how do you get MRSA on your genitals?!
Question: I have a male friend who got MRSA on his genitals and I know that MRSA can be spread from one dirty person to another.
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Treat the MRSA with Tea Tree oil and be done with it. I have gotten rid of MRSA in my sons hip after surgery and 2 people on here that have listened. As long as it is not a internal infection it will die with the oil. Medical grade or better only, test on a small area of the skin to check for irritation, if irritation occurs dilute with a little olive oil, a very low concentration can kill MRSA.
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by contact. It is not necessarily from dirty people - many people catch it from being in the hospital or nursing home. Generally, if it is on the surface of the skin, or in a wound, just stay away from that area, it is best to wear gloves around the person. If they touched it, it could be spread. Wash your hands!
MRSA is not something that is spread by a "dirty" person. It is a strain of bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics. It has been caused by the overuse of antibiotics in the medical community. So they have to use very powerful antibiotics for a long period of time to get rid of the infection if a person has a MRSA infection. Usually the antibiotics are given by IV injection in the hospital. It can be spread to other people but it is pretty hard to catch it. You have to touch the infection and then get it into your blood stream some how. My mom had a MRSA infection and I took care of her for a very long time and I never got it.
MRSA is horridly contagious. It can affect any part of your body. It can even be present inside of a female like a STD. Sometimes MRSA can be respiratory and act as a cold. It's everywhere.
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The explaination I was given at the nursing home that I work at
MRSA:
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram positive bacteria (it stains with Gram's stain). One of the first drugs to be widely used to treat Staph. aureus was Penicillin, that is until the bacteria became resistant to it. There are still S.a. sensitive to Penicillin, but due to the fact that most aren't certain drugs were created to treat it, like Methicillin, Nafcillin and Dicloxacillin.
But because the bacteria has become increasingly resistant to these meds, Vancomycin has been used more frequently.
S.a. can produce a wide variety of infections including skin infections.
But, this is not associated with the person's bathing habits, because S.a. and other becteria actually live on people's skin.
More likely this type of infection depends on the person's immunologic status. If the person is Immunedeficient then it would be more likely to get infected.
There is no study that has proven that there is a risk of infectiviy from person to person.
There is also the possibility of a wrong initial diagnosis. The only way to be sure that a person is truly infected with with MRSA, or any other bacteria, is by doing a culture and an Antibiogram to determine the bacterias sensitivity to different medications.
More likely than not one would be more inclined to think of an alternative diagnosis in this case, if a culture of the lesion/s have not been made.
MRSA is a staph infection and Staph is found every where. Especially in institutions where alot of people reside.
Staph is hard to get rid of as it mutates to adjust to anti-biotics that try to kill the bacteria.
The number one best way to protect oneself is to wash ones hands. Especially after using the bathroom.
Most healthy people fight off Staph infections but those with compromised immune systems are more likey to fall victim to Staph.
Just a reminder--Staph/MRSA lives every where in some form or another.
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I am a Nurse.
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