Eww ... She's Contagious!

Amy Winehouse has a bacterial skin infectionAmy Winehouse is on drugs -- for a bacterial skin infection.

According to People, the wrecktastic weaved wonder has been prescribed antibiotics after being diagnosed with impetigo, a contagious skin infection which usually appears as small blisters or scabs.

That partly explains why she looked so bad over the weekend.



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61. AIDS is viral and antibiotics do NOT work on viruses. Antibiotics only kill bacteria. One of the girls on America's Next Top Model had this and the doctor said it's not even really that contagious...not a big deal really.

Posted at 12:06PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by Wen

62. YOU CAN GET THAT CONDITION FROM USING METH TOO.

Posted at 12:07PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by penny

63. 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.

You're exposed to the bacteria that cause impetigo when you come into contact with the sores of someone who's infected or with items they've touched, such as clothing, bed linen, towels and even toys. Once you're infected, you can easily spread the infection to others.

Staph bacteria produce a toxin that causes impetigo to spread to nearby skin. The toxin attacks a protein that helps bind skin cells together. Once this protein is damaged, bacteria can spread quickly

Posted at 12:08PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by trudy\\\'t

64. Impetigo is not related to drug use and its not a generic name for aids. you people have got to be kidding. My daughter had this when she was a kid - its no big deal. You take antibiotics and it goes away. don't read so much into it.

Posted at 12:12PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by come on people

65. the girl is just nasty. she doesn't bathe. i mean, just look at her wearing those dirty nasty ballerina slippers and that rats nest on her head. does she ever wash that crappy wig? it probably has all kinds of lice and roaches in it. she is such a slob

Posted at 12:12PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by WakeUpCall

66. Not enjoyable to look at or talk about, but it is a good motivator to never start on drugs.

Posted at 12:14PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by Knooper

67. #29 that was to funny!!! Loved it!

Posted at 12:15PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by I agree.......

68. This is what happens when you do Meth folks. You pick at your face, and your hands are FILTHY. We all like to pretend that we are clean, but we are not. We touch everything and anything.... She needs to keep some Purell on her person and continually disinfect her hands if she is going to continue to do meth and pick at her face. Crying shame....

Posted at 12:16PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by Jeannette

69. How much more skankier can she get?

See what crack does?

Posted at 12:30PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by Phil McCraken

70. It's not everyone's job to be a role model for other people's kids! Natalie Cole is a hypocritical idiot. She lost her voice from doing drugs. If you have kids, YOU be their role model. If you ain't got kids, focus on your own life.

Posted at 1:12PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by Teacher

71. I didn't think she ever looked like she bathed. She is just gross.

Posted at 1:18PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by Barbara

72. why do people like her ?????? she needs to clean up her life, shes a mess

Posted at 1:24PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by pattie

73. # 54

Ringworm is quite different from Impetigo. Ringworm is a fungal infection and Impetigo is a staph or bacterial infection. Look it up before you speak and sperad wrong information.

ringworm:
Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches

Impetigo:
A very contagious infection of the skin; common in children; localized redness develops into small blisters that gradually crust and erode

Posted at 1:31PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by Barbara

74. I have to agree with Natalie Cole....giving this druggie a Grammy just sends the wrong message to young inspiring artists, who would think after seeing Amy crackhouse win a Grammy that taking drugs wont hinder their carreers. Please take a good look at her people...that is how you look when you take drugs...skin effections, falling teeth, pale skin, how could her agents even think that she is marketable.

Posted at 1:41PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by LPAGAN

75. Im sorry, but impetigo does NOT look like that and it doesn't cause massive swelling. Ringworm doesnt cause swelling either. Something fishy is goin on with her, but that's not exactly unusual, now is it?

Posted at 1:52PM on Mar 3rd 2008 by Jenny

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