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Staph Infection

Posted by: Moderator on January 19, 2007 at 3:20PM EST

My son is 17 and in 05 he broke his arm and had to have surgery to fix it. About 6 months ago i noticed a large mass under the break of the affected arm. The doctor that performed the surgery said it was nothing so i returned home with him about a month later i noticed that this mass was changing it had become larger and was red and warm to touch i took him to a local doctor and he had to do a I & D he also did a culture and it came back as Staph. My question is if this infection has been deep in his arm for this long what are the long term effects and will his arm be damaged permanently?

Thank you
Concerned Mom

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Posted by: jim on February 4, 2007 6:24PM EST

I went in for a routine knee replacement and got staph within 6 days of being home. I went back to the hospital and nearly died before they could control it. Does anyone know the long term effects of the staph or the effects of the vancomycin on the body after its happened? If so please write me at this address.

Posted by: Daisy on January 22, 2007 12:00PM EST

I'm sure you Dr. can answer those questions for you. Have you researched this on web Md ?

Posted by: Sadie on January 22, 2007 9:49AM EST

I don't know much about infections, but I do know that you want to take them very seriously and treat them as soon as they are evident. Staph and Strep are not to be messed with and can become very dangerous when they start to spread throughout the body. It sounds like you did the right thing in getting a second opinion.