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I had Surgery three years ago and the Dr. missed and put a staple in the wound and I got MRSA. I had to be put back in the hospital for treatment. I thought that was the end of it. I had surgery three weeks ago and it showed its ugly head again. My question is do you ever get rid of it? Do you carry it with you all your life, and as long as it is treated is there any chance of death from it ? If any one has any info you can give me I would greatly appreciate it. Esther Kelly GAimplant@...

i was diagnosed a year ago my first treatment failed im only 22 and i really scared about this situation

My daughter 21, grandaughter 3, and son-in-law 24, have all been diagnosed with mrsa, I have so many questions I don;t know where to begin, but without follow up care will the mrsa stay ?spread?¡­¡­.My daughter just found out she is three months pregnant, can this infect the fetus? please help us, none of us ever feels well.

I was diagnosed with MRSA in my first three days of college freshman year. I do a lot of walking, as my campus is large and rural. I¡¯m also a dancer. It seems that my wound begins to puss with large amounts of moving (the wound is on my leg) and I keep ecountering set backs to healing even though I keep it clean and covered. I can¡¯t give up walking or dance. Is there something I should be doing to take better care of it and help it to heal?

I am 16 and I have MRSA. I was diagnosed with it three years ago. I was infected with it when no doctor¡¯s knew what the hell it was. I suffered from it for eight months before the doctor¡¯s and myself found the medication that puts me back into dormant state. I have to live with this for the rest of my life. I am a preformer (dance, acting, etc) and it effects everything. Whenever I have an outbreak I have to soak in a bath tub to drain the puss. I get large abscesses around my butt and my knees. It even spread to my arms and nose.

I am 28 and was just diagnosed with MRSA and was hospitalized. A week later i find out my five year old daughter has it. All the info I find doesnt seem to answer the questions i need answered. My daughter had no open abrasions on her and still caught it. ?????

My 16 year old granddaughter just got diagnosed today with MRSA. But we can¡¯t seem to get the right answers to our questions. She is an athlete and I woul like to know what specialists should be contacted for answers? She is in a lot of pain, lost of abscesses and we need to know how to what to do.

My daughter has itching hives from the mersa on a daily basis. The doctors have no answers for it. I know she is itching terribly because I too now have mersa.
I want to be told a regimine to follow for fewer boil out breakes. My daughtert has had just the one episode three months ago.

I am 23. I¡¯ve had mrsa for 3 years before doctors could tell me what it was. I have 5 children ages 2 mos, 1, 3, 5, and 8 they also have mersa along with my husband and they¡¯ve been treated, but the mersa keeps coming back. I get it the worst and I¡¯ve been treated with so many different medications (bactrim, rifampin, doxycycline, betasept..ect) nothing seems to work.( I feel like giving up) We are covered in the scares that mersa leaves. I had to quit my job and I clean obsessively. I¡¯ve been living with this problem and having out breaks frequently. Someone please help my family !

I am 22 years old. I was diagnosed with MRSA about a week ago. I have so many questions that are unresolved. First, what can I do to make someone around here listen?? The doctors treat it as a ¡°headache¡± and I read online how horrible this desease is. They never even told me about it, I found out only because I work with the healthsystem let alone hospitalize me. I am so nervous my son will catch this. I am totally unsure of what precautions to take at home. Where can I go to find some answers? Do I need to go back and get retested after I am off of antibiotics>?

lauren¡­ just to fill you in on the info i found out. my daughter caught it to¡­ luckily it was just one abcess. but i kept it covered and kept her from school. if the abcess comes in contact with sheets or clothes bleach them in very hot water, towels too! (so try to use whites!) and only use things once between washes. that has worked for us. she is off her meds and i am one day away from it. my doctor told me that if neither one of us gets an abcess within a week of being off antbiotics, then were no longer contagious. and lysol should always be used, i used it on everything constantly.

I was just diagnosed with mrsa I was in a auto accident 24 years ago had both legs crushed Plates and pins and screws instaled had a infection when I left the hospital ostimilites now it has turned into MRSA now on iv Vancomycin twice a day been on it for 8 days tell you if it works. Have alot of qustions to ask but don¡¯t know who to ask. Gale

I have had MSRA for over a year. I have found no way to prevent the misery. I hope that someone develops a vaccine!

My first breakout came a week after surgery in Aug 05. Since then, I have had several breakouts including a breakout in Oct 06 on the open drainage site from back surgery. I had to be hospitalized again and treated surgically. What a miserable problem we have.

