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I’ve had a scab for 4 weeks and now has spots underneath scab

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lauren78539
lauren78539

I had impetigo around a year and a half ago. Recently I’ve had a scab and it seems to look similar to what my impetigo looked like. I want to know what I should do because I don’t want to waste the doctors time 

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  • maureen42388
    maureen42388 lauren78539

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    I think you should definitely go back to the doctors impertigo can go on for such a long time my husband who is elderly has really suffered with it for at least 8 months and we are at our wits end he suffers with large scabs on his head which come and go so get it checked out asap
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