MRSA Symptoms

MRSA is an infection that shows itself on the skin of those who have the disease. The infection itself, once in your bloodstream, does not appear immediately, but undergoes an undetermined incubation period before the symptoms are even noticed. As soon as any of the signs of MRSA become apparent, it is then possible for the infection to quickly and easily spread to other areas of your body randomly. The following are some of the signs and symptoms to look for if you think you may have been exposed to, or are worried about, contracting MRSA.

The first signs that you have possibly contracted MRSA are small red bumps that appear on the surface of your skin as a result of cellulites. Cellulites occurs directly under your skin and the infection spreads until the fat, tissues and skin all begin growing red in color, which is what will be visible to you. Boils, abscesses and impetigo are generally the symptoms that will follow the initial rash, and this is when most patients and doctors realise that there is an infection involved.

Boils appear around hair follicles where MRSA has been contracted and they begin to fill with pus becoming sore and painful. An abscess will be similar to a boil, only it will not be located around a hair follicle and just appear as a collection of pus on your skin. Impetus is the most common of all the symptoms and will contain many blisters that are filled with pus in a general area that has been infected.

The final two signs of MRSA are also associated with tenderness and pain in a certain parts of the body. Carbuncles are perhaps the most noticeable and worrisome of all the symptoms, leaving you with a large infected area that contains several abscesses and skin openings. Finally, a sty is location specific much like boils, but a sty is located in the glands of an eyelid. All of these symptoms are painful and require immediate attention from a doctor.