<p>She hasn’t seen the GP since August-
that was the first time she had specifically been seen for the staph - at the time he disagreed that it looked like staph ( we had the recommendation from her Naturopath), but he had it cultured anyway & only when the test results came was she put on the antibiotics. </p>
<p>She then was at school & after pressure from me, had them also culture it and prescribe antibiotics after the first course of treatment did nothing- she has been on various ones since then. She has folliculitis & cellulitis & while they did a blood test- it was not for staph, but for the level of other medications in her blood.</p>
<p>Whether antibiotics are the answer or not, seeing a specialist in infectious diseases sooner rather than later ought to be a priority. My sister’s SO spent last Christmas and New Years in the hospital with a non-MRSA staph infection that progressed from a quarter-sized patch to infecting his entire lower leg with a lot of systemic effects. He now has a big, big chunk gone from his calf, an ankle that looks like an elephant’s leg because the area continues to hold fluid, and it is still really tender and in need of protection. We all wonder if it would have worked out a lot better if he’d gone to the infectious disease doctor six weeks earlier. He did see a general doctor, but only got the infectious disease consult when he finally landed in the ER weeks later.</p>
<p>emeraldkitty- a blood test for staph won’t help the diagnostic process. If her blood was positive for staph she would be septic and a very sick young lady. Wound culture and sensitivities are appropriate. Even though your GP didn’t think it looked like staph, he/she did diagnose it appropriately and follow standard of care. I don’t doubt the rash is growing staph, but the cause may be more multi-factoral since it is not responding to the antibiotics it should be sensitive to. I sounds like your GP is on the ball and possibly a good place to start.</p>
<p>emeraldkity – Could you enlist her sister’s help in getting your D to the doctor sooner? As in, Sister tellling her that she can’t come to visit until she’s seen the doctor?</p>
<p>EK … I don’t think this is anything to fool around with. One of my young employees just spent THREE WEEKS in a residential clinic out of state to treat her staph. This was after the bleaching baths and just about everything else they could do as an outpatient. </p>
<p>She was getting the bleaching baths 2-3x a week before admission and not seeing much improvement. She’s back and she’s much better.</p>
<p>I hate to use her sister to coerce her into doing something- although since they are 8 years apart & younger D has always been challenging for me to parent ( nothing on her- it is just that she is a lot like me!), I admit to taking advantage of the age difference.</p>
<p>( I think getting her to take some therapeutic baths would be fairly easy however)</p>
<p>From reading patient comments on medicinenet- it doesn’t sound unusual for it to take a while to get rid of. I don’t know exactly where the outbreaks are- or how many she has- I am going to suggest the baths- and hoping that if we can get her sleeping again ( I imagine that spending a week in an empty apt complex didn’t help a bit), will do a lot to help heal her. We are going to a ski resort which should get her in a better mood & I am close enough so that if she needs to take next qtr off to recover- I can make sure everything is taken care of so that her grades don’t suffer.</p>
<p>Part of my problem I think has been that she * seems* to be so independent and doesn’t want or expect me to step in ( this is the one who planned her trip to India after high school- when I didn’t want to have her go so far), but apparently a big part of her * does* want me to step in anyway & take over- ( even though health providers don’t listen to the mom much once they pass 14 & when I take her to the dr- she then denies her health complaints :rolleyes:)</p>
<p>I’ll talk to her family practitioner today as well as the naturopath & have both appts set up for next Monday- cutting our trip a bit short- but it should be at least enough time for me to get a better idea of what we are dealing with. Her health is generally good ( although her college clinic also put her on thyroxine which I thought was odd- but I bet it doesn’t help with the sleeping problem)</p>
<p>I appreciate the support- my H thinks I am worrying too much- that I am blowing things out of proportion- so while he is not going to actively stand in my way- he isn’t helping- although he can keep his standing as the " cool" parent.</p>
<p>no she wasn’t in a hospital in India ( to my knowledge) however- she went barefoot in rural India ( cause everyone else did) and she stopped taking her malaria meds soon after she got there.
I don’t think she has a superbug- but I am curious as to exactly what her outbreaks entail.</p>
<p>From the areas I saw, she doesn’t have any open sores- but then it is winter.
Perhaps she will answer me by text- when I ask ?s, I get * it doesn’t matter * &- she calls me by my first name cause she knows that irritates me.
:(</p>
<p>children- and to think some people think babies are hard.
:)</p>
<p>the nurse can’t tell me anything because although she signed the Hippa at school- she didn’t for her FP. they can’t even tell me if it is reasonable to be concerned.</p>