Posted on 02/27/2006 10:35:33 PM PST by cgk
A virulent staph germ once largely confined to hospitals is emerging in jails, gyms and schools.
It all began with what looked like a spider bite on Eileen Moore's left thigh. Nothing to worry about, she figured.
Within 24 hours, the "bite" became a 6-inch welt with a bubble of pus that eventually ripened into a black wound. Over the next few months, scabs dotted her face. A hangnail caused her middle finger to bloat like a sausage. Her pierced ears oozed pus.
The cause of Moore's ordeal was a bacterium known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, which in its most severe form can turn into a fatal flesh-destroying scourge.
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Thanks. I reported abuse on myself to the Mods not 1 minute after posting. Strangely, it didn't show as a dupe until I added the keyword "staph."
different link but seems to be the same story
Staph is serious. My daughter almost died from it.
Something else to keep the mothers of America awake at night.
I caught MRSA from a patient. Septra and Doxicycline took it out in 10 days after I had most of the incapsulated infection surgically removed..The capsule looked like a sputnik. Doc said he had never seen anything like it.
Right before bed the welt was 1" in diameter, the pus pocket was back and he was complaining non-stop about the pain. I gave him some Tylenol and Advil, re-popped and washed the pus pocket and applied some oatmeal spray to take out some of the discomfort. I also circled the edge of the welt so we have something realistic to go on, not "I *think* it's bigger".
I was bitten by a Brown Recluse back in 77. My mom was bitten by a Brown Recluse in 87. I had to go through a months of daily injections and she ended up loosing a considerable portion of the muscle and skin over her right shoulder blade. I remember her asking me to "pick off the scab and drain" her sore. I dug, cut with scissors and pulled out the blackened tissue. I kept asking her if it hurt and she said that she felt a bit of tugging and told me to quit farting around and do it. After about 15 minutes I had to stop because I started fainting. I told her that she really needed to go to the doctor for this one. She argued, so I had her feel her shoulder. She was a bit surprised when she slipped her middle finger in the hole up to the first knuckle. She hadn't felt a thing.
No. I don't take "little bug bites" for granted. I treat them, then observe the hell out of them until they're completely healed.
"This afternoon my son came to me with a 1/2" welt with a tiny pus pocket in the middle..."
Thanks a lot for sharing that marie.
We have a family with a *lot* of nurses! You should come over for dinner some time! LOL!
Your home page is quite impressive...great work!
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