Although, I was told today they're bringing in someone from the CDC tomorrow to look at him. That didn't sound good to me.
...yeah, thats pretty bad
Although, I was told today they're bringing in someone from the CDC tomorrow to look at him. That didn't sound good to me.
my sympathy mrow, necrotising infacitis isnt nice but its treatable
Do you think that vancomycin is a good suggestion for this?
I spoke to my mom today to see how he was and to suggest this. Apparently, he was given it through IV yesterday, but they took him off of it today and replaced it with...oh darn....something that started with a "c"....a much weaker antibiotic. She asked the doctor's why and said they never really gave her a direct answer. :shrug:
necrotising infacitis, i didnt think that was MRSA.
I know its been a very big problem in the NHS here in england, we had a huge outbreak about a year ago. MRSA is disease that is carried on the skin. It can be carried by anyone and not directly cause them any harm. But when they pass it on to someone unwell, i.e. someone in an unclean not well organised NHS hospital, it can be very very dangerous. They call it the Super Bug here in england.
I hope your dad gets better. Maybe look up some british articles about it since it has been so big I reccomend the Independant, The Guardian and the Sunday Times.
Umm...no his liver's fine. Just has an infected bug bite (now gash). My dad's in great health, cholesterol in the 170s, never drinks, never smoked his whole life, runs 6 marathons a year.
people with great health do not get MRSA, something is wrong.
TBH, if he does have MRSA, he is most definately not fine. I can assure you that. MRSA presents with boils and blisters all over the skin, and constan vomitiing and i think eventually organ failure. If your dad is fine at this point, im not convinced its MRSA.
Thanks shorty. I hope so, too. I think it was caught pretty early (I hope). It started as a brown recluse bite (which is poisonous) which then also got infected.