Amy Winehouse Skin Condition?
Question by frankfarter!: amy winehouse skin condition?
the contagious skin condition she contracted….. is this something crack-heads or heavy drug users contract easily or is this something anyone can easily get? i have never heard of that condition before??? it’s called impetigo
well, drug addicts are known to pick at their skin… could that have exacerbated that?
Best answer:
Answer by Rhonda H
I saw a picture and it looked like her cheek was swollen or something. Girl, I have no idea, but I feel sorry for her. It sort of reminded me of a staph infection or something….more so than blisters and rashes, which is impetigo.
My guess is Amy Winehouse just has poor hygiene period. I know that sounds gross, but that’s usually when infection occurs is when someone isn’t taking very good care of themeslves, both through nutrition to boost their immune system, and through lack of washing and stuff. Drugs make people stop caring about taking care of themselves, and in Amy Winehouse’s case, I think this could have been a result of lack of personal care and hygiene.
(Gross, but true).
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NO its not from drugs anyone can get it…… its like staph or strep its a skin condition… its a bacteria under the skin that makes you itch…..
“Two types of bacteria cause impetigo — Staphylococcus aureus (staph), which is most common, and Streptococcus pyogenes (strep). Both types of bacteria can live harmlessly on your skin until they enter through a cut or other wound and cause an infection.
In adults, impetigo is usually the result of injury to the skin — often by another dermatological condition such as dermatitis. Children are commonly infected through a cut, scrape or insect bite, but they can also develop impetigo without having any notable damage to the skin. Impetigo that strikes healthy skin is called primary impetigo. Secondary impetigo occurs after an injury to your skin’s protective barrier.”
I always thought it came from animals licking people…but dunno. Here’s just what I found.
I know lots of people with impetigo. Wow, Amy Winehouse has it…couldn’t have happened to a nicer person!
Definition Return to top
Impetigo is a skin disorder caused by bacterial infection and characterized by crusting skin lesions.
Causes Return to top
Impetigo is a common skin infection. It is most common in children, particularly children in unhealthy living conditions. In adults, it may follow other skin disorders. Impetigo may follow a recent upper respiratory infection such as a cold or other viral infection. It is similar to cellulitis, but is more superficial, involving infection of the top layers of the skin with streptococcus (strep), staphylococcus (staph), or both.
The skin normally has many types of bacteria on it, but intact skin is an effective barrier that keeps bacteria from entering and growing within the body. When there is a break in the skin, bacteria can enter the body and grow there, causing inflammation and infection. Breaks in the skin may occur with insect bites, animal bites, or human bites, or other injury or trauma to the skin. Impetigo may occur on skin where there is no visible break.
Impetigo begins as an itchy, red sore that blisters, oozes and finally becomes covered with a tightly adherent crust. It tends to grow and spread. Impetigo is contagious. The infection is carried in the fluid that oozes from the blisters. Rarely, impetigo may form deeper skin ulcers.
Symptoms Return to top
Skin lesion on the face or lips, or on the arms or legs, spreading to other areas. Typically this lesion begins as a cluster of tiny blisters which burst, followed by oozing and the formation of a thick honey- or brown-colored crust that is firmly stuck to the skin.
Itching blister:
Filled with yellow or honey-colored fluid
Oozing and crusting over
Rash (may begin as a single spot, but if person scratches it, it may spread to other areas).
In infants, a single or possibly multiple blisters filled with pus, easy to pop and — when broken — leave a reddish raw-looking base.
Lymphadenopathy — local lymph nodes near the infection may be swollen.
Exams and Tests Return to top
Diagnosis is based primarily on the appearance of the skin lesion. A culture of the skin or mucosal lesion usually grows streptococcus or staphylococcus.
Treatment Return to top
The goal is to cure the infection and relieve the symptoms.
A mild infection may be treated with a prescription antibacterial cream. More severe cases may require antibiotics, taken by mouth.
Wash the skin several times a day, preferably with an antibacterial soap, to remove crusts and drainage.
Outlook (Prognosis) Return to top
The sores of impetigo heal slowly and seldom scar. The cure rate is extremely high, but they often come back in young children.
Possible Complications Return to top
The infection could spread to other parts of the body. This is common.
Children often have multiple patches of impetigo.
A systemic infection could lead to kidney failure (post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis). This is a rare occurrence.
Permanent skin damage and scarring may occur (also extremely rare).
When to Contact a Medical Professional Return to top
Call for an appointment with your health care provider if symptoms indicating impetigo are present.
Prevention Return to top
Prevent the spread of infection. If you have impetigo, always use a clean washcloth and towel each time. Do not share towels, clothing, razors, and so on with other family members. Wash the hands thoroughly after touching the skin lesions.
Good general health and hygiene help to prevent infection. Minor cuts and scrapes should be thoroughly cleansed with soap and clean water. A mild antibacterial agent may be used, if desired.
Impetigo is contagious, so avoid touching the draining (oozing) lesions.
Dude you can contract anything if your a drug user…Aids, Herpes, pretty much anything if their dirty!!! Skin condition is probably something that is in her genes and has poor hygeine!!! It can be contagious some types of skin conditions, so maybe with multiple lovers could be dangerous…I don’t know for sure but it sounds horribly disgusting!!
IMPETIGO is now a mistaken description, because an abscess has formed inside Amy Winehouse’s mouth. The proper use of impetigo only applies to external skin infections. Not to abscess and general internal swelling. The clear blisters seen in photos are consistent with staph (S. aureus) and indicate a life threatening condition.
The first reaction from “Team Amy” was to hide this infection with makeup. Top priority was given to getting the $ 1,000,000 pay day at Fendi. Staph had colonized her cheek most likely from scratching, related to reported methadone treatment to combat heroin addiction. “Blood itch” severe scratching is seen with these patients as with Amy Winehouse on any number of YouTube videos and in her concert video.
This situation is life threatening. The staph abscess will produce poisons internally with Toxic Shock Syndrome inevitable if this is only treated with a cream as for impetigo. Hospitalization is required, immediately.
In addition, S. aureus is now displaying the MRSA resistance properties in large numbers of cases in the U.K. Delay in treatment to get the Fendi money was directly responsible for allowing this staph infection to develop through the cheek, so any additional delay should not be allowed. This patient has no science education and no appreciation of the risks at hand.
Years back we investigated the circumstances surrounding the death of Jim Henson, the Muppets inventor. He delayed seeking treatment. In fact, he had been calling back to the U.K. getting very bad medical advice. By the time he came in to hospital, he was a dead man, not quite walking. S. aureus presents exactly the same risk to this wonderfully gifted jazz singer that Mr. Henson faced.
This invasive infection will kill Amy “Pigpen” Winehouse with TSS or a ferocious pneumonia as surely as the infection killed Mr. Henson. Winehouse was “tricked out” to heroin addiction — along with several dozen other female victims — through a criminal scheme based on the Boost date rape drug. She has been dragged through more than a year of personal Hell. The poisoning last August — inducing coma — and the crack binge of January 17/18 have left her at Reduced Participation. Mentally she is a shadow, copying her former self. She must now be Sectioned if she is to survive — following “whatever you do unto the least of mine, so you do unto me also” from Mathew 25. Forget the money. This pop star cannot survive without hospitalization and treatment far beyond impetigo.