When I get the dreaded red node, I go to the walk in clinic to get antibiotics - for me it is Augmentin that works right now. (this is the third rx that I have tried) I have taken antibiotic injections for one attack. The boil must become ¡°ripe¡± and drained. (PAIN)

My primary care physician had no clue how to treat the MRSA. The doctors at the walk in are familiar with the disease/condition.

my dad has alzheimers disease and he was recently diagnosed with mrsa about 6 weeks ago and my mom is devastated as the alzheimers disease is enough to handle as she is the primary caretaker at home. My 1st question is would this mrsa problem be passed onto someone by sharing a hair clipper if the person whom owned it used it for shaving an area with the furnuncles?? The razor was cleaned with rubbing alcohol 91 % isopropyl before using on my dad to whom has alzheimers, his resistance or immune system is low because of the alzheimers anyhow. We are confused and hoping this goes away. He has taken the new experimental anti-biotic linezolid and also the dr. gave them a cream to apply to the nose where the swelling took place.I dont know what to ask here but any tips or helpful hint will help. we are very clean hygeine oriented and have use lysol for disinfecting. Pleas anyone help !!!!

I was dx with MRSA two months ago. It started out as, what I thought, was an insect bite. But I was wrong, within two days of getting it, I had to go to the doctors. He told me that it wasn¡¯t a big deal and he was seeing as many as six cases a week with the same dx. He gave me an antibiotic and sent me home. The infection went away about two weeks later. Now here it is two months later and I have another out break, but not on the same leg. Is it possible that it will keep showing up in different places? And is this something that I will have to live with for ever? I have two small boys and the last thing I want is for them to get it. If anyone could advice that would be wonderful.

My brother was dx with MRSA it infected his blood he is on life support and in critical condition his lungs are failing,kiddneys,liver,and even his heart. He is only 24yrs old , has anyone ever heard of this serious of case and the survival rate in someone this young¡­..family needs answers and prayers

Josh, we will keep your family in our prayers - unfortunately what is happening is not as uncommon as one would hope, and is the reason we are here. My husband survived it, and I sure pray that your brother does too.

I have almost EXACTLY the same story as Pamela. I had ¡°spider bites¡± supposedly onone leg at first, then after the antibiotics they got better. then a few weeks later I got more, then ANother antibiotic and it spread to the other thigh, that happened 4 times before I finally got diagnosed with MRSA and put on the RIGHT antibiotics. it was horrible, I couldnt walk or work. I have 2 small boys and now I¡¯m worried about them as well.

I WAS FOUND OUT THAT I HAVE MRSA LAST YEAR. SOMEHOW IT CAME BACK EXACTLY A YEAR LATER. THIS TIME I HAD TO GET BY BACK LANCED 6 INCHES WIDE, AND 2 INCHES DEEP. I WAS WONDERING IS THERE ANY CURE OF THIS, BECAUSE I¡¯M STARTING TO THINK ONCE YOU HAVE IT, YOU HAVE IT FOR LIFE. IF SOMEONE OUT THERE CAN HELP, ¡°PLEASE DO!!!!!!!!!!!¡±

does anyone know about the drug XIGRIS? My brother has been on it for a couple of days now the doctors are realy concerned about the condition of his lungs. Last night they had to put a air hose in the side of his bodie to go in to his lung. They said he developed a hole in his lung due to the ventilator?

Josh, I have seen a case as serious as ur brothers. My boyfriends 17 years old cousin was taken to the hospital because she was starting to swell around her throat and couldnt breath. She had MRSA in her lungs and her blood was infected. She stopped breathing on her own and she was put on a ventilator, but she had brain damage due to lack of oxygen. The doctors had never seen anything like it before and didnt know what to do, and she died 12 hours later. No one knew she had MRSA and it was too late for her. I pray that your brother¡¯s MRSA was detected soon enough and that he will be ok.

what¡¯s really interesting is that MRSA can stay dorment for any length of time and still become infectious to any one in contact with it. Where was MRSA before HIV, and where was HIV before HEP C. Ask yourselves this one question?
When has good old pennicillin ever failed to deliver anibiotic to the body in order to fight off any infection? Only when the germ was put there, and believe me it has been very well , skilled, mastered, tried, and then released to the population. Only the strong survive!!!!!

to all in dire need - just read that tea tree oil may help fight MRSA viruses.

Thank you for all your stories and questions. I have read them all. I have been fighting an infection in my hands since July and it wasn¡¯t untill September it went to my eye and they told me it was mrsa. No other info was provided at the time. After treatments of Vincomycin, which I am now allergic to, my eye healed-not without permanent damage, my hands are still breaking out after treatments of Doxyclycline, Clindamycin, Levaquin, and Zyvox. I am going to the hospital for IV treatment on Fri. Without health insurance I am running out of options, but not hope. I have been supplementing with colloidal silver, stimucell, and enterobiotic S-IGC. So far boils are drying up faster than on drugs. I realize there is much controversy over alternative medicine however for me it seems to be working. I am new at this computer stuff but if anyone would like to write me feel free. I¡¯ll do my best to answer. dogwench@... Just put mrsa under subject. My prayers go out to all of us suffering from this dreadful disease. There has to be an answer somewhere. I would also like to know what to expect in the hospital. Thanks for your help, God Bless All

My father of 82 has MRSA. He contacted it at a hospital and its been 4months now. He is not doing good. His organs are slowly shuting down due to the Vancomycin.
Where can one get brochures and pass them around to alert people.
thanks

Well I have just read all the new entries. My heart goes out to each and everyone of you. Maybe the New Year will bring better health to all of us.
I finished my second round of antibiotics earlier this week. This outbreak wasn¡¯t as bad as the first one. I hope that I¡¯m lucky enough to catch and treat it next time before it enters my blood stream.
I haven¡¯t had much luck from my doctor on information, that is why I turn to all of you.
As long as wel have this infection, we are the best source of advertising for it. We need to tell people about it and how dangerous it is. Word of mouth is the best weapon we have right now to fight this. God bless all of you.

