My dad has this infectious disease called msra?

Colon

my dad had surgery on his back, well, it became so infected that he has MSRA now and hes dying from it....... a nurse has to come over everyday for 3 hours to change his IV and to change his bandages. me or my brother cant hug, touch, or even go within 5 feet without having a major scrub down in the shower when we r done. im scared though that me or my brother might get it. its especially contaguos to children and young adults. what r some signs and symptoms of MSRA? how do u get it exactly? how many people of others live after MSRA? (example: 1 out of 4 people)



Sonoma

If you don't have any open wounds, grazes etc. you will be fine. I am very sorry to hear about your Dad. He may yet recover so I will keep hoping for you. You don't mention your Mum, is there any other adult in the family who can help you through this time? Speak to the nurse about it as she can help to reasure you. Please don't give up hope, they have learnt a lot more about MRSA in recent years. God bless.



Erhard

this is a staph infection. Don't touch any of his "wounds" if you can see them, wash your hands frequently, or use an alcohol based hand sanitizer. You should be OK, as long as you don't touch him or anything that he has used like a towel, or razor.



Walstonburg

You can help avoid it by using hand antiseptic, there's one called something like 'matron' which has alcohol in it. I think you can only get MRSA through open cuts, so if you have any cover them up but otherwise you should but be careful anyway.



Lower Grand Lagoon

MRSA is a staph infection. It's a bacteria that is super resistant to treatment with antibiotics."MRSA infection is caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria — often called "staph." MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It's a strain of staph that's resistant to the broad-spectrum antibiotics commonly used to treat it. MRSA can be fatal. Most MRSA infections occur in hospitals or other health care settings, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers. It's known as health care-associated MRSA, or HA-MRSA. Older adults and people with weakened immune systems are at most risk of HA-MRSA. More recently, another type of MRSA has occurred among otherwise healthy people in the wider community. This form, community-associated MRSA, or CA-MRSA, is responsible for serious skin and soft tissue infections and for a serious form of pneumonia. Staph skin infections, including MRSA, generally start as small red bumps that resemble pimples, boils or spider bites. These can quickly turn into deep, painful abscesses that require surgical draining. Sometimes the bacteria remain confined to the skin. But they can also penetrate into the body, causing potentially life-threatening infections in bones, joints, surgical wounds, the bloodstream, heart valves and lungs."