What does an abscess in the leg mean

What does an abscess in the leg mean

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An abscess on your leg can cause swollen lymph nodes in your groin area and you should see a doctor. Thanks for using ChaCha!

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Abscess on foot. What’s gonna happen?

Q: I recently developed an abscess in the foot.. I left it for about 5 days till the pain was unbearable.- Saw a docter.He sorta needled it. Which was the most pain i’ve ever experianced in my life == (Im 16)And drained ALOT of pus out.. He put in some sort of .. towel/paper thing with some orangy liquid meant to disinfect it or something.. Covered it and let me go with some pres. Anti biotics.Now a day later, I go backand he takes it off, the swelling around my foot is worse.. He replaced the cloth thing and said if the swelling continues, I have to goto a hospital.. Now.. I was just wondering what the hospitals gonna do? Im just a bit freaked out, are they gonna amputate my leg or something? T_T

A: I don’t think the hospital is going to amputate your leg (that’s kind off last resort). If you do end up going they’ll probably run some tests to identify was caused the infection in order to administer a stronger and more specific antibiotic (like an IV or something).

Questions about MRSA…. doctor/nurse’s responses preferred….?

Q: I had a baby 2 mos ago and when he was 3 wks old, upon changing his diaper, I noticed a small pus-filled bump on his thingie and 1 more on his leg. I took him to his dr. and they cultured it. It came back as MRSA. But in the 3 days that it took to get the results back,he was not on any kind of antibiotic, the marks were already beginning to go away. It didn’t even seem to hurt him to touch the bumps. I’ve heard that MRSA is like, horriblly painful and eats skin away. Is there any way my son was misdiagnosed? Or could his case have been that mild that it didn’t even hurt him and went away in no time? Also, I got MRSA mastitis that left me with four abscesses that I just had aspirated yesterday with ultrasound-guidance. What differences are there between a MRSA infection on the skin and one in the form of an abscess in the breast? What does this mean for us long-term? He and I have had our noses cultured and neither of us are carriers of MRSA. Does that mean less chance of recurrence

A: The thing with MRSA is that these days you can get it from anywhere. It can be on contaminated surfaces. It can be present on your skin at all times. It can be in the mucus membranes of your nose. It can affect any body part (anywhere from skin surface to lungs). Sometimes MRSA infections on the skin are so mild that they look like pimples and cause no pain. You could have MRSA that is impossible to get rid of, or you can have a mild case that will go away with one treatment. What makes it MRSA instead of garden varitety staph (which everyone has on their skin) is that this particular strain of staph is resistant to methicillin, and most other antibiotics. I’m from Kentucky, and we recently had three deaths from MRSA pneumonia.. the victims got pneumonia, and the MRSA infected their weakened lungs. If you are not “carriers” then that is a good sign… generally speaking that means that MRSA is not present on your skin, or in your nose. It does not necessarily exclude you from being infected again, however, because you can really get it from anywhere. The doctors are saying that the best thing to prevent it is frequent hand washing, and using alcohol based hand sanitizer (such as Purell or Germ X).

Should my 11 weeks old kitten be put to sleep?

Q: My kitten is 11 weeks old. I have had her since Wednesday last week.For the past few days i did notice that she spends some time ‘cleaning’ one of her legs and i thought well, she probably like to be clean as there was nothing on the surface.However, last night, i noticed late night that she is slightly limping. so i calmed her down and had a look at her leg, and there seemed to be some kind of injury. with some dryness, as if a skin ulcer.I got worried and kept an eye on her, and as i put her down she started again licking that bit with great emphasis. After she was finished i had another look and there seems to be a lot of liquid on the surrounding area, but this time i could see flesh.After a lot of worrying, i took her to the vets in the morning. The vet cleaned the area and it was obvious my kitty was in a great deal of pain. He said that she has an abscess (he thinks probably caused by another kitten) and what worried him was that the abscess was on the joint. which meant that inside the joint could be infected.So he injected her with antibiotics and covered the would whilst putting antibiotics on that too.He said he rather be too worried rather than laid back about the problem. So he spoke of making a referral to another clinique which would examine her thereon. However, after speaking to them and me , i was informed it could cost me well over a grand, and although i am insured, i would have to pay the money and then claim it from insurance.I simply have spent all my money purchasing the kitten. So what we have decided is that he is going to do what the clinique would have done himself. He wants to put the kitten to sleep and then to insert a very small needle into the joint, having it come back out on the other side to see if the joint leaks. If it does it means that it is infected and must be flushed out.I spoke to the breeder who i purchased the kitten from and she said that she would be worried about putting such young kitten to sleep. She thinks a course of antibiotics will do the trick, and if not something higher.What shall i do? i haven’t a clue! Please advice if you know something or have had similar experience.Thank you. xoxsorry about the wording of the question! am very tired. x

A: Wait Wait Wait, when I first read the header I thought you meant put to sleep as in put her to death… So you mean put to sleep as in for surgery right??? Gee lady you need to be more specific on that because I was like whatttt??? put a 11 week old kitten to sleep??? why!!!!?!?!?! But if that is what you have got to do to chance it then you need to do it. The breeder does not have the knowledge of a vet. Go with the vet’s recommendations and pray for the best.EDIT – Rebecca M, your an idiot 🙂