Does anyone know anything about mersa?? the skin infection??!
Question: my boyfriend lil bro has mursa or mersa however u spell it. its a serious skin condition that eats away at ur skin. i need more info please i cant find it anywhere. well my bro went to see him in cali a week ago and he now has a rash under eah arm pit that spells very baD!!! his lil bro also has a staff infection. we just found out today that he had all this and 2 nights ago he stayed at our house and slept over.. what do i need to get to disinfect my home. and keep us safe?? please help im really scared. i heard its very contagious. but im tryin not to freak out bc its his lil bro. but i want to be clean and safe as much as possible.. HELP??
Answers: my boyfriend lil bro has mursa or mersa however u spell it. its a serious skin condition that eats away at ur skin. i need more info please i cant find it anywhere. well my bro went to see him in cali a week ago and he now has a rash under eah arm pit that spells very baD!!! his lil bro also has a staff infection. we just found out today that he had all this and 2 nights ago he stayed at our house and slept over.. what do i need to get to disinfect my home. and keep us safe?? please help im really scared. i heard its very contagious. but im tryin not to freak out bc its his lil bro. but i want to be clean and safe as much as possible.. HELP??
MRSA is Methicillin-Resistant Staph - there are only a couple of antibiotics that work on it. My son has excema and got a flesh-eating MRSA infection because the bacteria will take advantage of a break in the skin. My son's infection was cleared up by Bactrim.
You must see a doctor and have the wound cultured, in order to tell if it's MRSA for sure. If they slept at your house you must wash the bed linens, towels, and anything they used in hot water (bleach won't hurt, either.)
The problem with waiting on an infection like that, and not getting treatment promptly, is that the bacteria eats it's way into the skin. If it gets into your bloodstream it could possibly be deadly.
Otherwise all you can do is wash your hands a lot.
webmd is where you want to look at MRSA it is a staph infection usually in the form of a boil or absess. My daughter had it and as long as she kept it clean and covered the rest of us didn't have to worry. PLus make sure you wash your hand frequently as normal.
Do you mean MRSA ? , Mrsa is a staph infection which has become resistant to some antibiotics, it can however still be treated by vancomycin. you probably have the same bacteria living on your skin right now, upto 1 in 3 people have MRSA living on their skin or up their noses etc, but if you are healthy it poses no problems as it quite happily lives on humans without doing damage (its called a commensal bacteria)
it only becomes an issue if you have a poor immune system or are recovering from surgery etc, and have an open wound
and it is known as an opportunistic bacteria when this situation arises...
it is a staph infection and should be treated. Sometime antibiotics wont help after time and it could get into your blood system. Dont wait for that.