I recently took my 2 year old son to his pediatrician due to some insect bites he had received at daycare, and was he was perscribed an antihistamine like cream to also control itch(they healed). One of his bites had continued to get larger and hurt my son when touched. It got very red and was engorged. I returned to the Drs office where he had a lab sent off w/ the fluid drained out of it. I just received a call saying it came back positive for MRSA. I looked into MRSA, but I am so scared that It is in his blood. He now is on an antibiotic which he must finish til its gone. I'm scared and I don't really understand what MRSA is doing. What does MRSA do to the human body?
2007-01-15 08:03:03 · 4 answers · asked by arielchrisandjunior 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Please know that this is not transferred via a bug bite, and it's usually prevalent with patients in intensive care, burn units, nursing homes, surgical wards. How odd that your son was diagnosed with this. However, most strains of this bacterium are super sensitive to antibiotics, and infections can be treated effectively.
2007-01-15 08:11:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
MRSA is a strain of a bacteria, staph aureus, that is resistant to many types of antibiotics. It is a "superbug", meaning that it has mutated to become more difficult to treat. As long as you continue the antibiotics, you should be fine. Since the doctor already knows this is MRSA, he or she should have prescribed a stronger antibiotic that works to kill off this bacteria. Keep an eye on the skin to make sure it does not look like it is spreading, continue all of the antibiotics, and it should be fine.
Of note, it is not common to pick up MRSA from the general environment, it usually is only acquired in the hospital setting. You should let the daycare know that he has this infection, as this is the likely place that he picked it up. They need to do better disinfection of their environment.
2007-01-15 17:08:19 · answer #2 · answered by jprn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's an info sheet from CDC about it:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/ar/MRSAPatientInfoSheet.pdf
You should call the doctor back and ask questions.
2007-01-15 16:10:09 · answer #3 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.amm.co.uk/files/factsabout/fa_mrsa.htm I'm no Md but this may help
2007-01-15 16:11:42 · answer #4 · answered by Keko 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