I think i might have staph infection am i going to die??

Answer 1

What makes you think you have it? You best go to the doctor and verify your ailment so it can be treated. The sooner, the better.

Answer 2

Go look at Web M.D they have pictures of MRSA staph infections. If your spot is small, wash it thoroughly and apply an antibacterial ointment. Cover it with a bandaid. Look at it carefully and think about what size it is right now. If you are not running fever and don'tsee red streaks moving upward then it can probably wait until morning. Look at it again tomorrow and see if the spot is more or less inflamed, This will give you a good idea about where you should go from here. MRSA infections get worse and more angry looking with time. If you really think you have one do not delay in seeing your physician for drainage and antibiotics.

Answer 3

What is MRSA?
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus is a common type of staph bacterium which lives on the skin and in the nasal passages of around 30% of the population. Mostly, this staph aureus bacterium does no harm and does not pose a problem with infection or require a cure.

But, like many bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus has the ability to pose a serious infection problem, if you are feeling run down, ill, injured or if you have undergone any form of surgery. It can cause a very serious staph infection, if it enters the body, such as through open wounds, or instruments placed in the body, or by cross-contamination from another patient, nursing staff or specialist. Without proper treatment, this can lead to death or be difficult to cure.

MRSA infections are most commonly transmitted from person to person by touch. It is also possible to acquire MRSA infection from dust containing contaminated skin particles or from objects in the environment, or from surfaces that may be contaminated with the MRSA bacterium.

An antibiotic called Methicillin was used for the treatment and cure of infections caused by staph bacterium. The term 'Methicillin resistant' means that this type of antibiotic can no longer kill 100% of the staph bacterium and another antibiotic needs to be used, if available. If Methicillin can no longer be used for the treatment and cure of Staphylococcus aureus infection, it is medically referred to as MRSA.

The Causation of MRSA
Antibiotics have been in use for many years as a successfull treatment and cure for staph infections. However, these antibiotics have been overused, misused and over prescribed as a cure for staph aureus infection for many years. It is fairly common for people to not complete a course of antibiotics, or not use as prescribed. If this happens, it is probable that not 100% of the bacterium that caused staph infection will have been killed. Surviving staph bacterium develop a resistance to this antibiotic and multiply. As more and more antibiotics are prescribed, the number of staph bacterium that are able to resist those antibiotics become more numerous.

The biggest problem with the use of antibiotics, is that they are non-focused. Therefore, they do not discriminate between good and bad bacteria, otherwise known as 'Flora' which can be found in the large intestines and form a large part of the bodies immune system. Without this immune system protection, 'superbugs' are free to develop.

Treatment of MRSA
MRSA can be treated with different antibiotics to Methicillin. However, this is becoming increasingly difficult. Medications, such as antiseptic wash and certain ointments can be used to remove MRSA from the nasal passages and skin. Even when it is doing no harm to the individual.

MRSA Mimics
There are no specific 'MRSA diseases' like with Maleria, Tuberculosis or Typhoid. Staph aureus infects a broad range of tissues and bodily systems, often giving ambiguous symptoms that are common to many different infections, caused by many other bacterium.

Infections of Wounds
Staph aureus / MRSA is the most common cause of wound infection - either after accidental injury or medical surgery. This shows as a red and inflamed wound, with yellow pus flowing from the site. This wound may break open, or fail to heal and a wound abscess could develop.

Superficial Types of Ulcers
Pressure, varicose and diabetic ulcers, which are all attributable to a poor blood supply with some superficial skin damage, are often sites of MRSA infection.

Intravenous line infections
MRSA may infect the entrance site of an intravenous line, causing localised inflammation with pus from which the MRSA can enter the blood stream to cause a bacteraemia, more commonly known as a blood stream infection.

Deep Abscesses
If MRSA (or any strain of Staph aureus) spreads from a local site into the blood stream it can lodge at various sites in the body, such as the kidneys, lungs, liver, bones or spleen, etc: This can cause one or more deep abscesses but distant from the original site of infection. These can be painful with a high fever, a high white blood cell count with signs of inflammation near the new infection. The patient will be very unwell and may have rigors (shivers) and low blood pressure (shock). Over a period, the body enters a catabolic state with breakdown of tissue, loss of weight and failure of the essential organs. This is usually linked with an associated septicaemia and by this time, treatment or cure has, in most cases, become impossible.

Lung infections
MRSA / S. Aureus is a rare cause of lung infection except in Intensive Care Units (ICU's). There, the patient is on a ventilator unit with a tube in the trachea, which by-passes the immune system defences of the nose and throat. MRSA can gain entry to the lungs via the tube and can cause pneumonia which may be fatal.

Bacteraemia / Septicaemia
MRSA / Staph aureus can enter the normally sterile blood stream either from a local site of infection, such as a wound, ulcer, abscess, or via an intravenous catheter (placed there for their medical care). Bacteraemia describes the presence of MRSA / Staph aureus in the blood. Septicaemia can follow and is the clinical term for a severe illness caused by the bacterium in the blood stream. The symptoms are not specific to MRSA and can be the same for other bacterium that cause septicaemia. Typically symptoms can include high fever; raised white blood cell count; rigors (shaking); disturbance of blood clotting with a tendency to bleed and failure of vital organs.

This is the kind of MRSA infection that has the highest death rate. Treatment is better than cure and prevention is best of all when dealing with any situation where you might be at risk from MRSA.

However, there is now a new product that has been proven to be effective in killing all MRSA bacterium and a lot of other known pathogens.

The New Silver Solution is non-toxic, proven in multiple tests at 200 times the recommended dosage. The New Silver Solution is the first colloidal silver product to attain a new patent in over 80 years. This product can be used internally, externally and as a surfectant, to both prevent and cure MRSA infection.

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

No, not if you go to the doctor very soon.

Answer 6

not if you go to the docter soon.