[health] SO. Guess who has MRSA.
This guuuuuyyy.
At least the antibiotics are helping and now I am certain why I was so sick for over a week or so.
Now I feel like I can walk without dying and eat without losing my lunch, so this is win-win in my eyes.
Oh jeez :c Everything seems to be getting it. Are you okay??
For the record: not my fault
Have you had a random skin test, Dani?
No I haven't.
Don't even know what that is >.o
MRSA can have carrier status. It can live on your skin like normal staph does, and if you touch others , or they touch things you've touched
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It can be spread from person to person that way.
MRSA is a sneaky fuck - it's a special version of Staph aureus, which is found in some 20%??? I forget. of people.
just carriers
but it's really resilient
I'm so sorry you have it .-.
And carriers don't constantly show symptoms. Even if you weren't near her during your infection, that doesn't mean anything
Until it finds a cut, or pimple, or pinprick, and creates a skin infection, you won't know it's there.
And even if you take a full course of antibiotics for your cheek, it won't kill off anything colonizing your (outer) skin.
And it will be on towels, phones, cars, most personal belongings, etc
It's really shitty luck, but it's nearly impossible to completely eradicate
Just be super careful with any and all open wounds. No matter how small.
I'm exposed to all sorts of stuff, so my advice is skip neosporin and go straight to liberally applied iodine, and colloidal silver gels
With every little bump or bite, or cut, just wash, disinfect, and cover
And pick up this soap called "hibiclens ". Main ingredient is chlorhexadine gluconate, it's watery and bright red.
You find it in the first aid aisles as a wound wash.
I've been told that washing your entire body with that can get rid of, or at least control it.
But it needs to be done every day for a while, at least a month I think?
Along with aggressive washing/ drying of bedding, towels, all that fun stuff.
oh man that sounds so shitty D:
Aghhh okay I will look into that =(
It can be managed, it's just a pain. If you're prepared, and know to get to the doctor ASAP at any sign of infection, that's good.
It's also entirely possible neither of you carry it, and that this will be the last you see of it, but pulling out the big guns is probably
A good idea just in case. It's also possible to pick it up randomly. But for two things so close together, er on the side of it not being
(*Err) Coincidental.
A lot of that is just from memory, too.
^That's a pretty good rundown on it.
But take a look at that, it knows better than I do, most likely
Thank you mama Rhi ;; I appreciate the info. We will definitely look into this more, just to be safe!
Sorry to tl;dr, I just heard an earful from the lab techs at our local hospital when I did my phlebotomy internship, so I go srs business
With the super bugs.
The right drugs should work their magic regardless of anything else.
Glad i don't have too many sheets and such so it'll be easier to wash
NOOOO it's okay to tl;dr, I really do appreciate your concern! It's nice to know all the facts <3