My husband was diagnosed with MRSA in May 2005 went into his bloodstream caused all of his joints to swell and his doctor sent us to Rheumatologist, which diagnosed him with something called Ankylosing Spondylitis and gave him RX similar to chemotherapy and he is to take this for 3 years. Now I have just been diagnosed with MRSA and I have found that MRSA can cause septic arthritis, symptoms are exactly what Ankylosing Spondylitis is, what should I do. Also I havent slept in days, I have developed OCD about cleaning and fear every second that our 5year old will get this from us..Please help, please?

I first got this in 2002 and was told it was an allergic reaction from a spider bit when I lived in Fresno. The doctor treated it with a topical and an antibiotic. It crept up again this summer (July) on my right side below my breast. With lancing, antibiotics it cleared up¡­the doctors said it was MRSA, but didn¡¯t tell me anything about this infection. I been trreated with Keflex, Doxycycine, and others with some success until the reoccurrance. My house has been cleaned to the point of being a sterile lab.

I¡¯m still breaking out¡­under my arms, side of my face and neck, sides.

I have had breakouts months since¡­usually around my period. I¡¯m having another right now on my right forearm and it is painful and sore but draining with heat.

I need to know what I can do dietary wise to build up my immune system. Does this thing go ¡°dormant¡± only to resurface?

Since childhood, I had ¡°cold sores¡± that developed in my nose. I thought that was all they were until I started to get educated. Now I am beginning to believe I¡¯ve had this colony for over 40 years.

HELP!

Valerie,
You mentioned some supplements that you are taking. Would you mind listing them, where you get them and the cost. I hope it is not too imposing.
I am trying Ester C, Echenachea, folic acid, and B vitamins.

Wendi,
I kind of feel obsessed with cleaning. When my grandson lived with me, for over a year, he did not develop mrsa. I used those antibacterial wipes for everything I touch. Found a product called Staph Attack on the internet and ordered it. Now I use that with the antibacterial wipes. I use Antibacterial Body Wash for showers as well as hands. At work, I carry antibacterial wipes for my hands and the desks, etc. I also have the antibacterial hand liquid (over 60% alcohol) for times when I can¡¯t get to soap and water. I change sheets often and wash all my laundry in hot water. Yeah, I feel like a cleaning nut.

If mrsa gets into the eyes what happens and how long does it take before symptoms develop? What are the symptoms ?

mrsa in the family-started with a boil-did not have bactroban nasal medication-came down with high fever-pain in leg-leg swelled-red-hot to touch-vancomycin and rifampin-rifampin did it -it got the numbers down- I watched the infection go away with the rifampin-it is going to be a long road back-much needed medicine for a long time -other complications-too many to mention-if you have a boil please keep it clean-go to doctor-get medicine-get the bactroban for in the nose-wash your hands often-warm soapy water-God Bless

I just found out today that I have MRSA I went to the Doctors for him to recheck my finger after he had done surgery on it this week to drain it and my swollen hand. I don¡¯t think I have had anything that hurt as much as this has. And as I was was getting ready I notice another sore on the very next finger just appeared. It made me sick, at the thought that I would be going though this sicking pain again. and wondering how I got this strain of staph. He also told me that it was not contagious, Because I told him my grandson stays often at my house. So he gave me a new prescription to see how it will work on the new outbreak. After reading all the stories submitted I¡¯m not to happy so if anyone out ther has anywords of incorrigment I would be glad to hear from them.

Thank you Pam, I know that everyone on the board is the best advertising. I never knew what MRSA was until my father came up with it. I usually read up on things medically but this..I missed. And I am not suprised, no one wants to discuss it at times. Now AARP had an article on MRSA and I need to find it. It was a 2006 issue. For everyone here that has MRSA, please keep your faith it will help your strength in dealing with this.

Blessings to all in ¡®07 with better health`

My husband has just been diagnosed with MRSA. He has been dealing with this for about a month and a half because the dermatolagist could figure out what it was. For the past two/three week he has been suffering from back, chest pain. Could this be a result of the MSRA?

Hi
I have been on Vancomycin for 6 weeks treatment for Mrsa seams to be working.As the dranage from the wound is drying up. Have two more weeks to go. My infection started out as ostimilites then turned in to mrsa. hope it works.
If you have any further info please let me know.
my email is MrFiero@...

Louise,
Lysine (Walgreens, drugstore) & Vit -C also works with the immune system. Plus, try not to stress out so much as this also lower the immune system and thats proof of a cold sore attack. I take Lysine to prevent the cold sores and it does put the Herpes Virus back into dormant..let us know if this works.