Mrsa

Matts94Z28 · 06-30-2011, 12:08 AM

Anyone ever deal with it? I have had it in the past, but nothing like this. My knee is so swollen that I cannot walk. The infected area is about the size of a pong ball and I can not get it to drain. Looks like I will be heading to my doctor or urgent care first thing in the morning to get cut open and packed!

PapaBear · 06-30-2011, 05:03 AM

Yikes. Never had it, but a friend did and it wasn't pretty.

Good luck.

jmd · 06-30-2011, 05:47 AM

they will just lance it and hopefully culture it. then start you on some antibiotics.

LXtasy · 06-30-2011, 07:06 AM

Matt, your luck in general sucks

AverageJoe · 06-30-2011, 08:02 AM

Looks more like an AIDS lesion.

BigdaddyDupree · 06-30-2011, 08:14 AM

I had it in high school when I played football and our dryers broke and they let our towels dry in the sun. Had to cut my leg open. And remove the tissue.

ForceFed4g63 · 06-30-2011, 08:42 AM

That sucks, get it checked out asap, any idea where you might have gotten it from? Been in any dirty boys locker rooms lately Matt...?

Matts94Z28 · 06-30-2011, 09:30 AM

LOL. Lisa had cardiac ablation done to correct an accessory pathway back in 06 and got it from the hospital. Since it's so contagious, it spread. Doctors claim almost everyone has it now, but some do not break out. I am about to have it cut out at 10:45.

ElecTech · 06-30-2011, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ForceFed4g63

That sucks, get it checked out asap, any idea where you might have gotten it from? Been on your knees in any dirty boys locker rooms lately Matt...?

Fixed.

Looks bad. MRSA can be very aggressive. Don't want to have to install hand controls in your Camaro.

bambooi · 06-30-2011, 06:17 PM

Any pics of the aftermath?

Matts94Z28 · 06-30-2011, 09:29 PM

I will get some as soon as we go to re pack it. Nasty stuff!

Matts94Z28 · 08-18-2011, 01:24 PM

Almost forgot about this thread.

Anyhow, to go along with that Electech was saying, MRSA can be very aggressive. I had no idea how bad it could get though. I thought my leg was bad until I saw what happened to my mothers arm last week.

This infection was in her Chemo line and infected the whole arm. It took 4 days of IV meds to get it under control and now has almost 3ft of packing in it!

Dtrain_WV · 08-18-2011, 04:22 PM

My roomate had a golf ball sized abscess removed from near his junk due to an ingrown hair and developed MRSA. He's just barely getting over it.

Not fun.

FRDnemesis · 08-18-2011, 04:37 PM

Damn, it also looks like what human flesh does after its been hit by a Brown Recluse.

Nobody ever heard of this shit (mrsa) till about 5-6 years ago and now it seems to be everywhere. That or now we are just more informed of it. It has killed lots of people.

ForceFed4g63 · 08-18-2011, 04:37 PM

My roommate also just had a golfball sized abscess removed from his forearm after popping a pimple, even had the red line going all the way up his arm to his lymph nodes. Freaked me out.

Matts94Z28 · 08-18-2011, 06:27 PM

Yeah it's no Joke. I have had about 30 of them in my time, but only a few were bad. I have never seen one as bad as my moms though.

06-30-2011, 12:08 AM	#1
Matts94Z28 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Summerville Posts: 12,039	Mrsa Anyone ever deal with it? I have had it in the past, but nothing like this. My knee is so swollen that I cannot walk. The infected area is about the size of a pong ball and I can not get it to drain. Looks like I will be heading to my doctor or urgent care first thing in the morning to get cut open and packed! __________________ Charleston Performance Solutions 4560 Rivers Ave. N. Charleston SC 29405 843-225-1142 https://www.facebook.com/CharlestonPerformanceSolutions www.facebook.com/Selepack

06-30-2011, 05:47 AM	#3
jmd Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,177	they will just lance it and hopefully culture it. then start you on some antibiotics. __________________ Cadillac man

06-30-2011, 07:06 AM	#4
LXtasy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Summerville, SC Posts: 9,564	Matt, your luck in general sucks __________________

06-30-2011, 08:14 AM	#6
BigdaddyDupree Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: MACEDONIA Posts: 4,967	I had it in high school when I played football and our dryers broke and they let our towels dry in the sun. Had to cut my leg open. And remove the tissue. __________________ . What you wanna do?

06-30-2011, 09:30 AM	#8
Matts94Z28 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Summerville Posts: 12,039	LOL. Lisa had cardiac ablation done to correct an accessory pathway back in 06 and got it from the hospital. Since it's so contagious, it spread. Doctors claim almost everyone has it now, but some do not break out. I am about to have it cut out at 10:45. __________________ Charleston Performance Solutions 4560 Rivers Ave. N. Charleston SC 29405 843-225-1142 https://www.facebook.com/CharlestonPerformanceSolutions www.facebook.com/Selepack

06-30-2011, 05:03 AM	#2
PapaBear Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,809	Yikes. Never had it, but a friend did and it wasn't pretty. Good luck.

06-30-2011, 08:42 AM	#7
ForceFed4g63 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Aiken Posts: 7,002	That sucks, get it checked out asap, any idea where you might have gotten it from? Been in any dirty boys locker rooms lately Matt...?

06-30-2011, 06:17 PM	#10
bambooi Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,324	Any pics of the aftermath?

06-30-2011, 09:29 PM	#11
Matts94Z28 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Summerville Posts: 12,039	I will get some as soon as we go to re pack it. Nasty stuff! __________________ Charleston Performance Solutions 4560 Rivers Ave. N. Charleston SC 29405 843-225-1142 https://www.facebook.com/CharlestonPerformanceSolutions www.facebook.com/Selepack

08-18-2011, 01:24 PM	#12
Matts94Z28 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Summerville Posts: 12,039	Almost forgot about this thread. Anyhow, to go along with that Electech was saying, MRSA can be very aggressive. I had no idea how bad it could get though. I thought my leg was bad until I saw what happened to my mothers arm last week. This infection was in her Chemo line and infected the whole arm. It took 4 days of IV meds to get it under control and now has almost 3ft of packing in it! __________________ Charleston Performance Solutions 4560 Rivers Ave. N. Charleston SC 29405 843-225-1142 https://www.facebook.com/CharlestonPerformanceSolutions www.facebook.com/Selepack

08-18-2011, 04:22 PM	#13
Dtrain_WV Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 5	My roomate had a golf ball sized abscess removed from near his junk due to an ingrown hair and developed MRSA. He's just barely getting over it. Not fun.

08-18-2011, 04:37 PM	#14
FRDnemesis Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: rancho cucamonga crka killaz Posts: 1,689	Damn, it also looks like what human flesh does after its been hit by a Brown Recluse. Nobody ever heard of this shit (mrsa) till about 5-6 years ago and now it seems to be everywhere. That or now we are just more informed of it. It has killed lots of people.

08-18-2011, 06:27 PM	#16
Matts94Z28 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Summerville Posts: 12,039	Yeah it's no Joke. I have had about 30 of them in my time, but only a few were bad. I have never seen one as bad as my moms though. __________________ Charleston Performance Solutions 4560 Rivers Ave. N. Charleston SC 29405 843-225-1142 https://www.facebook.com/CharlestonPerformanceSolutions www.facebook.com/Selepack