I have has SOMETHING for the past 10 years or so. I have gone to Dermatoligist ans she said it was acne BUT I don't believe it is. I have been doing some online research and come up with a Probable diagnosis for myself of MRSA.

The pictures I have found and the descritions I have read ALL sound just like what I have. Now, I may also have SOME acne but I also have something else going on and that is what I think is the MRSA.

It is an infection of the skin caused by Staph. It causes painful bumps, blisters filled with bloody fluid and occasionally there MIGHT be a bit of puss come out when I open the sorest spot with a CLEAN needle and squeeze it. The itching and burning and real PAIN is immediatly relieved once I get the fluid OUT. I also am prone to cysts. I had one bad one on my chest a few years ago which I squeezed daily for almost 6 months. I now have the same type of thing on my cheek, my FACE cheek, not my Butt cheek. I get so much bloody fluid out of that each day at least once that a whole Kleenex is red. I work on it a little at a time since I can slowly clean it out but it takes months.

Anyway. I will get some pictures to show you what this stuff looks like. I ordered some SraphAseptic from amazon .com but it hasn't arrived yet. I know this has to be a systemic problem but I don't know how to fix it. I have to figure it out by myself since I HAVE seen docotors about it and they don't seem to know anything about it. Even a Dermatoligist.

Here is a pic I found online of what the typical thing looks like:


This one is open and not a blister anymore since it is draining. I may have taken a pic of it I had on my upper back, I will have to look.

This thing lasted about 6 months and I DON'T believe this is acne. What do you think?

I know you don't want to see a doctor, BUT *ducks*, just listen...

I'd probably leapfrog the dermatologist and go to a rheumatologist (not to offend the derma, but the rheumy is going to know more, heh). Furthermore, you should no doubt get your blood checked. I checked online and it said, "MRSA can be detected in asymptomatic patients by a blood test". So, go get that blood test, which I am sure the rheumy would be familiar with.

Unless there's a rare form of acne I never knew about, that does NOT look like acne to me. If you don't have an open access insurance plan, call your normal doctor and tell him/her to refer you to a rheumatologist.

That looks quite painful, and an infection isn't something to mess around with. I can tell you're kind of PO'd with doctors right now but finding the right one might be what finds you a diagnosis and hopefully a cure so you can find some comfort.

You should at least try to get the lab work done, so you can find out if it is MRSA or rule it out. Regardless, keep in touch about what you find.

What you are talking about is usally gotten in Hospitals and Nursing
homes. If you have it and had to go in the hospital,you would have
to be tested for Marsa,some hospitals will put you in a private room.
The staff is to wear masks,gown and gloves. And even though gloves
are used they must wash hands. Also if you go out of room while in
hosital you must wear same outfit as staff. Other hospitals hands are
washed and gloves are used only. If you are dignosed you must let Drs.
nurses and any health care staff knows. You need to be on very strong
antiboctics. You don't want to fool around,i see the Derms are doing some
thing wrong. The blood test can be done by a family Dr. but the answer
does not overnight. I totally agree with Ellie on Drs.,please take this
very serious because it can be..Sue

WENT to Doc #1. "Oh, it's just acne. here is script for antibiotic."

Took it with No affect.

Doc #2. " Oh, put heat on it. It will break by itself." No script given.

Doc #3 { Dermatoligist } Advice: Get NeoSporin and rub it into each one many times a day.

Doc #4. "Let's get sample of fluid from one and run test to see what is it it." Came back with "Nothing that shouldn't Normally be there."

Doc #5 "Here TRY this new antibiotic." No change.

Doc #6. "Here TRY this one." No change and gave me terrible diarrhea and stomach ache.

NOW you tell me to go BACK to doctor?? This has all happened over span of 10 years and I STILL have this THING. This is WHY I don't like doctors.

AND that StaphAseptic never arrived either. I ordered it 3 weeks ago.

I have 3 friends with MRSA...one has had it for around 20 years, she nearly heals & then it recurs. One friend contracted it recently by merely bumping his leg on his wooden desk. The skin was NOT broken, however he has severely swollen legs and they "weep" and he developed MRSA 4 days later and the area started as dime sized & is eating a hole through his leg...it has progressed to quarter sized. He's being treated with twice daily I.V. antibiotics and an oral antibiotic. He's had 40 I.V.'s so far and is no where near done yet. My third friend, the youngest of the three, at age 30, has lupus. His mrsa is so severe and they've been treating it recurrenntly for 3 or more years. Now, they are at the point of amputation of the leg. My friend is weary of all the treatments and pain and has decided to allow them to amputate. MRSA spreads and can nail your lungs, internal organs...I recently read of the girl below (I've been searching for an hour to find u this article) who nearly died in a very brief time. Had she had an immediate diagnosis, perhaps the result would have been much better with immediate treatment.
I too, hate most doctors as I've had to try to diagnose myself. We are not our own best doc's for sure but wth else can we do when we're blown off by our docs?! I wish I knew how to help you with your dilemma...it doesn't seem to be mrsa but I'm no expert. I DO think you harbor toxic elements in your blood which will manifest as such...so will allergies cause skin eruptions of many kinds. I wish you luck in recovering and I will keep you in my prayers. Hugggs! Critter


