What if a family member has MRSA?

What if a family member has MRSA?

If you or someone in your family experiences the signs and symptoms of MRSA:

1. Contact your healthcare provider, especially if the symptoms are accompanied by a fever.
2. Do not pick at or pop the sore.
3. Cover the area with clean, dry bandages until you can see a healthcare provider.
4. Clean your hands often.

Why does my family keep getting MRSA?

How do children get MRSA? MRSA spreads with skin-to-skin contact, or by touching objects or surfaces that are contaminated with the bacteria. Once it spreads to a child, they can either become a carrier for the bacteria or develop an active infection.

What if a family member has a staph infection?

How Are Staph Infections Treated?

1. Soak the affected area in warm water or apply warm, moist washcloths.
2. Put a heating pad or a hot water bottle to the skin for about 20 minutes, three or four times a day.
3. Apply antibiotic ointment, if recommended by your doctor.

How long is a person with MRSA contagious?

Consequently, a person colonized with MRSA (one who has the organism normally present in or on the body) may be contagious for an indefinite period of time. In addition, MRSA organisms can remain viable on some surfaces for about two to six months if they are not washed or sterilized.

Can I get MRSA from my boyfriend?

You learn that MRSA is contracted through direct or indirect physical contact and not through the air. Although not a sexually transmitted disease, you could have contracted MRSA through skin-to-skin contact during sex, and skin-to-skin contact appears to be the most likely way to get the infection.

Does my child have MRSA?

For children, the most common place of infection is through a simple cut or scrape. The symptoms of a MRSA skin infection may include any of the below: Bump that is painful, red, leaking fluid, or swollen. It may look like a spider bite, pimple, or boil.

How do I know if my child has MRSA?

MRSA infections look like other skin infections. They often develop around open sores, but also happen on intact skin. There can be red, swollen, painful areas or bumps on the affected skin. They sometimes ooze fluid or pus (an infected area with pus is an abscess).

Can you kiss someone with MRSA?

The risk of spreading MRSA through contact (touching, hugging, kissing) is low.

What should I do if my partner has MRSA?

If someone in your household has a MRSA infection with wound drainage that cannot be contained with a bandage or dressing, it is important to clean and disinfect surfaces and items that have come in contact with the wound drainage as soon as possible after contamination has occurred.