Symptoms and Signs
MRSA infections is usually starts as a skin infections before it becomes life-threatening infection.
The first symptom of MRSA is usually a wound or a pus-oozing abscess. When the infection spreads to other body parts it could be life-threatening.
The following are the symptoms and signs of MRSA infection-
- Cellulites - Skin and sub-cutaneous tissues infection (fat and tissues below the skin) and usually the skin over the infection is red and the surface warm
- Boils – Pus involving the hair follicles
- Abscesses - pus under the skin
- Sty - infection of hair follicles of the eye
- Impetigo – Essentially a skin infection
- Carbuncles – Deeper infection including skin and has multiple sieve like openings on the skin
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During an MRSA infection it is possible for the infection to spread to other body organs in the event of which they aggravate. They include -
- Endocarditis
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Steomyelitis
- Sepsis
All the above infections are grave and life-threatening. When it involves other organs - fever, chills, low blood pressure, rash all over the body and a state of shock can result. These infections require urgent hospitalizations.
