Will I Get Better if I Have MRSA

Well first off, unless you're living under a rock, let's get what MRSA is out of the way. MRSA stands for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It's a type of bacterial cocci(microorganisms) found on the skin and noses of healthy people. It's basically harmless.However, over time various populations of this bacteria have become resistant to a numberof antibiotics. In the 1940's penicillin was introduced and overused in the health careprofession. This overuse is thought to be the cause of MRSA. MRSA is a staphylococcusaureus except that it has mutated. This mutation gives resistance to some of the drugs usedto treat staph. infections. MRSA strands are resistant to methicillin, flucloxacillin, erythromicin, penicillin and ciprofloxacin.

Staph infections, including MRSA, are often seen more frequently among persons inhospitals and healthcare facilities who have weakened immune systems. This strain isreferred to as hospital-associated (HA)-MRSA. Infections that occur in otherwise healthypeople who have not been recently (within the past year) hospitalized or had a medical procedure (such as dialysis, surgery, catheters) are known as community-associated (CA)-MRSA infections.

Roughly 75 percent of CA-MRSA infections are localized to skin and soft tissue and usuallycan be treated effectively. However CA-MRSA strains display enhanced lethalness. Unless detected early can spreads more rapidly and cause illnesses much more severe than traditional HA-MRSA infections, which can affect vital organs and lead to widespread infection. It is not known why some healthy people develop CA-MRSA skin infections that are treatable whereas others infected with the same strain develop severe infections or die.

MRSA most often appears as a skin infection, like a boil or abscess. It also might infect a surgical wound. In either case, the area would look swollen, red, painful or pus filled.If staph infects the lungs and causes pneumonia, you might have shortness of breath, feveror chills. MRSA can cause many other symptoms since it can infect the urinary tract or the bloodstream. Very rarely does it result in "flesh-eating" bacterial infections. These are serious skin infections that spread very quickly. While alarming it's very rare, there have only been a handful of reported cases.

Both hospital and community associated strains of MRSA still respond to certainmedications. In hospitals and care facilities, doctors generally rely on the antibioticvancomycin to treat resistant germs. CA-MRSA may be treated with vancomycin or otherantibiotics that have proved effective against particular strains. Although vancomycin saveslives, it may grow resistant as well; some hospitals are already seeing outbreaks of vancomycin-resistant MRSA. To help reduce that threat, doctors may drain an abscesscaused by MRSA rather than treat the infection with drugs.

Infections caused by Staph or MRSA are usually mild, limited to the surface of the skin, andcan be treated successfully with proper hygiene and antibiotics. In rare cases, if left untreated or not recognized early, MRSA infections can be difficult to treat and can progressto life-threatening blood or bone infections because there are fewer effective antibiotics available for treatment. So you can get better and in most cases, MRSA is easily treated. Butsince MRSA infection can be serious or -- rarely -- fatal, don't ignore signs of infection and immediately see your health care provider.

Hello, I'm Evelyn Melendez and I'm a happily married mother of two. I've been in the healthcare field for the past 10 years. My parents and my siblings are also in healthcare in various fields. If this article was interesting to you check out what else I have talk about on http://www.willigetbetterifihavemrsa.com

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