I have been mrsa positive since late last november. And I am now at my wits end. I have been given a sulfa antibiotic which i am allergic to I have spent 10 days hospitalized in isolation on vancomyacin I have been using bactroban ointment. After showering I used chloreseptic wash on my entire body. I have had 4 suregeries in total because my absesses have been so large. I have lost time at work due to pain and having home care nurses in. The doctors in my area seem to be uneducated cause no one wants to do anything to help me here. And I am still testing positive after all this. I also found out that it was my wonderful hometown hospital that caused me to have this staph "super bug" infect my body when I had a simple day surgery done a year ago.
Can anyone help me? I am only 28 healthy in good shape a loving mother and wife I can't live like this anymore
2006-07-21 14:01:08 · 10 answers · asked by jennbabe 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
You CAN live like this until it gets treated! I did for three years. (My son died and I had bilateral breast cancer during that time, and in the end, it was the boils and infections that made me want to give up!)
I do not have the names of the drugs that stopped it, but I can find out, so email me. Do you use the bactroban nasally? (That's where staph lives.)
Oh, it was two antibiotics, neither of which was vanco. You must have had cultures done, right?
Anyway it can be treated, and you have to hang on, do your research, and then start proving to your docs that you know what you need, or find different docs. I had a family doc and several oncologists, several admissions for treatment of big, deep abscesses, and it wasn't until I got to the infectious disease guy that I was treated properly!
Haven't had so much as a large pimple since December.
Hang in there.
2006-07-21 16:58:34 · answer #1 · answered by LazlaHollyfeld 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You need to get in with an Infectious Disease Specialist. They deal with MRSA infections all the time. Sounds to me as if you need long term antibiotics..
I don't know what kind of surgery you had.. hopefully it was not bone surgery, as sometimes bones can keep infections in them for long periods of time. It is your right to get a second opinion, and a different treatment, don't stick to what hasn't been working.
Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Mass General.. They are all specialty places... Go get some help with someone who is a specialist.
2006-07-21 21:08:44 · answer #2 · answered by PreviouslyChap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like your bug is hiding internally somewhere. Or, they're not cleaning out all the infected areas when you've had surgery on your abcesses. Whatever it is, all the cleansing you're doing isn't reaching the nasty beastie. It sounds to me like you'll need another power drug; speak to your doctors and see if they don't have an alternative to the sulfa antibiotic. Best wishes, hon; you'll be in my thoughts.
2006-07-21 21:09:31 · answer #3 · answered by lotsayorks 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would suggest that you make an appointment at a major medical center with an infectious control specialist.Duke University Medical Center is world renown and is located in Durham North Carolina.And yes you are right you probably picked up this germ at your local hospital. Good Luck
2006-07-21 21:09:13 · answer #4 · answered by Elizabeth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a new Infectious Disease doctor and dont give up...go to a different hospital, even if you have to travel to a reputable hospital, and take all your medical records with you...you can get copies of everything at the hospital you were treated at. Good Luck!!
2006-07-21 21:06:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u advised to get a sensitivity culture ..
based on the result ur doctor must start u on Vancomycin again combined with Tazocin,meropenem or imipenem.
u r in really need for a combination I V therapy.
2006-07-21 21:52:34 · answer #6 · answered by XanaX 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask your doctor about Vancomyacin. It's a newer antibiotic.
2006-07-21 22:43:01 · answer #7 · answered by nursesr4evr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I can do is pray for you. May God, Heal this young healthy mother and wife and may she be returned to happiness and prosperity. In this we ask, in our Lords name....AMEN
2006-07-21 21:08:26 · answer #8 · answered by 345Grasshopper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
please see an infectious disease doc. MRSA CAN be cured! Keep trying; don't give up! Your family needs you. I, too, will pray for you. God bless!
2006-07-21 21:15:12 · answer #9 · answered by canary 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is No cure for MERSA...except Vancomycin s of yet..
sorry
2006-07-21 21:06:52 · answer #10 · answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