What the heck is doing this to my finger? Don't remember being bitten. Started itching Friday night so thought it was an ant bite. Then Saturday it starting developing a growing blister.
Yeah, but I guarantee you knew it when it happened. I hear that hurts big time.Deerdude said:
I had an Assassin bug sting me once and looked similar after a couple days.
B-1 83 said:Yeah, but I guarantee you knew it when it happened. I hear that hurts big time.Deerdude said:
I had an Assassin bug sting me once and looked similar after a couple days.
I am an ER Nurse and, although I agree it doesn't "look" like staph, that's not enough to rule staph out. I agree it's not worth an ER visit, I would see a Dr and get it cultured and start prophylactic antibiotics.VStarr2024 said:
ER Nurse next to me says that it doesn't look like staph, but does look like a spider bite. Doesn't think an ER visit is necessary, potentially urgent care to get it checked out by a doc if you want. Says they likely will not give antibiotics unless it starts feeling hot to the touch, redness starts spreading, or starts leaking pus.
Similar story. After my 16 year marriage broke apart, I was fornicating with a hottie ****ty cray cray divorcee chick and got a spot on my peepee. WebMD searches had me convinced it was the herps. Turned out to just be and infection and not any kind of STD.ChoppinDs40 said:
I got staph on my ball fro junior year of college, right above my troll nose.
Went to Beutel thinking I had some real bad STI. Dark lonely place, especially since I had recently fornicated with a hot, yet ****ty girl.
When I showed him, he goes "been with any strange women lately?" then paused and chuckles. He said it looked like staph. Took a culture and tested immediately. Got some antibiotics. I had a pretty good "wound" there for some time.
It was starting to ooze... like a flesh eating virus. I thought it was just an ingrown hair at first but then started to be warm to the touch. Glad I got to it when I did.
100% true. Staph is very contagious, and nothing to play around with. Put my Dad in the hospital several years ago, which is dang hard to do. That is one tough ole man. I've known a couple friends who have had it as well, and all have required some form of medical treatment.Gunny456 said:
His doc told him that it can live on surfaces for a period of time and get picked up again.
I have know idea if that's true or not but I've herd staph is bad mo fo.