Need help about staph..very depressed...?

Question

Hi i am 28 yr old male...I have staph infection in my scalp for about 5 yrs now. first it spread all over my scalp and now to my beard..I havent fallen sick in a major way (from some of the news reports that I read and i dont know how I got it) but I am very tired of having this infection around. There are just so many sores on my head and they are painful all the time. I cant work properly and cant study either, because Im in pain. Plus Im worried I will spread this to other people (you can only wash your hands so many times). I have gone to 6 dermatologists, 5 of them put me on tetracycline, but everytime I was done with my oral course, the infection would come back with a vengeance. The 6th doc put me on muciprocin, omicef and clindamycin, which helped for a month (it was the happiest month of my life), and these sores are back again....Im very depressed. I heard there is a new antibiotic called cubicin...is that any good? Please help. Thanks

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Hi, I think you have to go to your doctor and have him take a scraping and a swab of your scalp. You may have develop an infection with a different type of organism. The problem with treating bacteria is that they are continually developing resistance to the antibiotics used today, mainly due to people not finishing their course. They stop taking it because they feel better.

You may also have a dermatology problem which is causing you to continually develop sores on your scalp. You could have a fungal infection of some sort or you may have more than 1 organism present.

If your doctor prescribes another course of antibiotics ask him for a longer course and some antibiotic cream to apply directly to the sores. Some infections need a longer treatment regime. If its not long enough it often just stuns the organism and they eventually fight back and develop resistance to that antibiotic.

Make sure he takes samples form your scalp, he can't just keep treating it without making sure it is the same organism.

Hope you feel better soon.

Answer 3

5 years!!! Have they cultured the sores lately? You might try an infectious disease doctor. Perhaps a wound culture, a fungal culture, and a viral culture? Maybe they can use cultures to narrow down exactly what antibiotics will target this infection.
Also, have you been tested for an immune deficiency? Perhaps IgM, IgA, and IgG plus IgG subclasses blood tests? A routine CBC, and flow cytometry analysis of your white blood cells? Maybe try an immunologist?
And it comes back? I heard of a woman who had MRSA living in her bath sponge...maybe if you manage to get rid of it again, replace your sheets and towels and hats and sunglasses and use bleach water on your phones, etc.

---from a hospital lab worker, and the mother of a child with an immune deficiency

Answer 4

Get some tea tree oil shampoo and conditioner. Also, read the section on building immunity in the Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine by Murray and Pizzorno. A stronger immune system will help you kick these bugs off your skin! It will also do wonders for your health in general!
Good luck!