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[FH13]

I am almost at the end of my rope here. I have been dealing with a reoccuring staph infection (INFESTATION) on my face for 6 years now. At 37yrs old, I am living life as a acne ridden teenager almost constantly from this. I never even had acne as a teen. And my face feels like its burning, like a wind burn, all the time It is getting progressivly worse, my infections are getting closer and closer together and I am pretty much living on antibiotics that make me sick and tired. I have been on amoxicillian, doxycycline, tetracycline and Mupirocin in the nose. I was given a stronger, sulfa antibiotic and had a horrid reaction that I later found out was Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, so I can never take any of those again.
I recentlly went to a new dermatoligist. He put me on Minocycline and Clindamycin gel with Mupirocin in the nose and was also instructed to take a 'pool' bath (1/4cup of bleach in half a bath for 5min) once a week, to kill any colonizations.
I was excited to try new meds and pool baths, but now it is 3 weeks later and I am not even slightly better.
This is causing me major depression and I feel like its all I think about. I am slowly losing my mind which resulted in shaving off my long hair one night because I started thinking it was in my hair. I really feel very hopeless of ever feeling good again.....

[dollyjoon]

im sooo sorry you are dealing with this no one deserves this):

wow i understand why you would be depressed acne or staph is just absolutly horriable and i am truley sorry you have to be going through this if u need someone to talk to u can pm me

[sim]

staphylcoccus are normal flora bacteria found on the skin. if you are constantly getting infections of staphlyloccus and the anitibiotics mainly beta-lactames E.g. penicilin don't work then you should get swabbed and identify what strain they are. you have have multi-resistant staphs which is bad news, the most pathogenic one prolly is staphylococcus aureus, these infections are noticible.

they are common around the nose and groin. staphs are sensitive to drying affects like alochol gels etc. you need to consult a microbiologist consultant.

[melissa6980]

So sorry you are going through this. Have the doctors taken a culture to determine what type of staff it is. That can help with choosing the right antibiotic. Also, I was reading about staph and it never hurts to get plenty of vitamin A and E. I wonder if three weeks is enough to see a difference. Sometimes, these treatments take a little while to work. Hopefully, you'll see a dramatic difference within 2-3 months, so you may be almost there. I really hope you are done dealing with this soon. I can understand why you are feeling depressed. Acne and staph can be traumatic. I'm 31 and have been dealing with acne for years, recently got staph on my neck. You can message me if you need to talk.