was described by the great Hippocrates. In European countries, erysipelas is called “St. Anthony’s fire.” The disease received this name due to the fact that the disease manifests itself on the skin in the form of uneven red spots that look like fire. In the time of Hippocrates, it was believed that a spell could stop erysipelas. To this day, some healers and healers use this method to get rid of illness. First, they cast a spell on the red cloth, which they subsequently wrap around the affected area of the body. Some people use rye flour with honey. They apply the resulting mixture as a compress to the sore spot and begin to read a prayer. You can find many different spell texts, but not all of them are effective. Therefore, it is better to go to an experienced healer who knows the correct prayer to get rid of erysipelas.
Everyone knows about this herb: both adults and children. After all, often, if one of the children cuts himself while walking on the street, friends begin to look for plantain to apply it to the bleeding wound. Therefore, treating erysipelas with folk remedies also involves this method. Not only can plantain heal cuts, but also an infectious skin disease caused by streptococcus. To do this, you should take a plantain leaf that grows in a favorable climatic zone (away from traffic intersections and industrial enterprises), sprinkle it with chalk (in powder form) and apply it to the sore leg. If the lesion is large, then, accordingly, you should pick several leaves of this plant. You need to make such compresses until the erysipelas in your leg goes away.
This resinous substance produced by bees has been used for therapeutic purposes since ancient times. Propolis has a bactericidal and analgesic effect. This substance can be used to treat many skin diseases, including erysipelas. To do this, you should buy 30–40% propolis ointment at the pharmacy and apply it to the affected area twice a day. This should be done by rubbing or heating with a blue lamp.
Treatment of erysipelas on the leg with folk remedies also involves the use of a plant such as burdock. Its leaves are needed, which must be fresh and clean. They need to be doused with boiling water, then spread with butter or sour cream. After this, the leaves should be applied to the sore leg. It is better to apply such compresses 3 times a day.
If at the appointment the doctor determines the cause of the illness - damage to a skin area by streptococcus - then the person should immediately begin treatment for erysipelas. You can try to cure this disease using folk remedies, but doctors often prescribe drug therapy. But be that as it may, you can combine two types of treatment: using drugs from the pharmacy, as well as folk remedies. Many people say that sage helped them cope with this skin problem. This plant, according to patients, relieved them of erysipelas on their legs in a short time. To do this, grind the sage to a powder, then mix it with chalk in equal quantities. The resulting composition must be applied to the affected area of the skin and secure this mixture with a bandage. This therapeutic dressing must be changed every 6 hours.
This plant can relieve itching and cure erysipelas of the leg. Treatment with folk remedies does not always justify the results, but in the case of yarrow, the effect is always positive. It is necessary to collect fresh leaves of the plant. Rinse them and pour boiling water over them. When the water has cooled, remove the leaves and apply them to the sore spot. Then you need to wrap your leg in cling film or a bag and secure it with a bandage. When the leaves dry, they will begin to affect the skin, causing a tingling sensation. In this case, you need to remove the bandage and apply another portion of steamed yarrow. The compress needs to be changed approximately 6-7 times a day. Already 3 days after such procedures, the itching will go away. A complete cure will occur in about a week.
With the help of horse sorrel you can also get rid of such a disease as erysipelas of the leg. Treatment with folk remedies will help a person not to poison himself with drugs from the pharmacy. The main thing is that home methods are effective. So, for this method you need to rinse the horse sorrel root under running water, peel, chop and pour it with fresh cow's milk. Then put the mixture on low heat and boil it for 1 hour. The resulting softened root should be applied to the affected area, covered with a towel, then with a warm cloth. As the compress dries, it must be replaced with a fresh one.
With the help of blackberry leaves, you can also overcome an infectious disease such as erysipelas of the leg. Treatment with folk remedies for this problem is effective only if the person follows the correct proportions according to the prescription and changes the bandage on time. This method will require 2 kg of blackberry leaves, which must first be washed and crushed in a blender until a paste forms. Apply the resulting mixture to the affected area of the body, bandage the leg and leave for 3 hours. The first 2 days of illness need to be treated especially intensively: it is important to change compresses every 3 hours. From the third day you can apply two dressings per day. Often, all symptoms of the disease disappear within a week.
