What do you think msra is caused by?????????

Question

How do you know that you have it or had it? I saw a segment on the today show this morning. How do I get more information on it without going to the doctors?

I have been getting like bores on my inner thighs like around my underwear line. I was only getting them on the one side and now it has spread to my other leg. They also itch and burn then the get rubbed open by my jeans. They all this bloody/mucus comes out they heal closed and then I have scars.

Answer 1

MRSA is caused by exactly what's it's called: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus.

MRSA is a variant of a common bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus. It's easiest to call it "staph" for short. Humans harbor staph on their skin. Usually it just lives there and doesn't give us a hard time. But under the right circumstances, it can cause skin infections or food poisoning. The difference between regular staph and MRSA is that MRSA won't die when it is treated with antibiotics in the same family as penicillin. There are other classes of antibiotics that can kill MRSA, but they have to be used sparingly to prevent breeding of more antibiotic resistant bacteria.

The CDC has a great FAQ sheet for you to read http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa_ca_public.html

Also, to learn how MRSA came about, and to keep the rest of the population healthy, read about antibiotic resistance and antimicrobial resistance.
http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/
http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/community/

by the way, to avoid MRSA infection, always observe good hygiene. Wash your hands and bathe with hot, soapy water. Any old soap will do, you don't need fancy soap! Soap works because it tears open and dissolves germs on contact.

Answer 2

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is what I think you mean, I haven't seen the today show but hopefully this is it. It is a type of bacteria not too different from what causes most cysts and sometimes acnes and impetigo. The difference is that MRSA has evolved to be resistant to many different types of antibiotics. There are still many availible that will cure it though. The most common presentation of this is a sore or cyst. The doc will culture it and put you on a regular antibiotic. If it was MRSA, the skin infection would not get better and you go back and get different drugs.

Info is all over the internet, but its a bacteria that most carry around with them in their nose but don't worry about it aslong as you are clean and you take all your meds like you are supposed to.