I have recently experienced a part of the growing concern about MRSA, or staph infection, that is spreading throughout our community.My daughter recently found what looked like in ingrown hair in the crease of her leg in the groin area. Within a day, it developed a hard knot underneath it with an area of redness. I took her to the doctor the next day and she was started on Augmentin. A follow up appointment was made for two days.
The next day, the knot had grown four times in size and she began to run a fever. The next morning, I took her back to the doctor and she was admitted to the hospital. They set up a surgical consult to determine whether they would drain the wound by her bedside or take her to the operating room.
By the end of the evening, the redness had spread another 10 inches down her thigh and the subsequent "surgery" left her with a fist sized chunk of tissue eaten away by the bacteria. The biopsy of the tissue confirmed the presence of MRSA or Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus.
She was put on a powerful antibiotic Vancomycin which kept the infection at bay. After a month of wound care, the incision closed. However, she was left being at risk at any time for this scenario to repeat itself. She did get another round of "boils" which had to be treated once again with a powerful antibiotic.
Since this time, I have been made aware of case after case of this happening, not only just in our town and prevalently in the schools, but also in other states.
When another of my children exhibited the same presence of this infection, there was no urgency by my medical doctor to culture the sore for the same MRSA presence. I would think that something as potentially deadly and as fast moving as this was would be more of a concern.
I am wondering, where is this coming from all of a sudden? What is the medical profession going to do when the antibiotics currently available don't work any more? How do you prevent it from recurring? Is it a plague sent from God as a warning?