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Avoid skin infections by following this routine

by michaelmoak on Sep 16, 2010

The term skin infections broadly covers a lot of problematic conditions of skin. These can manifest as rashes, occur as boils, lesions, blisters, ulcers and other inflammatory reactions of the skin. Whichever method the infection occurs it is very painful and difficult to manage.

Types of skin infections:

Skin infection can be classified into four basic types; Bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic. Bacterial infections include cellulitis, staphylococcal infections, folliculitis etc. Fungal skin infections include yeast infections, ringworm, athlete’s foot etc. Viral infections include various skin rashes such as chicken pox, shingles etc. Parasitic infections usually occur when a parasite passes through skin on its way to the blood stream. Parasitic infection may be secondary infection due to infection of blood or primary due to parasite residing in the skin tissue. Skin infection also may be due to allergic reaction.

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