not noticing infections

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In a message dated 1/28/2003 5:03:59 PM Pacific Standard Time,

swimdeni@... writes:

> She's had a fall and her foot got infected

> without her noticing that anything serious was wrong.

>

That happened to me once. I had a sticker that I didn't feel. It got

infected. I finally saw blood . Thats how I noticed something was wrong.

jenny

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My sister had been told twice that she might lose her

foot. She's had a fall and her foot got infected

without her noticing that anything serious was wrong.

[Guest guest]

I've had staph, strep and coral spores turn into major infections

requiring IV antibiotics, many of you might remember my trip to paradise

and the last snorkleing trip - to sum up for the new people, scratched

my leg on live coral. Thought nothing of it, in the islands we rub fresh

lime into it, so did that and the bleeding stopped. Went on with the

trip. Two weeks later, back at home, came down with what seemed to be

blood poisioning...to the hospital and an infectious disease doctor said

this wierd infection (now in stripes up my right leg) was due to the

coral scratch... 2 weeks and heavy does of Rocephin later, I was OK.

I take care of my feet, legs and skin routinely and regularly, yet

things just happen. One staph infection was contracted in a hospital ER

actually, after being there for a car accident observation. Again, it

was another 2 weeks later that I noticed it, just because my right foot

was really burning more - (usually both feel burn together with the same

intensity)

~ Gretchen