What are the signs of having mrsa

What are the signs of having mrsa

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MRSA can manifest itself as cellulitis, boils, abscesses, sty, carbuncles (infections larger than an abscess) or impetigo.

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Did your child have MRSA? If so please give me some info ?

Q: I have a two year old son, who has been going through a lot of thing in the past two weeks. Can you please tell me the signs of MRSA? How did you know it was MRSA? Did your doctor catch it right away? Was your child sick? If so what signs did he/she have? Anything you can tell me will be helpful , thank you so much.

A: my daughter had mrsa when she was eight months old. she woke up one monday morning with a huge lump on the side of her neck and was running a high fever. was on antibiotics all week and finally admitted to the hospital on friday. then she was on iv antibiotics until thursday when they transferred her to a childrens hospital for surgery. she is fine now. she has a very small scar from where they drained the abscess. has had no problems since.

MRSA questions?

Q: I have several questions about MRSA as friend’s of ours just found out that her husband has MRSA and we were just there on Saturday night- he has an open wound on his stomach and I have 2 small children- our children played together. 1. If you have MRSA- will you always have it?2. What are the signs of MRSA infection?3. What are the chances to get it from someone just by being at their house- our children were in close contact, however didn’t kiss, etc.Thank you…freaking out right now…

A: 1. People who have MRSA on their skin are likely to always have MRSA on their skin. People that don’t have MRSA on their skin usually have non-resistant staff on their skin and they are also likely to always have it.2. MRSA infections cannot be distinguished from normal staff infections based on appearance. The key characteristics of all staph infections are bright red skin, unusually intense burning, tingling, or pain, and sometimes a fever is present. MRSA is identified from cultures,genetic markers, or failure to respond to antibiotics.3. The chances of getting MRSA from contact with someone else are very low if you already have non-resistant staph living on your skin. The odds are moderate to high if you have direct skin contact with infected surfaces,and you do not already have staph on your skin. Your clothes offer protection from most surfaces, so the remaining contact generally depends on your hands. Changing out of dirty clothes and washing your hands provides a very high level of protection. 4. The presence of MRSA on your skin generally isn’t a cause for medical concern, although if someone who has never had a staph infection comes into contact with MRSA, they could develop problems. In some regards, having MRSA on your skin reduces the risk of having complications from untreatable staph because your immune system builds up natural resistance to the bacteria.

Does MRSA always show signs?

Q: I have a medical question, does staph infection MRSA always show signs/symptoms after acquiring the infection? I read online about all these new cases in the US and I’m wondering is it possible for it to be carried for years after acquiring it or does it usually act up fairly soon after infection?2 years ago I had a couple painful blisterlike things on my thigh that came and went after a few weeks of antibiotic cream, although the doc never knew what caused it. I know its probably not this. Either way, I’d like to know the answer to this question for educational purposes, I’d never heard of it before and now I read of this outbreak.

A: MRSA is caused by a variation of the staph virus already living on the skin and in the noses of most all human beings. It’s part of our normal skin flora. MRSA just happens to be resistant to the antibiotics that are usually used to treat infections, including other variations of staph. As long as it stays on the surface, or inside your nose, it’s not a problem at all. It’s when it gets into the skin you have problems. Staph infections are the cause of many different varieties of skin ailments. It causes impetigo, pimples, boils, carbuncles, cellulitis, toxic shock and even food poisoning if you ingest it in contaminated food. You can even carry the MRSA varient on your skin, and as long as it stays there, you are okay. You can’t have an infection and not show some signs or symptoms, because your immune system will attack it and give you some kind of clue something is wrong. The media really caused a sensation with the horror stories of the MRSA varient, making it sound like if you got it, you more or less had a death sentence. It’s simply not true. It is resistant to a lot of antibiotics, but it is not resistant to all of them. The people who died or who had the really nasty “skin eating” problems died because they were not treated soon enough- not because there wasn’t a treatment available. Theres no way to know exactly what caused your problem two years ago. They can try to culture a spot, but you don’t always get a good result- a lot of bacteria can grow in the culture, and it’s not always possible to finger the exact culprit. It may not even be one specific culprit, but a combo of a couple of them. It may have been staph, it may not have been. Staph is pretty easy to kill, even the MRSA kind is killed with plain old soap and water- at least until it gets in you. You can protect yourself best through the same basic sanitation rules you learned from mom and the kindergarten teacher. Wash your hands with soap and water before you eat and after you go to the bathroom, keep your hands away from your face, and don’t pick at booboos. When you get an injury of some kind, you should wash it with soap and water, apply an antibiotic cream and cover it with a bandaid until it heals. And if something starts to look infected, even just not right- then it’s time to see the doctor. You don’t need fancy antibacterial anything. If you keep the kitchen and bathroom clean, and are picky about who plays with your food, and how your food is handled, you shouldn’t have a problem. It’s really that simple, although you’d never know that from the hoopla in the news.