impetigo on chest, eczema on body, mystery red bumps on forearm

[RyanL21]

I'm a 16 year old male. A few months ago I developed impetigo on my chest. When I went to the doctor he prescribed my mupirocin to apply topically three times a day for 2 weeks. After 3 weeks the rash looks smaller and not crusty, but it was still there. I went back to then doctors office, but this time had a different one (a huge mistake). This new doctor said it was ring worm and gave me ketoconazole. After two weeks it did absolutely nothing and so i went back, this time with pictures. A new (again) doctor told me it was indeed impetigo, and gave me cephalexin. This time, unfortunately, nothing improved. Upon yet another visit i was just prescribed retapamulin, which i will try shortly. To make matter worst, i have developed eczema on my hands the whole time, and recently on my chest and groin (it is extremely itchy) along with strange red dots along my forearm, many of which appear to have yellow blisters -but not all of them. Maybe my immune system got all whack because of the impetigo, as I've never had eczema this bad or these strange red bumps. I'll see a dermatologist in about a week but in the meantime I'm clueless. Thank you for reading and please help.

[Sapiophile]

It sounds like impetigo to me. I'm not a doctor. I have been battling a mean case of impetigo. It's been a hellish, embarrassing battle. I've tried so many different things, and as a result developed dermatitis or cellulitis ( difficult to differentiate from the impression at times) from things like bleach baths, alcohol and many other things. I don't have insurance so I researched. I found that impetigo (a form of staph) has evolved to become resistant to most prescribed medications. These bacteria adapt. I even tried crushed fresh garlic because I read that staph/impetigo cannot develop a resistance to the allicin within it that forms within minutes, once the garlic is crushed. Unfortunately for me that painful action did nothing for me other than irritate and burn horribly. Many people noted success with it. There are also allicin tablets but if I were you I'd read Amazon reviews for any products you buy, for the feedback. Neosporin doesn't seem to help, but the similar over the counter bactracin seems a bit more effective. I have been treating this as naturally as I could because I don't want to compromise my immune system. So, though you'll find others with different results, I'll tell you what *is* showing promise. I wash the areas; with no rash, separately with dial antibacterial soap. It's a pain in the arse, but impetigo spreads do easily. I've had a butterfly pattern of it across my arse about 6x4" , a dot beside my nose, behind each ear so bad it looked like someone razor bladed me multiple times behind there. (Felt like it too) from washing the areas behind my ear and not preventing that dripping down to my chin, I developed it on the chin and jaw line on one side of my face. Also got it on the forearms and a finger. My routine is tedious as heck, but it's working and that's what we need right?  So, here's my routine. I use a seperate cotton ball for each site and may have to use many on each. That or qtips depending on what you're applying or cleaning. I also bought white hand towels, wash cloths and towels and two white cotton sheets, and four white pillow cases, because they can be bleached. I sleep in the same bed as my boyfriend so I made the bed with the sheets her sleep in and later my white sheets on top of my side of the bed to prevent spreading it. (He never got it and I've been dealing with this for a month) I use dial antibacterial soap on a cotton ball or white wash cloth (depending on what I'm doing I., small spot or large area) If a wash cloth, I have the sink filled with hot water and about a tblsp of bleach to continually rinse the wash cloth. Bleach is caustic, so after doing this routine wash again with dial liquid soap, (it's softening) and apply coconut oil (organic) or Olive oil. Those are also two products used medicinally for hundreds of years.
So, wash with the soap, get some betadine depending on the size of the area use a cotton ball or qtip rub vigorously but not so much you harm the tissue either. (Though staph builds an inpenetrable  wall -biofilm - to protect itself with a barrier against anything that could compromise it to vulnerability and I literally took sterilised tweezers to debride it. Omg, painful!) (staph can't develop immunity to the betadine either), rub coconut oil or Olive oil over it vigorously even outside the effected area because the dye (gentian violet stains horribly.) Ever heard of the gram stain? Here's an excerpt from the web [Bacteria are often classified into Gram-positive and Gram-negative strains by their visual staining properties using crystal violet (CV), a triarylmethane dye. ... The procedure involves staining bacterial samples with crystal violet (gentian violet), which binds to the peptidoglycan layer of Gram-positive and negative bacteria] but basically this dye adheres to gram positive bacteria. Get some gentian violet (the same dye put on babies umbilicus at birth) super cheap on Amazon.  Rub the oil on, get a paint brush and paint the dye only on the sore. Use a cotton ball with oil to remove excess dye. After that, apply bactracin antibiotic ointment, rub in vigorously as well. Finally, get some Manuka honey. I'm using Kiva brand off of Amazon.  UMF 20 (the rating factor) it's a little hard of 8 oz and it's about 80$. But compared to prescription costs and doctor visits it's a cheap pot of gold imo. Spread a thin layer over each wounds, never did the same qtip in the jar twice if you can manage to remember but don't freak it if you do by mistake. It's sticky as heck, so I seperate the two layers of a toilet tissue square and lay it on top to hold everything in place and keep my hair from sticking to it. Do this everyone the itching starts bugging it around 4x per day. I've had dramatic results with this method. I know I've probably repeated myself or formatted this badly but I'm on my phone and the text window is 2"x4", plus I have a brain injury causing short term memory, so it's not easy. I'll edit it when I get to my desk top. I can provide links to things I researched about what I've stated here that are impressive. But again, I'll need to get to my desk top. If anyone has questions contact 11.sapiophile.***@****