Pyoderma Superficial

Superficial pyoderma, or pyodinia, is the medical name for an inflammatory skin disease caused by staphylococcus. As the disease progresses, wounds, ulcers, and sometimes suppuration form on the skin. Externally, pyoderma looks like ulcers with crusts.

Pyoderma affects the scalp, face, especially the sensitive and thin area above the upper lip, and the hair on the back in the lumbar region. Pyodynia of the feet, external genitalia, breasts and armpits is much less common. The disease occurs at any age, but is more often found in children, which is why doctors often talk about diaper dermatitis.

Provoking factors are:

- exposure to various traumatic factors on the skin; - fungal infections and infections; - foreign bodies, dust, dirt and chemicals, sebum on the surface of the lesions; - sweating and wet clothes; - weak immunity, endocrine pathologies and malfunctions of the immune system; - stressful situations and excessive anxiety, accompanied by sweating.

The disease is usually chronic, although relapses are possible in some cases. The mechanism of development of the disease is not clear, but most often the pathogen initially leads to slight swelling of the tissue. Subsequently, when