Erysipelas of the leg, the symptoms and treatment of which were described above with folk remedies, for effective and speedy elimination requires the patient to follow a special diet. During the first week of illness, the affected person should drink only water and juices (lemon and orange are suitable). Then, when the temperature returns to normal, you can switch the patient to a fruit diet. Three times a day he should be given fresh apples, pears, oranges, apricots, and peaches. A diet designed specifically for a disease such as erysipelas must be strict. A person should not eat anything except fruits. During treatment, you should not eat bread or animal products. If the illness catches a person in winter, when there is no trace of fruit to be found, patients should eat dried fruits, which are supplemented with grated carrots and honey. This diet should be followed for about 2 weeks. During this time, the person will feel how the illness begins to recede, and soon the soreness and redness of the skin will completely disappear.
Now you know what erysipelas is. Treatment and folk remedies that can overcome the disease and prevent it from reoccurring are also described in the article. We have determined that with the help of chalk, plantain, blackberry, horse sorrel, and yarrow, you can get rid of this disease. But if no method helps a person, then he should consult a doctor.
Erysipelas is a disease that can pass from person to person. Thus, erysipelas is classified as an infectious disease caused by streptococci. This infection can be transmitted to the skin by hands or dirty objects. Streptococcus erysipelas is the causative agent of the disease in the human body. This pathogen can only be defeated under the influence of high temperatures, and then only after half an hour. At the same time, streptococcus tolerates drying remarkably well. Erysipelas on the legs is a painful disease.
The incubation period of this disease lasts from several hours to three days. After this period, the patient develops symptoms, including general weakness, weakness and malaise. After this, the temperature suddenly rises and chills and headache appear. The first few hours of erysipelas are characterized by a very high temperature, which can reach forty degrees. There is also muscle pain in the legs and lower back. In addition, my joints hurt.
In the leg in which the erysipelas appears, the patient feels pain and burning, a feeling of fullness. After some time, a small pink or red spot appears in this place. This spot has clear boundaries and is expanding. At the site of the lesion, the skin is hot to the touch, tense and slightly elevated above the non-inflamed skin.
Some time later, blisters and bruising sometimes appear on the affected areas. Nearby lymph nodes may also become inflamed.
Some types of erysipelas may be accompanied by blisters containing clear liquid. These bubbles go away after some time, but in their place red crusts remain, which will also go away in a few weeks. As a complication, erosions and ulcers may form at the site of erysipelas.
As already mentioned, the most important cause of erysipelas on the leg or on another area of the skin is streptococcus erysipelas. It has a similar nature to other pathogens. The infection usually occurs in broken skin as a result of dirty tools or hands.
For preventive purposes, in order to avoid contracting an erysipelas infection, you must carefully monitor your body and maintain personal hygiene. Any wounds and bruises should be disinfected by treating them with iodine or brilliant green.
After touching the skin of a patient with erysipelas, you should thoroughly wash your hands and wipe them with cologne or alcohol.
It is necessary to treat erysipelas with both local and general methods. The duration of treatment for this disease can range from one week to several months.
To cure this disease, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, vitamins, immunity-boosting drugs, as well as drugs that reduce the permeability of small blood vessels are often prescribed. A patient with erysipelas must drink plenty of fluids and also take medications that reduce the toxic effect of streptococcus.
Local therapy is prescribed as an auxiliary method. It is used only for extensive blistering lesions. As a local therapy, the vesicles are incised, as a result of which they are emptied. Then bandages with disinfectant solutions are placed in their places. After the acute phenomena subside, the patient is prescribed drugs that stimulate tissue restoration.
In folk medicine you can also find remedies that will help get rid of this disease.
Crushed and sifted chalk or rye flour is used as a healing agent. These products should be sprinkled on the affected areas every morning, then covered with a red woolen cloth and bandaged. After several such procedures, erysipelas disappears.
There is another way. To do this, you need to infuse twenty grams of dope seeds in a glass of boiling water. After this, you should strain this infusion and dilute it half with water. Compresses are usually made with this water and applied to the affected areas.
You can also take three grams of boric acid, twelve grams of xeroform, eight grams of white streptocide and thirty grams of white sugar. These ingredients should be mixed and sprinkled on the affected areas of the skin. Before this, you need to treat the erysipelas with hydrogen peroxide and, before covering the wound, apply a double layer of gauze to it. This powder should be used twice a day.