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I love working in the public school system. I was diagnosed with MRSA today. :(

Link with all other stories/videos over the past week.

Four More Schools Report Cases Of MRSA
Doctor Calms Students' MRSA Concerns

POSTED: 2:52 pm EDT October 22, 2007
UPDATED: 7:13 pm EDT October 22, 2007


NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Four more Connecticut schools have confirmed that students have been diagnosed as having a serious staph infection.

School officials in Glastonbury, West Hartford, Prospect and Shelton confirmed Monday that a student of each school had a confirmed cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Glastonbury school officials confirmed that a student at Glastonbury High School had contracted MRSA. Officials said on Monday that the student had been treated and that the school's locker and weight rooms are being cleaned.

Dr. Don Slater, the principal of Hall High School in West Hartford confirmed that one of the school's students had been diagnosed with MRSA over the weekend.


The student was treated by a physician and was released to return to school, according to Slater. He said that parents and faculty have been notified of the situation by letter and voicemail and that the school has been cleaned.

Principal Kenneth Ross of Long River School in Prospect said that two of the school's students were confirmed as having MRSA.

He said that both students are under doctors' care, are on antibiotics and are in school.

Long River custodians have been using extra care in cleaning drinking fountains, sinks, locker rooms, cafeteria tables and gym mats, Ross said in a letter to parents.

Shelton High School officials said that a freshman member of the football team had been diagnosed with MRSA before the weekend.

School officials said the district was taking necessary steps to reduce expose to other students.

MRSA had previously been identified in students in Weston, Newton, Berlin, East Haven and New Haven.

Schools Work To Calm Fears

School districts across the state are working to address concerns about MRSA following the outbreaks.

Students at Career High School said they considered themselves well-versed in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, after being given fact sheets and meeting with a doctor.

Student Jade Pearson said she has heard a lot about the "superbug," and was surprised to learn that the infection is very common and has been around for quite some time.

"It just makes me jittery inside," she said. "It makes me want to buy hand sanitizer."

Dr. Stephen Updegrove helped explain to the students exactly what MRSA is and how to prevent it on Monday. He showed slides and answered questions and instructed the students to not be alarmed.

"We're trying to make people understand that it is not some new pandemic that's going around," he said. "We don't need more headlines to scare people. We need some information that helps people put things in perspective."

The state has opened a hot line for any state residents with questions. To discuss MRSA with experts, call the hot line by dialing 1-800-830-9426.

Gov. Jodi Rell said that the hot line drew more than 240 calls during its first day of operation Monday from parents and others concerned about the potentially fatal condition.
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Skin infections, open wounds/sores. Google Images for "staph" if you wish, it's not pretty. MRSA is typically found in nasal passages / respiratory tract, though it can colonize in cuts.

Tony I hope you're doing good and they caught it early!
 
So everyone doesn't freak out and look at the all the nasty pictures online, you can see my arm and what it looks like. Mine is very minor and to anyone that looks at it, you would think it's just a pimple. Except it's a very painful pimple, and they show up in areas of your body that wouldn't normally get pimples.

Right now, I only have the one on my arm, and one on another area of my body. No major infection like the stuff pictured online, which is very graphic.
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For me, over the last week, they have been coming and going. They last about 2 days, heal, and then are gone. But randomly they pop up in another area. The last one that showed up was on my kneecap. Came and went within a few days. This is exactly why I thought nothing of it.
 
CSVT1214 said:
You're supposed to just leave them be.

I'm on anti-biotics for 1 week from today.
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Damn I wouldn't be able to deal with that crap. I'd so rip them open :shrug:. I always rip open random ingrown hairs I get (I wish I knew why I got so many...). In fact, I'm currently working on one on my arm :crazy:.
 
Ughhh, I'm not allowed back to work until I get checked out by a second doctor for confirmation.

I had to talk with the nursing supervisor for the district a little while ago to explain things further. She has to relay information back to the superintendent.
 
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