Re: Infected hair follicles??

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MURSA

You need to get her to the Dr tomorrow. They will take a culture but it will

take several days to come back.. in the meantime.. she will need to have an

antibiotic ointment and a sulfer based antibiotic.. very strong.. that works on

MURSA.

It is very contagious and as you see, recurring. You must wash her laundry

separately and disinfect the tub after she uses it. Keep it covered with a

bandaid while it is ooozing. Pop it as soon as it comes to a head and keep

squeezing the poison out. IT WILL HURT HER!!!!

It IS very painful.

One of my foster babies brought it home from the hospital and it ran through our

family for years... Mav even got it in his nose (where the bacteria lies dormant

most of the time).. very serious. Often the Dr. will have to lance the boil if

it doesn't burst on it's own.

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Certainly sounds like a boil...are they all caused by MURSA? That is

alarming. I have had a couple of boils in my life, they did go away after

coming to a head and draining. Poor sweet girl :-( It must really hurt to

have it where you sit!

Karla in Texas

Re: Infected hair follicles??

> MURSA

>

> You need to get her to the Dr tomorrow. They will take a culture but it

> will take several days to come back.. in the meantime.. she will need to

> have an antibiotic ointment and a sulfer based antibiotic.. very strong..

> that works on MURSA.

> It is very contagious and as you see, recurring. You must wash her

> laundry separately and disinfect the tub after she uses it. Keep it

> covered with a bandaid while it is ooozing. Pop it as soon as it comes

> to a head and keep squeezing the poison out. IT WILL HURT HER!!!!

> It IS very painful.

> One of my foster babies brought it home from the hospital and it ran

> through our family for years... Mav even got it in his nose (where the

> bacteria lies dormant most of the time).. very serious. Often the Dr.

> will have to lance the boil if it doesn't burst on it's own.

>

>

>

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Sue,

We are going through the exact same thing!! Kenzie (13DS) gets them too.

She is being treated right now with an antibiotic. If this doesn't clear

them up, her doctor wants to lance them to get rid of the " core " . She has told

us to have kenzie sit in a warm tub twice a day and keep the area DRY..no more

ointment. We will b back at the doctor on tuesday!

In a message dated 11/27/2008 10:14:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

karriemom@... writes:

Sorry if this has been addressed before....Karrie has 2 very large, red,

very sore-looking boil-type things on her butt. She gets them periodically.

They

get very large, white center, then they pop and go away.

These seem to cause her quite a bit of pain (she just had a screaming fit

that she was NOT going to sit in the tub. When I was helping her with lotion, I

saw them). Are these infected hair follicles? Boils? Acne? Any clues? And

what do I do about them??

TIA

Sue mom to Kate 19 and Karrie 12 w/ds, mild autism and a sore butt

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Ramona gets these from time to time. In her case, they are infected

hair follicles, she has been tested and while it is NOT MRSA, it is

sometimes staph. She has learned to tell me immediately if she has

any sore places on her body, and I put triple antibiotic ointment on.

We've been able to head most of them off. Before she learned to be

vigilant herself, I body checked her every day. I still do a full

body check once a week.

Just part of taking care of my girl. And thank heavens it was not a

MRSA staph. Those are very hard to get rid of (and rarely go away by

themselves).

We've been told not to pop them by her doc. If one starts looking

truly awful, I take her to the doc, but since we started with the body

checks we haven't had one get that bad. And a really bad one does

need oral antibiotics.

I seem to know quite a few people with Downs that have this problem

with their skin.

mom to Ramona 25

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 7:13 PM, <karriemom@...> wrote:

> Sorry if this has been addressed before....Karrie has 2 very large, red,

> very sore-looking boil-type things on her butt. She gets them periodically.

> They get very large, white center, then they pop and go away.

> These seem to cause her quite a bit of pain (she just had a screaming fit

> that she was NOT going to sit in the tub. When I was helping her with

> lotion, I saw them). Are these infected hair follicles? Boils? Acne? Any

> clues? And what do I do about them??

> TIA

>

> Sue mom to Kate 19 and Karrie 12 w/ds, mild autism and a sore butt

>

>

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I don't believe they are. I know that my daughter had a few and we popped,

drained and used hot compresses and antibiotic ointment. She hasn't had them

in a long time. She newver needed more than an antibiotic ointment. SHe

had one we called a small planet. But I always watched to make sure that it

was healing and would have taken her to the doctor if I didn't see an

improvement in a day or two.

Certainly sounds like a boil...are they all caused by MURSA? That is

alarming. I have had a couple of boils in my life, they did go away after

coming to a head and draining. Poor sweet girl :-( It must really hurt to

have it where you sit!

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(35/DS) is often plagued with this as well, along with a heat rash.

The boils seem to clear themselves up eventually. They pop, drain and go

away. She uses plain, old-fashioned Mexana powder for the heat rash, after

trying everything else under the sun, including ointments and jock itch

stuff.

granny

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 6:55 AM, <Fancymom@...> wrote:

> Sue,

> We are going through the exact same thing!! Kenzie (13DS) gets them too.

> She is being treated right now with an antibiotic. If this doesn't clear

> them up, her doctor wants to lance them to get rid of the " core " . She has

> told

> us to have kenzie sit in a warm tub twice a day and keep the area DRY..no

> more

> ointment. We will b back at the doctor on tuesday!

>

>

>

>

> In a message dated 11/27/2008 10:14:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> karriemom@... <karriemom%40charter.net> writes:

>

> Sorry if this has been addressed before....Karrie has 2 very large, red,

> very sore-looking boil-type things on her butt. She gets them periodically.

