Mrsa - Burlington,KY

Updated on July 17, 2010
G.C. asks from Burlington, KY
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About a year & a half ago my daughter got a boil on her leg & it burst. The overprotective mom I am I took her to the dr. He said oh it just looks like a sore that she won't leave alone. Well I didn't think anything of it till another one popped up. She plays a lot of sports. Well they gave me some ointment to put on it. I have asked her pediatrician several times over this period of time & he always blew me off. Well this time it spread to her face & so I took her to my doctor. He swabbed her nose & guess what? She has been living with this for way too long. Now we all have to be tested to see if we have it because she has lived with it so long. She is 12yrs old. At what age can you take them from their ped & just let them see a regular practitioner? It really erks(sp) me that he just blew me off as if I was just paranoid!! Totally frustrated!

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Right now I am in the process of disinfecting my house. This is taking a toll on me because my energy level get drained rather fast. My husband who is a paraplegic went & got tested today because he has a bed sore that will not heal. We won't know the results for a couple of days. Of course mom is the last to be tested.My daughter is being treated with a wash called Hibiclens & bactroban nasal ointment & the regular bactroban for her boils. It just all sounds so dirty & we aren't dirty people. I think she got it from sports & from school. The Dr did tell me she would more than likely have more breakouts. This is just lovely.

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T.S.

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I originally caught mrsa from my eldest daughter, who was at the time being a belligerent couch-surfing near runaway, and who did finally let me help her with her laundry and moving into a place with some friends. She had mrsa at the time, and I believe I caught it from her laundry. I now have it systemically and occasionally, during times of stress, get a boil or two.

Though it is gross and can be dangerous, it is also something that so many people have now it is not something to be too worried about, as long as you have the tools to deal with it.

Bactroban, or muprocin, is the ointment of choice for external use. If you catch the sore when it is in it's early stages, that can be enough. I am extremely careful when I have an outbreak to use only MY towel and to keep it well covered. To cover it, I find that the special burn bandages--they are like a single piece of translucent gel that sticks onto the skin and absorbs any fluids--are the best, because they are completely waterproof, surround the sore on all sides, and do not cause any sensitivity due to the adhesive. One of the triggers for a sore to develop for me, ironically, can be the adhesive of regular bandaids.

I notice that the sores start out as a tiny red bump that is itchy and somewhat sore as well. You might mistake it for a mosquito bite, but it will be very small and very red, rather than the more typical swelling of a bug bite. If you catch it at that point with muprocin, you may just have it go away.

Another thing to try is colloidal silver liquid or gel--for this, I actually DO use a regular bandaid, because you can soak the pad with this. It is very effective at killing nasty bacteria/viruses, including mrsa, and mrsa cannot develop an immunity to it. Liquid colloidal silver can also be taken internally, which I find to be more effective and much more safe than the sulfa antibiotics offered by Western medicine, if you catch it early. If you wait too long, it will require sulfa on top of that.

To keep the space clean, learn universal precautions and follow them strictly--use gloves whenever you handle this, do not place or touch the gloves, bandages, or anything else to any other surface after they have touched a sore. Keep a bag in the bathroom trash can, and learn how to take gloves off without coming in contact with the outside of them. Keep a spray bottle of bleach/water solution in the bathroom and spray down the bathroom sink, toilet seat (if there is a boil anywhere near the upper legs or bottom), and the bathtub/shower after each use. Keep any sores covered. Wash hands often and thoroughly.

It's a pain, but it can be handled.

And YES, by all means get away from the pediatricians! You need a general practitioner who has experience with this.

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A.C.

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A child can go to a regular practitioner any time. Some decide to have adults practices, but I saw a general practitioner growing up and my brother does the same with his daughter. Truthfully, the only reason I don't take my daughter to my regular doctor is that I don't particularly care for his bedside manner.

MSRA is a serious form of staph infection and should be attended to. You should know that this probably won't be the last time she has an outbreak. Staph bacteria are ubiquitous...some people are more susceptible than others.

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L.C.

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definitely take her somewhere else! MRSA is NOT something to mess with, it CAN be lethal. my whole family has had it and my son was hospitalized for 5 days and almost died because of it. please message me with your e-mail! i have an abundance of information on how to treat it for long term to reduce it coming back.

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M.A.

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We had a similar experience with our son at age 16. I took him to the pediatrician twice, then my doctor who at least admitted that he wasn't quite sure what he was looking at, and referred us to a dermatologist (stat) who also wasn't quite sure what she was looking at but did advise us to only give her treatment 24 hours for improvement and then go to the ER. So we ended up in an ER where doctors conferred and made the decision that it was MRSA. Our son was hospitalized for 4 days, on IV antibiotics and physical therapy. This was 8 years ago and he still has a small indention in his knee where the rash had originated. Needless to say, all of our children no longer go to that pediatrician. I switched all of them to my Family Practitioner, except the baby who we switched to a pedicatrician at another location.

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