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anybody know about boils caused by staph infection?
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<blockquote data-quote="nvts" data-source="post: 174652" data-attributes="member: 3814"><p>Be very careful with these! difficult child 3 got one on the back of her leg, which was treated with antibiotics. We got it in time thank God, but were told to watch it carefully for MRSA (flesh eating disease).</p><p> </p><p>husband got one on his arm. It looked like a spider bite that got infected. It got bigger and bigger, so he went to the Dr. who put him on antibiotics, drew a line around it and told him that if the swelling went outside the circle or the redness, call him. If we saw lines coming out, that means blood poisoning so get to the ER so that sepsis wouldn't kick in.</p><p> </p><p>Sure enough, the swelling went outside the circle, so the surgeon cut it out (you could see the muscle inside the hole - it was sort of cool looking - sorry if that's gross!), and we had to flush it with saline for 2 weeks and recover.</p><p> </p><p>If it looks bigger or worse get him to a doctor right away. Personally, I'd go for a second opinion on the staph infection, it might be able to be treated with an antibiotic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nvts, post: 174652, member: 3814"] Be very careful with these! difficult child 3 got one on the back of her leg, which was treated with antibiotics. We got it in time thank God, but were told to watch it carefully for MRSA (flesh eating disease). husband got one on his arm. It looked like a spider bite that got infected. It got bigger and bigger, so he went to the Dr. who put him on antibiotics, drew a line around it and told him that if the swelling went outside the circle or the redness, call him. If we saw lines coming out, that means blood poisoning so get to the ER so that sepsis wouldn't kick in. Sure enough, the swelling went outside the circle, so the surgeon cut it out (you could see the muscle inside the hole - it was sort of cool looking - sorry if that's gross!), and we had to flush it with saline for 2 weeks and recover. If it looks bigger or worse get him to a doctor right away. Personally, I'd go for a second opinion on the staph infection, it might be able to be treated with an antibiotic. [/QUOTE]
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