Guest guest Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 What does what look like? Yours, Dora Austin, Texas villandra@... Re: Staff bacteria hi maralee. i think what you had was a staph infection to begin with and it progressed into necrotizing fasciitis. better known as the flesh eating infection. its extremely aggressive and karen is right, it can be a killer if not caught in time. youre very lucky. hugs, jude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 You'd be a rare person if you've no scratches on you. It could be as far away as the other side of your body. Yours, Dora Austin, Texas villandra@... Re: Staff bacteria yep it was me and no there wasn't a staff infection to begin with....there was blood work done....again..there wasn't a sore or scratch or puncture wound Diabetes homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diabetes/ To unsubscribe to this group, send an email to: diabetes-unsubscribe Hope you come back soon! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Excessive quoting manually removed by moderator. Subject line changed to reflect topic. Maralee, Confused the doctors for a while too. My ankle was sore and swollen for a week. I went to my docotr and he did tests. For gout, infection and clots. I have to mention that due to an accident some 17 years earlier I had this same ankle reconstructed. when the tests were negative they wanted to put me on anti-inflamatories. I insisted on a bone and joint specialst. I went 3 days later and he said I had ruptured the old reconstruction as the X-ray proved I did not break anything. I was sent home with a walking velcro cast that went from toe to knee. A blister formed on the outside of my ankle...there wasn't a bruise of anykind. Just swelling. The blister went from a tiny thing to turning black and purple and a hand size chunk of skin falling off in the tub....so sorry to be so graphic. and this bacteria is confusing to all who get it. I was one of the fortunate(BLESSED) 70% who live through it. the treatments are aggressive, surgery with removal of mucsle and skin, hyper baric chamber, whirlpool and water pressure treatments. Yep I had them all....now...staff bateria are all over your skin...it is when this bacteria decides to mutate that it gets bad...it decided that with me. You can do a google search on it for more info...you will find strep it the more common one gentle hugs, ----- Original Message ----- From: Maralee , That flesh eating disease really confuses me. How do you get it? How did you know you had it if there wasn't even a sore? Just curious... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 You ARE blessed, . A lady from our town passed away this fall from this, suddenly. She was in her early thirties with young kids. Maralee >^..^< Re: Staff bacteria Excessive quoting manually removed by moderator. Subject line changed to reflect topic. Maralee, Confused the doctors for a while too. My ankle was sore and swollen for a week. I went to my docotr and he did tests. For gout, infection and clots. I have to mention that due to an accident some 17 years earlier I had this same ankle reconstructed. when the tests were negative they wanted to put me on anti-inflamatories. I insisted on a bone and joint specialst. I went 3 days later and he said I had ruptured the old reconstruction as the X-ray proved I did not break anything. I was sent home with a walking velcro cast that went from toe to knee. A blister formed on the outside of my ankle...there wasn't a bruise of anykind. Just swelling. The blister went from a tiny thing to turning black and purple and a hand size chunk of skin falling off in the tub....so sorry to be so graphic. and this bacteria is confusing to all who get it. I was one of the fortunate(BLESSED) 70% who live through it. the treatments are aggressive, surgery with removal of mucsle and skin, hyper baric chamber, whirlpool and water pressure treatments. Yep I had them all....now...staff bateria are all over your skin...it is when this bacteria decides to mutate that it gets bad...it decided that with me. You can do a google search on it for more info...you will find strep it the more common one gentle hugs, ----- Original Message ----- From: Maralee , That flesh eating disease really confuses me. How do you get it? How did you know you had it if there wasn't even a sore? Just curious... Diabetes homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diabetes/ To unsubscribe to this group, send an email to: diabetes-unsubscribe Hope you come back soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 hi maralee. i think what you had was a staph infection to begin with and it progressed into necrotizing fasciitis. better known as the flesh eating infection. its extremely aggressive and karen is right, it can be a killer if not caught in time. youre very lucky. hugs, jude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 I'm not the one who had it. It was karen. Maralee >^..^< hi maralee. i think what you had was a staph infection to begin with and it progressed into necrotizing fasciitis. better known as the flesh eating infection. its extremely aggressive and karen is right, it can be a killer if not caught in time. youre very lucky. hugs, jude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 what does this look like? Re: Staff bacteria hi maralee. i think what you had was a staph infection to begin with and it progressed into necrotizing fasciitis. better known as the flesh eating infection. its extremely aggressive and karen is right, it can be a killer if not caught in time. youre very lucky. hugs, jude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 yep it was me and no there wasn't a staff infection to begin with....there was blood work done....again..there wasn't a sore or scratch or puncture wound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Dora, for me my ankle swelled. No bruise redspots nothing. Then it felt tight. Then a blister appeared as it turned purple and black. At that point the nerves were gone. Then...my skin fell off. and it started somepalce else on my ankle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 *You'd be a rare person if you've no scratches on you.* Guess I am rare....there was also blood work done. Nothing showed an infection the first week. Do yourself a favor and look it up. You will find that it is not uncommon for it to start just as mine did. This is why diagnosis is hard and confusing. The total nature of the bacteria is just that...confusing...so I guess I was being sarcastic with my opening statement. Again there wan't any openings in my body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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