The Staph infection thread......

[derrick ikwueme]

" SHIIIIT " people are fucking dirty as hell, I'm gonna start rolling with socks, gloves, & a stocking mask on. and please don't make me tell you that your " kids " are dirty. Free Defense soap for everybody

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[ifreez]

Ha! This thread is not a good first sign for anyone new looking to get into grapplin', Haha!

"I think ima Hapkido instead!"

Just sayin'.

Defense soap to the rescue!! And apparently, cranberry juice makes the infection unable to bind.

[Jason Hyatt]

I had Staph on my left elbow in the summer of 2009... I got it from rolling on a carpet with my brother when I already had an open scratch on it... I had no medical insurance & my Mom (who is a nurse) said I needed to go have it lanced so they could get the infection out... I said "Fuck that shit" I wasn't about to pay a huge medical bill... So I went & got two wash cloths & wet them, one under hot water & the other under cold water... I put soap in the hot one and begin to scrub the infection which softened the surface of the skin... I put the cold wash cloth in my mouth & bit down hard!!! I started squeezing that fucker as hard as I could for about a minute and a half & then finally: BOOM!! This white infectious core shot out of my elbow at a speed that had to be at least 200 mph & slammed right into my bathroom mirror... It bled out like a son of a bitch so I had to hold pressure on it to stop the bleeding & when it finally did, I put anti-biotic ointment on it & wrapped it up with a huge bandage & medical tape... I had a small crater in my arm for several weeks... I guess the moral of this story is: buy medical insurance or be prepared to hurt ALOT!!!

I'm glad to hear you didn't lose your arm altogether or end up septic in an ICU.

Note for others from a health care professional:
***DON'T TRY TO "POP" A STAPH INFECTION!!!*** Your immune system works very hard to wall off the infection while it's being fought; that's why it forms a pocket of material (when the infection is isolated and not already systemic or tunneling). Abcesses, infected joints, and boils need to be drained with a sterile needle to prevent introducing bacteria into the blood stream. If it can't be drained with a syringe it needs to be opened surgically and irrigated very well. Popping an infected cyst or abcess opens the capsule that has formed and allows blood and bacteria to mix -- which allows a port of entry for the bacteria to go system-wide. Yeah the ER copay sucks balls if you don't have insurance but an ICU costs a lot more and being dead will really slow down your jiu jitsu game.