MRSA Symptoms
What are the symptoms if you think you have MRSA?
MRSA, or to give it is full name, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus is a form of the bacteria Staphylococcus Aureus (SA). This is a common type of bacteria that is found in the nose or on the skin of around a quarter of the population. Most of the time it causes absolutely no problems and is quite harmless. However, for anyone that has a weakened immune system, due to illness or operations or other treatment, MRSA symptoms can develop and cause serious illness and on occasions it can be deadly due to its resistence to many types of antibiotics.
It is because it mostly targets victims with weak immune systems that people often develop MRSA when in hospital. So what are the MRSA symptoms, and what should you do if you think you are suffering from it?
MRSA Symptoms
Symptoms for MRSA normally relate to the skin and include:
- boils on the skin (pus filled hair follicles)
- abscesses - collections of pus in pockets under the skin
- styes - infections of glands in the eyelid
- carbuncles - these are larger infections than an abscess and usually have several openings in the skin
- cellulitis - infection of the skin and the fat and tissues that lie beneath the skin
- impetigo - a skin infection that produces blisters
- Sometimes MRSA symptoms can show as urinary tract or bloodstream infections too
If you pick up any of the above symptoms, namely pus filled, painful, boil like skin conditions, you should seek urgent medical advice.
What Should You Do If You Have MRSA Symptoms?
If you develop any of these MRSA Symptoms you must seek urgent medical intervention. If you are in hospital you should immediately notify the hospital staff. If you have been unwell at home for sometime and start to develop these symptoms you should call your General Practitioner and explain your MRSA symptoms over the telephone so that he can take appropriate action. It is important that you receive early treatment which in most cases can avoid any serious complications.
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