MRSA Treatment – A Simple Guide
Your doctors can help you get rid of this infection.
One of the first steps in your MRSA treatment will be using a soap like Hibiclens which can help remove the bacteria from your skin.
Special nasal creams can decolonise your nose, where staph bacteria tends to hide. Some doctors will not give you the nasal cream because overuse would make it drug resistant – it could then not be used on people before surgery to combat post operative infections. They also worry that you’ll catch it again any way within weeks.
Many MRSA skin infections can be treated by a wide variety of drugs and sometimes may only need incision and drainage. It will help if your MRSA test reveals exactly what type of MRSA you have. Different strains need different drugs. Bactrim is often used for those who have the community strains. Doctors will want to use drugs sparingly as overuse will speed up the resistance cycle
Drugs like Linezolid or Vancomycin dampen down or kill you bloodstream infection if you caught it in hospital.
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My 2 yr old son possibly has MRSA. He also has severe chronic neutropenia. Im worried because his count is low and he’s been on omnicef for antibiotic and nothing has changed its only getting worse. Its all over his diaper area and has 1 huge boil looking thing and then what look like blisters. Do you have any advice on possible treatment or what I should do with him next because I would assume this could potentially be dangerous and deadly for him.
Incision and drainage usually involves getting as much pus as possible with the antibiotics killing the residue. It does sound a little unusual. But the key is whether it is healing or getting worse. Go straight back if it seems to be getting worse.
Dave
mrsainfection.net
I have MRSA and the doctor just hit the large bump I have. She poked through the top and only a little liquid came out. She said that antibiotics will take care of the majority of the pus. I do not know if this is true and would like an explanation on why she did not drain it fully and if antibiotics could get rid of the majority of the pus. Please Help!
Ask if you can be referred to an infectious disease specialist. Which medication have you been on?
Dave
mrsainfection.net
I have been fighting this mrsa since aug. I’m getting them all over my body. I’m been on different medication. Now my doctor has put me on new medication I have sore on my legs and buttock the are hard the never fully drain and they come back in different places but the same are the pain is so bad. I put heat on them I get a little comfort. What should I do?
She will need full decolonisation via the nose. It would also be helpful if she had a 5 day course of Hibiclens baths. Any skin infection she has should be covered.
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Dave Roberts
mrsainfection.net
i have a co-worker with mrsa- how long after she has started treatment should she wait to come back to work. we work in a hands-on environment working on peoples skin. after reading this i feel she shouldnt be working on the public????
If it is MRSA it can clear after several days. If it persists you should seek medical advice.
Dave Roberts
mrsainfection.net
i have this, infection, and i was womdering whenit normally heals up. the infection is around old cuts and scrapes, that have healed by now. how long will i have this THING on my skin? ps, it is a very mild case
They could still be a silent carrier. But getting rid of it from their nose may offer only temporary respite as reinfection can occure again via another silent carrier, family pet etc. A hand washing pattern that includes meal times, first thing in the morning, last thing at night and after return from outside activities will reduce the risk to all by quite a lot.
Hope this helps
Dave
MRSA Infection
My question is – Is the person infected only contagious if they have a sore with the infection in it? Once the sore is healed, do we need to keep enforcing the strict hand washing/disinfecting routine? The person infected is an 18 month old and the “hot spot” is on her bottom. It is seaping and I am currently changing diapers with rubber gloves. When that heals do I still need to change diapers with rubber gloves? Also, what do I need to look for as symptoms to make sure I don’t catch it? How do I disinfect toys/stuffed animals?