Ok how serious is this staph infection?!
Question: like can someone explain to me what staph infection does to you and how you prevent it or transmitt it?
Answers: like can someone explain to me what staph infection does to you and how you prevent it or transmitt it?
you can transmit it through touch.
its typically some kind of mass under the skin. if you don't get it treated immediately, you could end up having to have it lanced - which would not be fun.
you should take an antibiotic, put warm compresses on it several times a day, and keep it wrapped in a bandage at all times to prevent passing it on to someone else. hopefully in 10 days, the mass will bust and leak out (i know that sounds gross - and trust me, it is - but that's what happens). you'll have a nice scar to remember it by.
Staph infections can range from minor, like a pimple or boil, to life threatening systemic infection. MRSA(methcillin resistant staph aureus) is frequently in the news due to it's prevalance in hospital acquired infections, and in locker room break outs in schools. It can be very resistent to treatment.
Staph is very contagious in the right circumstances. Especially in ppl with a weakened immune system. This being said, staph is everywhere, so circumstances and natural immunity play a large role in infectivity.
'Bout all you can do to "prevent" it is good hygiene, especially frequent handwashing and bathing.
Once infected, you will almost certainly need an antibiotic to cure it. If skin boils, I recommend bathing in a dilute solution of bleach. Bleach will kill it on the skin. A friend of mine did this with some success.
Staph is a bacterial infection. It is transmitted by direct contact. There are frequent reports of some strains of staph becoming resistant to the antibiotics we have available, due to the bug adapting to the drug. When people demand antibiotics for infections not caused by bacteria, this helps the bacteria adapt, so be sure to be sensible--don;t ask for or take them for a cold!! You may have heard some of the publicity about MRSA lately--this is one of those bugs that is now almost completely drug resistant. Another example of how we screw up by wanting big guns to kill a small bug--now we have a BIG bug, & no guns that can kill it..