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medical question

TxsTxs Member Posts: 17,809 ✭✭✭
edited December 2003 in General Discussion
I have two or three places on my body that get these small skin irritations. What's weird is it always shows up in the exact same spots.

I have one spot on the inside of my right knee, and another on the back of my left calf. And then I get a larger area above my left hip (kidney/belt area). They show up as spots initially and they itch like the dickens. If I itch them they get bigger...and MAN do they itch!

Size is about the size of a dime-quarter.

If I put lotion on them they calm down and go away after a while.

I asked my doc about them once and he just blew it off and gave me some stuff with cortizone in it. Worked great...while it lasted. But they come back periodically.

...always in the exact same spot. They clear up with lotion, but when they come back it's always the EXACT same spot.

Just dry skin, or something else?

edit: Oh, and I should add; when one spot starts itching they all start. When one clears up they all clear up. And it itches like poison ivy/oak, and looks very similar.
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  • TxsTxs Member Posts: 17,809 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A friend Of our Family
    Has a Strange Deal he has to have Like a Pint Of blood Removed Every Month Or? As it Builds To Many Red Bloodcells
    Why???? What Is the Reason he don't Know..
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  • TxsTxs Member Posts: 17,809 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just found out my sister-in-laws husband was found in the garage yesterday with a couple of motorcycles running. He was transported to the hospital and then transported to another hospital with an oxygen tent.

    As of now he is out of a coma he has little strength in his grip and can't speak clearly.

    Here is the questions: can/will he recover from this? Will there be any lasting effects? Where can I look to find this info out if it is too lengthy.

    I have a few ideas as to what happened and why but I am keeping them to myself from the family right now. Just want to find out what they are in for from here on out.

    Thanks in advance for any info.
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  • TxsTxs Member Posts: 17,809 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Is anyone familiar with either Strep B or Staph A infections? I understand these are both highly damaging and resistant to first line antibiotics but I don't know much more. I'd like to learn how these are contracted, other than during surgical procedures.

    Nunn recently posted a prayer request for a co-worker's 15 year old daughter who is gravely ill. Pending further test results, these are the two illnesses the doctors have narrowed it down to. She remains in ICU until her condition improves enough to repair the damage done to her heart. The question of any damage to her brain remains unanwered.
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  • CWatsonCWatson Member Posts: 964 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a brother in law who had the Staff infection.He was sick for months and they kept pumping him full of antibiotics.He recoverd and the doctors told him he may have caught it when he had dental work done.

    The Strep B? I thought that was the flesh eating disorder.CW


    1.KILL EM' ALL AND LET ALLAH SORT EM' OUT!

    2.NEVER WASTE MONEY ON SPRINGFIELD ARMORY!!
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  • agloreaglore Member Posts: 6,012
    edited November -1
    Staph infections are very prevalent in hospitals.

    AlleninAlaska
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    When my daughter was 2, she went into the hospital for stiches and a couple of days later she came down with Strep Nemococcus(sp?)in the blood, a staph infection, and the Rhoda virus...she came close to dying. When we first took her in, one of the doctors told us she may not make it through the night. We believe she picked all of this up in the ER when she got her stitches. That was one of the most difficult things I have ever been through. I will continue to pray for this other girl.

    Eric

    All American Arms Company

    Veteran Owned and Operated
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  • HighNoonHighNoon Member Posts: 444 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Txs,

    Yes, both pathogens are very dangerous and both can be highly resistant to all but a few antibiotics.

    In the case of Strep, some varieties can cause strep throat, something that is relatively easy to treat. Other forms of strep include the flesh eating variety as well as Strep pneumoniae which, by its name causes pneumonia. That variety can kill within 24 hours if not identified and treated quickly.

    Staph Aureus is a particularly nasty bug. It's usually acquired in the hospital when you go in for something else. Hospital acquired infections tend to be extremely resistant to all but one or two intravenous antibiotics. It is not unusual for someone who gets a hospital staph infection to be on antibiotics for several weeks if not months. Many times surgeons will have to "go in" to drain pockets of pus to reduce the amount of staph and allow the antibiotics to do their thing. There used to be one drug all docs could rely on to kill off the staph, called Vancomycin. But now, even that doesn't work every time. The drug companies are more interested in lowering your cholesterol because it's more profitable than investing in research into new classes of antibiotics to keep up with emerging, resistant strains of bugs. Just like the flu virus mutated this year, the bacteria also mutate frequently. This makes it vital that we stay ahead of the curve with new drugs to take care of the mutated strains. But it's just not happening.

    One more thing, staph is present on many surfaces like countertops, fenceposts etc. We can easily get a serious staph infection by getting cut on the arm for example from a piece of wood, wire, etc., and within a few days we notice a red streak going down the arms. This is the start of blood poisoning which is actually the staph getting a foothold in the body and gradually working its way through the body. Untreated, it will eventally cause septicemia and kill. Like they always say, when you cut yourself, wash it right away and put antibiotic ointment or betadine on it to prevent more serious problems. It happened to me last year. Got a sliver in my elbow from a corral fence. Got infected, went on antibiotics for 2 weeks and eventually had to have surgery to drain the infection and remove tissue from the elbow.

    Hope this helps.
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  • plains scoutplains scout Member Posts: 4,563
    edited November -1
    Another cue when the recovery happens. Eat yogurt. The antibodics kill all those "good bacteria" in the stomach.

    These are nasty infections. I have seen lots of bad results from staph infections, but mostly they turn out okay. It really is important to follow the doc's recommendations and do the full treatment.
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