Possible mrsa 3yo? So anxious.. any advice?

[anonymousflowergirl]

So my 3 yo has had the occasional bout of spots on his bum cheeks, genital area and random places recently. We though it might be where he gets hot as it’s summer then recently the odd one has been filled with pus so we put Sudocreme on and it goes over a day or two, so again we thought maybe it’s from the heat. And when I say spots they’ve been very mild.

well Sunday he developed a bigger spot on his bum cheek, and one the other side, both filled with pus. He didn’t have any others. As of today it’s now quite sore, he’s flinching when I put Sudocreme on and it’s red and swollen.

im worried it’s mrsa.. im going out my mind, his dad telling me not to worry and get an appointment tomorrow (i do about things like this)

im taking him to the doctors or walk in tomorrow for sure. But my question is do I take him up to the hospital tonight? I am SO anxious if it’s infected the last couple days that will enter his system and all I’m doing by waiting until tomorrow is delaying getting antibiotics and cream and making things worse..

please help an anxious mum out.. hospital tonight and get it sorted or okay to wait until the morning?
he’s been fine in himself other than waking up earlier than usual.
today is the first day it’s been sore apparently.

This is what happened to us.

Given co-amoxiclav and they’d go, nit come back. 4 times……. And then we got the right anti biotic.

Anyone wanting an update.. finished the course of antibiotics. No signs of any staph infection left (happy days..) it’s been a week and already we’ve had one spot pop up yesterday that is now angry looking, red, and very sore :( tried to do an econsult today but no appointments for weeks.. I’m hoping fine to leave over night and go to a walk in centre tomorrow? 😣 I’m so so fed up of this.. draining the life out of me with this worry

If you can afford it I’d go to a private dermatologist.

Thats the joy of PVL, it is usually just a skin infection, but it can be extremely serious, so don't discount others experiences too rapidly just because your was easy

Thankfully its very rare

@anonymousflowergirl

How is your son doing now?

@ArseInTheCoOpWindow

Can I ask who the specialist was you saw? My daughter has had a staph infection (alongside her eczema) for over 6 months now and the most recent dermatologist we saw prescribed flucloxacillin which did work at first but the spots just came back after a few days.

Yeah, it was Dr Ruth Murphy at Thornbury Hospital in Sheffield.

She also works on the NHS at Sheffield Children’s Hospital.

Consult your doctor/dermatologist before you try this (!!!) but my son had years of repeat staph infections requiring strong antibiotics (severe eczema meaning the skin was often broken which allows the infection in). Eventually after years of asking a dermatologist said to me ‘do you do bleach baths?’ I was like wft! Anyway, it’s pretty much as it sounds, tiny bit of bleach in the bath - once a week for us - to reduce the amount of staph on the skin. Works. Don’t think he has had a single infection since - 5 years 😱 Google for the protocol (and consult your doctor).

Do you use actual straight bleach? I tried a few Milton baths for my daughter but didn't really give it a proper go.

Milton or Bleach interchangeably - not noticed either to be more effective than the other. Bleach is cheaper but hard to get hold of straight, unscented thin bleach these days.