> They

> get very large, white center, then they pop and go away.

> These seem to cause her quite a bit of pain (she just had a screaming fit

> that she was NOT going to sit in the tub. When I was helping her with

> lotion, I

> saw them). Are these infected hair follicles? Boils? Acne? Any clues? And

> what do I do about them??

> TIA

>

> Sue mom to Kate 19 and Karrie 12 w/ds, mild autism and a sore butt

>

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>

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gets these and I thought they were pimples. I have never done anything

about them. Since she has gotten older her doc doesnt look at her bum anymore!

Should I have her checked out?

Infected hair follicles??

Sorry if this has been addressed before....Karrie has 2 very large, red, very

sore-looking boil-type things on her butt. She gets them periodically. They get

very large, white center, then they pop and go away.

These seem to cause her quite a bit of pain (she just had a screaming fit that

she was NOT going to sit in the tub. When I was helping her with lotion, I saw

them). Are these infected hair follicles? Boils? Acne? Any clues? And what do I

do about them??

TIA

Sue mom to Kate 19 and Karrie 12 w/ds, mild autism and a sore butt

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I had one on my lower back and Jake did also. Mine was lanced by the Dr and

an antibiotic given. Jakes was looked at by the dr who prescribed an

antibiotic and said it would burst on it's own (which it did). I agree,

they are very painful.

Di

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condemned. Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.

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Re: Infected hair follicles??

>

>

>> MURSA

>>

>> You need to get her to the Dr tomorrow. They will take a culture but it

>> will take several days to come back.. in the meantime.. she will need to

>> have an antibiotic ointment and a sulfer based antibiotic.. very strong..

>> that works on MURSA.

>> It is very contagious and as you see, recurring. You must wash her

>> laundry separately and disinfect the tub after she uses it. Keep it

>> covered with a bandaid while it is ooozing. Pop it as soon as it comes

>> to a head and keep squeezing the poison out. IT WILL HURT HER!!!!

>> It IS very painful.

>> One of my foster babies brought it home from the hospital and it ran

>> through our family for years... Mav even got it in his nose (where the

>> bacteria lies dormant most of the time).. very serious. Often the Dr.

>> will have to lance the boil if it doesn't burst on it's own.

>>

>>

>>

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Well, certainly many opinions. I would at least take her to the Dr. and have a

culture taken. If it's just a boil, GREAT! And if not, you can get stronger

meds... even an infected boil might need antibiotics and even lancing. I know

with the mursa it frequently went dormant for even as long as a year before we

had a flair up.

I hope you get it cleared up soon, sounds painful for her.

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gets these, too. His doctor prescribed a cleanser and lotion

(durapac or something like that). I'm lucky to get the lotion on him....he

seems to get these more often when he has an illness of some sort.

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Infected hair follicles??

> Sorry if this has been addressed before....Karrie has 2 very large, red,

> very sore-looking boil-type things on her butt. She gets them

> periodically. They get very large, white center, then they pop and go

> away.

> These seem to cause her quite a bit of pain (she just had a screaming fit

> that she was NOT going to sit in the tub. When I was helping her with

> lotion, I saw them). Are these infected hair follicles? Boils? Acne? Any

> clues? And what do I do about them??

> TIA

>

> Sue mom to Kate 19 and Karrie 12 w/ds, mild autism and a sore butt

>

> ------------------------------------

>

> Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for

> messages to go to the sender of the message.

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> gets these, too. His doctor prescribed a cleanser and lotion

> (durapac or something like that). I'm lucky to get the lotion on

> him....he

> seems to get these more often when he has an illness of some sort.

>

>

>

I had an doctor look at 's again early, early this morning to make

sure it's not something more serious. We had another trip to the ER due to

cluster seizures last night. He usually gets an illness of some sort when

these occur so I had his ears and infected hair follicles looked at. His

cluster seizures probably occurred this time due to diarrhea - his medicine

doesn't work well when it goes through his system quickly.

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Danny gets these alot also. He has " folicular keratosis " too.The dermatologic

nurse told me to try Amlactin creme. It is at the pharmacy, not a prescription

but back in the pharmacies shelves where you have to ask for it (at Wal Mart at

least). It works best with the keratosis on the backs of his arms and on his

legs. It works on his butt too but not as well. Drawback is it has to be used

every day or they come back. He has the flare ups of those large bumps too at

times. He also refuses to sit in the tub and tells anyone who will listen that

his butt hurts. How embarassing! I have used tea tree oil on a cotton ball (it

is a good antiseptic). I recently found a gold bond lotion with chamomile that

is working wonders on keeping the bumps at bay. As for treating them-bactroban

and tea tree oil seem the most effective to me. I make him lay on his stomach

and put a very warm, moist washcloth with the tea tree oil on his bum while he

watches spongebob. It

usually comes to a head and pops very soon afterward.Good luck with your

treatment. Hope this may help.

Tabitha

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Hi Granny,

Where do u get the Mexana from? My son gets heat rash a LOT and we haven't found

a magic anything for it so I would like to try that powder that you use. Thanks!

 

Klem

 

 

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Mexana Heat Powder has been around for a very long time. My mother used it

on my siblings and me when we got heat rashes. and I get it at our

mom and pop drug store usually, but I've seen it at Wal-Mart, Walgreens,

Tarket, Eckerds and our supermarket. It's always located with the other bath

powders.

granny

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Klem <klemm2@...> wrote:

> Hi Granny,

> Where do u get the Mexana from? My son gets heat rash a LOT and we haven't

> found a magic anything for it so I would like to try that powder that you

> use. Thanks!

>

> Klem

>

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