Skin Staph Infection, Pls Help Posted: 09-27-05 00:22am
I just had a baby five weeks ago and am
now dealing with an awful skin staph
infection. I have about 12 boils, some on
tummy and some on one side of my breast.
I've been on keflex for 3 days now. Today
I noticed a new boil coming up on my arm.
Does this mean the staph is resistant to
the keflex? Do I need to be on something
else? If an antibiotic is working, how
long does it take to show improvement?
Could the keflex be working even with a
new boil popping up? Please help, i'm in
a hurry to get rid of this crap. I'm
afraid of passing it along to my new baby.
Thank you.
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babyblue79
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 31 Location: Toronto, Ontario
Posted: 09-29-05 20:58pm
Hi adriene,
i am having the same problem with staph
infections, only I am getting them under
my arms and my breast area. It hurts like
crazy, and they keep coming back. The
only relief that I get is placing hot
water compresses on the area. If your
doctor has given you an antibiotic and it
hasnt helped, it may mean the medicine
isn't strong enough. You should go back
to your doc. In some cases, staph
infections are contagious, so go soon,
before it gets passed on.
I am unable to take any medication, as I
am trying to conceive, so I just have to
bear with this pain and keep placing hot
compresses.
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squashville USA
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 May 2006 Posts: 31
Posted: 06-02-06 16:13pm
Antibiotics can be resistant to staph as
well as we all have heard around in the
news etc. I know olive leaf extract does
kill it though. It is very safe to use
and is a good antifungal as well if you
have any yeast infections. You can get it
in a good vitamin store in capsule form.
From natures way or source naturals, they
are good companies.
The effects of pregnancy though haven't
been determined so I wouldn't recommend
this if you are pregnant. Newborns can
have a staph infection at birth- it does
happen- but it is treatable, its hard to
say don't worry. But staph is naturally
anywhere on your skin as is. The babies
form of staph its a differnt skin
infection in them though not boils like
you would have more of a redness appears,
it is treatable as well.