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methici...ococcus_aureus

http://www.everydayhealth.com/Public...ic.aspx?q=MRSA

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/...ntid=100122883

http://www.themonitor.com/news/mrsa_..._children.html
Peyton Spence nearly lost her daughter, Hunter, 12, to a MRSA infection in May that rapidly took over the girl’s entire body. In less than a week, Hunter went from feeling a little pain in her leg to being on a ventilator at Driscoll, fighting for her life.

“The doctor said it didn’t look good for her — as progressed as the disease was, he thought she had a 20 percent chance of pulling through,” said Spence, who lives in Victoria.

The doctors who saw Hunter early on attributed her leg cramps to “growing pains” and her fever to the flu. By the time a doctor decided to test her for MRSA, the bacteria had invaded Hunter’s blood, bones and organs.

Today, the youngster is recovering, although she can’t breathe as well as before, her mother said.

Spence said she doesn’t blame the doctors for not testing for MRSA, but said she wants to make sure healthcare providers and parents are educated about the infection.

“All it would have taken was a simple blood culture that very first day,” she said. “She could have been treated with oral antibiotics.”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/w...ds/6444553.stm

You may have a chronic condition called hydradenitis. This requires long term antibiotic therapy, like cephalexin. And don't open these sores! Your skin is the best defense you have against superbugs like MRSA! If you DON'T have MRSA, you might get it if you keep picking your sores open. A dermatologist is most likely to treat hydradenitis but a rheumatologist may have some answers as well.
GOOD LUCK!

Welcome to NT, imanurse. This thread is getting long over a long time period.
The hydradenitis suggestion has been made already on post 23.
This is an odd spot for a lesion of that tho. And this is her only one...and most hydradenitis sufferers get them in several places over time.

We need to all encourage Wiix to get appropriate help, and treatment.
The way MRSA is spreading thru the community now, any open sore/wound
needs careful attention.

Many people confuse MRSA with other staph infections Wiix.

MRSA is a mutant form of staph, that has acquired the capability to neutralize our own white cell defenses...with a enzyme that deactivates kills neutrophils.
It does not respond to conventional antibiotics and requires special treatment.
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_New_S...tem_10565.html

However, Wiix, we do have regular Staph on our skins, as a normal situation.
When introduced into wounds, it is capable of causing serious infections too, but these are more easily treated, in most people.

Your longstanding wound may be complicated with fungal organisms, and viral Herpes simplex. When that happens treatments become more complex. You need biopsy/and cultures to see what is in there now. Please get thee to a doctor.

All sores that do not heal should be evaluated for skin cancer...there are so many types and they all look different.

Thank you all you good people talking about this with/for me. I am almost positive this is a cyst. I do get cystic acne on occassion of this same sort and I was diagnosed with polycystic disease in my teens. I found pics online of what a cyst is like, two sacs, one on top of the other. The top one on surface is mostly bloody fluid and under that is clear fluid. After a while of getting bloody fluid out, the end of these things are clear fluid. Once I get down to that it is nearing the end for this thing. But there are many of these in a cluster so if I open it on different spots, depending on where I am with that certain one the fluid may be bloody OR clear. Right now I am at the very center of the cluster getting out the bloody fluid. All around the edges are beginning to be clear fluid and the entire area is beginning to shrink and heal.

I likened it to "BubbleWrap". Her is a picture of what it looks like inside:


Many different sacs. That is what I feel.

As I said before I HAVE been to doctors, 6 or 7 times, with same results. Put heat on it, blah, blah, blah. I know a neighbor had one of these and he had it surgicly removed. They went in and took OUT the sac walls so it wouldn't keep filling. I also had one of these on my chest a few years ago and easily could get at it and SEE it. This one now being where I can't see it, is VERY difficult for me to deal with. Contorting my arms and neck to do what I have to do, somedays, leaves me in so much pain in my arms, neck and head that I have to take long, hot showers and take pain pills and go to bed. My left shoulder, elbow, back and chest muscles get stretched and I think I may tear them a bit. Believe me, I am suffering over this THING. BUT I am making progress.