how fast does mrsa grow?

Question

My son acquired MRSA and I am curious how long it is before it starts showing symptoms. In other words how fast does it grow? I do know it is very aggressive. We are trying to determine where it may have come from.

I have taken my son to the dr. He was in the hospital for a week with 2 surgeries on his finger. But this started swelling after an auto accident and a trip via ambulance to the ER. It is being treated and we are being very cautious. This thing appears to be very aggressive apparently.

Answer 1

MRSA is a very fast , infectious disease and it would be smart to use safety precautions to avoid contamination. Washing of hands frequently, use of gloves when cleaning anything that is being used by the person, special handling instructions. Have you seen a gp? If not, please do so now!

Answer 2

How Fast Does Mrsa Spread

Answer 3

MRSA is totally to be avoided if possible! Once MRSA is in your system, it will stay there, and become active again and again. MRSA is FAST in showing up, when you have an outbreak of it. What was a tiny cut, last night, may be HUGE, RED, SWOLLEN sores in the morning. It is contageous and it can cause you to lose limbs, eyes, and even cause death. You must work quickly with any type of MRSA, to get rid of the infection. Get to the Dr. quickly, and get on antibiotics that work for the person's system. MRSA is all over hospitals, jails, any place where people are closely living together. Take care NOT to get it from your son. Wash your hands with sanitary RX just all the time, while you realize that MRSA is around the home, especially. It is easily caught at schools, on the playground, and it is extremely serious. It hurts very badly. I caught it in Hawaii, by stepping on a teensy bit of coral. I had gone to bed, knowing that a mere pin prick of an opening was in my foot from the coral. I had soaked my foot, before bed. During the night, I awoke to find my red, swollen, HUGE foot just throbbing in pain. I could not even begin to use my foot AT ALL. By morning, I was able to be helped to the Clinic on Maui, where I was given keflex for the horribly painful foot. For me, this cured this bout of the MRSA. My son has MRSA in his eyelid. This is really tricky, as eyelids are so particularly sensitive. He is on really strong medications to get rid of the MRSA, as the infection is really a threat to his eyesight! MRSA must always be taken very seriously, as it really CAN do great damage to your system.
I am very curious as to you waiting to see symptoms of MRSA. When MRSA is active, you will not need to LOOK for symptoms, you will see them!