DennisW
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MRSA is a dangerous infection and can cause severe treatments such as amputation if not caught fast enough. You were smart to get to the Dr. so quickly. If not treated it can be fatal. I'm happy you are healing well.
Post dive infection
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Belmont
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quote=DandyDon]When you get time, please tell us about the site you were diving...?
Good luck. Boy, I don't go barefoot anywhere anymore, boats, showers, etc...[/quote]
It's in the Thousand Islands, Ontario, the Ivy Lea camping beach, right under the Thousand Island Bridge. Very nice region for scuba diving. Lots of very famous wrecks, relatively good vis and warm water, sure beats a quarry.
Beach entry down to 30 feet for about 100 feet then a sloping down to about 250 feet.
BTW one of your fellow texan owns an island nearby, he owns 600 pure bred horses $$$.
Good luck. Boy, I don't go barefoot anywhere anymore, boats, showers, etc...[/quote]
It's in the Thousand Islands, Ontario, the Ivy Lea camping beach, right under the Thousand Island Bridge. Very nice region for scuba diving. Lots of very famous wrecks, relatively good vis and warm water, sure beats a quarry.
Beach entry down to 30 feet for about 100 feet then a sloping down to about 250 feet.
BTW one of your fellow texan owns an island nearby, he owns 600 pure bred horses $$$.
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I've dived some there, very nice.
So this is a freshwater bacteria...?
So this is a freshwater bacteria...?
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The MRSA infections I've been treating in urgent care seem to respond to bactrim and doxycycline. You may want to go to an infectious disease doctor (ask for a referral) to have them evaluate. This may be some other bacteria other than MRSA that would be more common underwater. If it is MRSA, neither of the antibiotics you have tried will work all that well.
Good luck. I spent a month getting treatment for a horrible fasciitis of the chest, neck and head last winter and it just about did me in. IV antibiotics for 3 weeks and one week of hospitalization.
I just posted a question on the DAN section asking about a post-coral infection. Hoping someone knowledgeable will go over there and read it since I placed it in the wrong section.
Good luck. I spent a month getting treatment for a horrible fasciitis of the chest, neck and head last winter and it just about did me in. IV antibiotics for 3 weeks and one week of hospitalization.
I just posted a question on the DAN section asking about a post-coral infection. Hoping someone knowledgeable will go over there and read it since I placed it in the wrong section.
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Belmont
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The term MRSA came up here but I don't think that is what I have. It seems I was infected by more than one type of germ. I was started immediately on a broad spectrum antibiotic pending the culture results. It did the job on the usual strep that causes this problem.
The results came in from the lab and another less frequent bug was found. Cipro was then started and since that second bacteria had time to settle in a second weapon was brought out, Tazocin, it seems to be doing the job. The fever is gone and the redness is going away today, for the first time since tuesday. The whole treatment was supervised by a specialist in microbiology. Good God I'm gratefull to live in an advanced country.
I hope now that I won't suffer from permanent tissue damage, my calf is twice the size of the other.
Tracydr, I feel for you, you lived trough a horrible experience, mine pales next to it. I am sharing this information here just to help my fellow divers to realize that sometimes danger takes an invisible form and it could be as deadly as hungry great white.
Michael
The results came in from the lab and another less frequent bug was found. Cipro was then started and since that second bacteria had time to settle in a second weapon was brought out, Tazocin, it seems to be doing the job. The fever is gone and the redness is going away today, for the first time since tuesday. The whole treatment was supervised by a specialist in microbiology. Good God I'm gratefull to live in an advanced country.
I hope now that I won't suffer from permanent tissue damage, my calf is twice the size of the other.
Tracydr, I feel for you, you lived trough a horrible experience, mine pales next to it. I am sharing this information here just to help my fellow divers to realize that sometimes danger takes an invisible form and it could be as deadly as hungry great white.
Michael
mamashark
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Sorry, don't remember the name of the RX off hand. How did your appointment go Saturday?
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Thanks. It was a learning experience. Anytime a doctor has to be a patient there is opportunity to learn.
I think I was much more afraid than if I wasn't a doctor because I had seen so many horrible outcomes from these sorts of things and knew the statistics for head/neck fasciitis. I was envisioning an emergency trach (which almost happened) and mutilating surgeries to relieve pressure. Not to mention toxic shock when all the skin on hands and feet started to peel.
I'm thankful for the experience because I learned alot and studied alot (what else could I do with 30 days at home hanging out with a PICC line?) but I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.
I think I was much more afraid than if I wasn't a doctor because I had seen so many horrible outcomes from these sorts of things and knew the statistics for head/neck fasciitis. I was envisioning an emergency trach (which almost happened) and mutilating surgeries to relieve pressure. Not to mention toxic shock when all the skin on hands and feet started to peel.
I'm thankful for the experience because I learned alot and studied alot (what else could I do with 30 days at home hanging out with a PICC line?) but I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.
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Belmont
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mamashark:
The physician saw some improvement. Taking no chances he prescribed a second IV antibiotic. My calf is showing improvement, now it's orange in color.
Good thing I seeked help in due time.
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