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A member asked:

I am 20 years old and have been diagnosed with impetigo. my doctor prescribed me medicine but nothing is helping. was i misdiagnosed?

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Hard to say: Confirmation or exclusion of the initial diagnosis would require an in person exam. Since you didn't list the treatment either a comment on that is also not possible. You are welcome to start over with more data but a call to the treating doc who saw you 1st would be more likely to solve your problem.

Answered 8/10/2018

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