<p>Ok so a high school near my house has like 10 cases of it and my mom is like freaking out. I live in Michigan and had never heard of this until like two days ago. Is she right to be freaking out? (I have a bad immune system). </p>
<p>What do you guys think? Are you worried? Is it REALLY as bad as everybody says it is? I know it's been fatal many times but still....</p>
<p>sorry but what is MRSA?</p>
<p>Google it. It's also known as the Staph infection.</p>
<p>dude, that sucks...there's supposedly no antibiotic that will work on it...</p>
<p>Oh yeah this was just on the news this morning. Apparently a football team from northern Florida with an infected player came to play a team down here in South Florida and all of the sports people are freaking out about it.</p>
<p>From what I heard, it doesn't seem like a huge thing to be concerned with if you're not involved in contact sports or any of the other situations that were listed, but like any rapidly-spreading infection, there are always the necessary precautions to take.</p>
<p>I'm kind of worried, I mean people have died. That's pretty hardcore. I'm happy I'm home schooled at times like this.</p>
<p>someone in my school had it.. they sent us home with a letter today.. but i guess the kid was absent and is coming back to school on monday.. but there's been so many cases in my area.</p>
<p>Ooh it makes me nervous. A TON of football players in the schools around mine have it. No one here does, yet. I hope no one gets it!</p>
<p>Theres a few cases at my school currently, but my school is failing to acknowledge it.</p>
<p>Some kid at my schoo got it a few days ago. My school's sent out notices to everyone to be on teh watch for infections, and if you are infected, stop coming to school RIGHT AWAY. Some kid already went to school infected and they dont know how much stuff he infected. </p>
<p>One of my teachers was talking randomly about it today and described it to some students who didnt know what it was , and she described it as a "unkillable flesh-eating virus" . </p>
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<p>If you get MRSA does it automatically mean that you are going to die?</p>
<p>No. A teacher here had it a long time ago, and he had to take a year off for treatment but he didn't die. Most people who get it don't die.</p>
<p>I'm not worried at all, but I'm like that.</p>
<p>im not worried. super-germs are scary but whatev. being scared all the time wont help anything.</p>
<p>No your not gonna die if you get MRSA. The infection is completely treatable and only starts getting life theatening if the infection becomes drug-resistant which is rare but even if thats the case its not a death sentence. Look at it this way 36,000 people a year die from flu, 16,000 a year die from MRSA, and who do you ever hear of dying from flu?</p>
<p>Ok so they might be closing our school tomorrow (which is gonna suck because there are PSATs and tech there tomorrow for me) because the half of the girls swimming team has a weird rash that may be MRSA. I'm so worried cause I use the swim locker.</p>
<p>Sugababi, yes but that's on a NORMAL year. This year more people are expected to die of MRSA than AIDs.</p>
<p>Does the infection become drug-resistant the same way as colds (when discontinue use of the dosage too early)?</p>
<p>No. The actual strain is drug resistant from over medication (i THINK.)</p>
<p>The only kind you need to worry about is the drug-resistant one, since the normal one can just be pwnt by ultra-medication. The drug-resistant one is quite complicated to treat I believe, and if not treated very soon after you notice its symptoms, it could be bad</p>
<p>Don't mean to butt in here guys, but I thought I should contribute to this thread. My S was hospitalized for several days from contracting MRSA and has just recently recovered after several weeks of treatment. It is very serious and not to be taken lightly. It does not respond to the penicillin class of drugs as well as many other antibiotics. It starts as a skin infection but can become systemic (enter the bloodstream) very quickly. If you notice anything unusual like a boil or something looking like a spider bite, get checked by a physician right away. Most importantly, a physician who's knowledgeable about the signs, symptoms, and treatment of MRSA and takes a culture of the infected site for diagnosis. Be very vigilant about hand washing, and frequent use of an antibacterial hand sanitizer is recommended. Staph strains are very easily spread and can live on surfaces such as doorknobs for extended periods.</p>
<p>To decrease your risk of MRSA---do not share towels, razors, practice good handwashing, cover any cuts/scrapes with a bandage until fully healed.
See your health care provider for any unusual looking wound/sore</p>
<p>That's really all you can do</p>