Posted: 6/8/2015 2:19:52 PM EDT
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So, all my life I been a pretty active guy, lots of scrapes, cuts, burns you name it I've got a scar from it...good healer...never any issues with healing up...in the last year the last three wounds I received, actually really small ones have gotten really infected, one on my right breast I swore was a spider bite I got while working under the 4x4, it got stupid swollen and infected to the point the doc drained it, packed it and it finally healed after a run of antibiotics, next up was bee stings...ran over a ground hornets burrow with the lawn mower...17 stings inside of 20 seconds on my right leg, most below my knee, about 4 or 5 right on the knee cap, most healed but the knee cap and one on my ankle got again severely infected...another round of antibiotics and all is good...fast forward to last month...fixing the XO's sink and get some small razor/paper cut like cuts on my fingers thru the rubber gloves I was wearing...tip of middle finger on right hand gets infected to the point my hand is getting painful and swollen, pea sized pustule(?) develops on pad of middle finger...I tried to lance it and drain it...nothing would come out..went to doc...he incised it with a scalpel and drained it, cultured the goo, had me soak it x2 a day for 4 days and another round of antibiotics...this time after 7 day course its still infected, in the mean time culture comes back positive for MRSA, he starts me on another course of different antibiotics...it heals up after about 5 days or so but now I have some definite nerve damage in the finger tip, absolutely numb past the last joint...
Fast forward to last week...got a cataract surgery coming up...hospital calls to interview about meds and such before...notices + MRSA culture 2 weeks ago...order a nasal swab prior to surgery...comes back today positive...so I am colonized...doc is putting me on a nasal antibiotic x 5 days... So docs...is this permanent? Am I now a carrier of MRSA? I've got 3, soon to be 4 grandsons, should I avoid them? Whats all this mean...I have searched the interwebs and come up with a lot but doesn't really answer my questions... Before someone says DIBS on guns...son already gets them...LOL...I know I am gonna die but not today or anytime soon... |
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you're a carrier, sure. you can take a bath in dilute bleach to help if you want. No, get yourself a bottle of Hibiclens |
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MRSA is no joke. from a medical perspective, once you are a carrier you are effectively considered a carrier forever, or as long as that hospital system's system knows about you. They'll take MRSA precautions with you whenever you are in system. Usually isolation, higher standards of cleaning etc.
Get on your antibiotics, take them EXACTLY as prescribed and don't stop till they are all through. My daughter got MRSA, got in her hip joint, she almost lost her leg. |
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About 30% of individuals will be colonized with MRSA, It's not the end of the world but it's good to be aware of it. If you contracted it outside of a hospital (community acquired MRSA) it is probably a bit more virulent than the nosocomial variety.
The nasal bactroban is a good idea, as is a hibiclens shower. You can shower a few times before surgery with it, and really you could do it once a week or so to keep the bacterial load down. You will need to let your physician know on the future if you get cuts or infections as the antibiotics usually differ. |
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OK and other than TOPICAL what does this do? Keep me clean for the grandsons? Can I still pass thru bodily fluids? Is the wife gonna get it? Should I avoid preparing food for others? WTF? Staphylococcus aureus is a common bacteria that is found in the skin flora of about one-fifth of people. It's everywhere on people, animals, etc. When a cut gets infected or inflamed, many times it's a Staph. aureus infection. Your body's immune system normally keeps all of that in check. What you have, MRSA, is methicillin resistant strain of staphylococcus aureus. It's staph a. that is resistant to the antibiotic mehticillin (and the other antibiotics in the penicillin class). It is a little more aggressive than regular Staph. a., but it's not something to get all worked up about unless you have a compromised immune system. You do, however, want to decolonize yourself, and perhaps get your wife and the kids checked out. It's not something that infects you the way a cold does, normally. It lives on your skin, and the mucous membranes just inside your nose, normally. It can survive in your clothes and on the surfaces of things. (I say normally, because if it did infect your insides, and it can, you would be on your way to the hospital or worse for sepsis). Alcohol wipes work well on surfaces to control MRSA, and for your skin hibiclens, or a dilute bleach bath as suggested above. Keep using the meds prescribed by your doc, and ask him about bactroban for your nose. N.B. I'm not a doctor. My mother passed away a few years back, MRSA wasn't the primary reason she died, but it did make it's contributions. (I never imagined I could touch another living human's spine without first going to medical school.  ) Whenever we visited her, we followed all of the protocols (gown, mask, gloves, etc.). After a couple months of that, we spoke to the doc about risk factors for her and us, and decided for ourselves that the protocols were ridiculous. I still washed up with antibacterial hand cleaner after visiting her.
ETA: TL;DR: In sum, MRSA is a topical infection, so topical stuff is what you need. (Just inside your nose, nares not sinuses, is topical, but don't stick bleach or anything not mucous membrane safe up there.) You're not going to pass it from bodily fluids except mucous. It gets passed by touching. It's on your skin, and possibly your clothing. The wife, kids and grandkids may have it already, or they might not. It'll live on their skin just fine without ever affecting them. MRSA doesn't just start eating people it needs an in, like a cut or abrasion, and even then, the person's immune system will usually deal with it just fine. Still, get them checked if you're worried, and follow the docs advice. I don't know if it can be passed on food. It probably can. |
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Garlic kills Vancomycin-resistant enterococci. It may help with MRSA. No, a lot of people will show positive, the danger is open wounds that are draining. Only way to check is to culture it. I would recommend a specialist in infectious disease if you are worried about. And you can spread it to family if you are not careful. |
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MRSA is no joke. from a medical perspective, once you are a carrier you are effectively considered a carrier forever, or as long as that hospital system's system knows about you. They'll take MRSA precautions with you whenever you are in system. Usually isolation, higher standards of cleaning etc. Get on your antibiotics, take them EXACTLY as prescribed and don't stop till they are all through. My daughter got MRSA, got in her hip joint, she almost lost her leg. The last time I was in the hospital they noted my previous trip to them with staph. The still MRSA'ed up. Must be their policy Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |