PS - When I saw the topic "MRSA" I thought this was regarding me. we have no idea. it just popped up infected. I didnt scratch it or dig in it or anything. bizzarre.
we are celebrating 33 years even though we actually divorced each other for a couple years..we got remarried 4 years ago. wild huh?
Did they culture the wound and find MRSA? What is MRSA?
[QUOTE=Linncn]What is MRSA?[/QUOTE]
Linncn, MRSA stands for methacillin resistant staph aureus. It is caused by over prescribing of antibiotics combined with people not taking the entire prescription, still having the bug and then the bugs that do survive, become resistant to it. It most often starts out as a large pimple like lesion and the most common sites are the arm pits, or groin area or other areas that are moist such as the labia....or in Kathys case, the naval. There is community acquired or hospital acquired. The community variety usually responds better to treatment. They usually treat it with Vancomycin, Bactrim and Bactroban ointment. It is a BAD thing to have and you must be extremely compliant with the meds to get rid of it.
Ah. Well, i'm part of that problem. I doubt that I've ever completed a full prescription in my adult life. You know, you start feeling better and then forget to take your medicine.
Cathy, sorry for my part in your bad belly button.
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Ah. Well, i'm part of that problem. I doubt that I've ever completed a full prescription in my adult life. You know, you start feeling better and then forget to take your medicine.
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I think I can help with this one. I had a similar thing happen. Mine wasn't as bad as yours, but it sounds similar. I checked on the internet before I was going to go to the doctor. When I googled, one of the things that popped up was an allergic reaction to the metal button on your jeans. Sure enough I had been wearing some new jeans in the past couple of days. I put some cortisone cream on it and it cleared up. I just make sure the bare metal doesn't touch my skin when I wear the jeans now. mmm well no jeans with buttons, I wear the "mom" jeans the pull up ones.
I've never in my life taken antibiotics for anything that wasnt absolutely necessary for.. I'm not one to ask a dr for an antibiotic for something like a cold.. If I take them its for real bacterial infections.
I'm also super compliant if it says take for 10 days I make sure every last pill is taken.
they cultured it, its MRSA. I have no clue how I got it. I dont use a gym, I haven't been in the hospital, haven't had surgery..haven't had anything pierced in 25 years, and then only my ears.
I'm baffled
Everyone is covered in staph, we all have it. Most of us don't have the methicillin resistant kind, but those who do can break out in abscesses even though they don't have an opening in the skin. I work in the ER and we see a LOT of it. Thanks to the press, everyone thinks they're gonna die when they are diagnosed with it. Some cases are extraordinarilly hard to treat, esecially if the person has allergies to the antiobiotics used to treat them. I've been a nurse for 20 years and of all the people I have taken care of with staph, only one has died. He didn't take his antiobiotics, only the pain meds. Was only 28 or so. Killed him with 2 weeks of the abscess forming on his buttock. I'm not trying to scare you, just make sure you take ALL the medication presribed!Hi Kathy, My hubby had something similiar to what you are describing several years ago, only it was MRSA, at least if it was we didn't know anything about it. His dr said that it was possible that His navel didn't heal properly when his umbilical cord came off. Then at some point he got a little piece of lint or something in his belly button that found that opening and caused an infection. Don't know if that was really it or not but he had a terrible time. Like you, it swelled and so did his tummy around it and it all got red and hot and it drained liked crazy and he said it hurt like hill. His finally got better, I sure do hope yours does too.
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Now I know what MRSA is....!! I asked in an earlier post and after scrolling down, found this thread and am informed. Thanks everybody!!you gotta remember my dr is also a girlfriend. she and I had kids together at the same school. we are terrible, we gossip and giggle through my appointments.
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