Amy Winehouse is diagnosed with impetigo · 2008-03-05 20:03
Amy Winehouse has been diagnosed with impetigo, her spokesman confirms to People.
It's a bacterial skin infection that causes pimple-like lumps ??“ and is "is highly contagious, and scratching or touching the sores is likely to spread the infection to other parts of the body as well as to other people," according to the Mayo Clinic's Web site.
Winehouse, 24, had been prescribed drugs in the form of antibiotics.
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