A few weeks back my auntie calls me about 3PM one afternoon and tells me
I need to get to KY pronto, my dad is in bad shape and might die from an
infection. Dentist had told him he needed a tooth out, he didn't deal
with it, got infected (which he believed to be an ear infection), and
sorta went along for a coupla weeks then just exploded. By the time
they got him to the hospital it had swollen to the size of a baseball.
Doc decided he needed to get in there immediately, so they prepped for
surgery that evening. While that was being done, it actually blew out
his skin on his neck and was oozing stuff out (I know, TMI, but it just
goes to show). I got there late that night/morning, he was doing fairly
well by then with all the stuff cleaned out. Doc said another couple
hours and he probably would not have made it. He is still taking
antibiotics for another couple weeks.
Lesson: deal with stuff like that quickly, esp what seem to be minor
infections or such
--R
On 4/28/2010 1:22 PM, John Reames wrote:
MRSA infections can start off seeming like a pimple that grows into a
hard knot....
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John W Reames
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On Apr 28, 2010, at 12:53, Rick Knoble <rickkno...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:41:35 -0400
From: astrasfo...@gmail.com
So what causes cellulitis? Is it preventable?
Cellulitis is caused by staph or strep bacteria. Staph infections are
very bad (MRSA) and can be life threatening if they become blood
infections (as we now know).
Good hygiene helps (antibacterial soap), but as far as I can tell, it
is not totally preventable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulitis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abscess
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrsa
Rick
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