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How To Treat Prepetellar Bursa With A Staph Infection?
my mom has prepetellar bursa with a staph infection she has been on antibiotics for 4 days and is still in terrible terrible pain. She can barely move, with out wanting to scream it is still draining a lot of yellow pus, what should we be thinking? Do we need to get her back in to the hospital?
Wed, 26 Apr 2017
ice the area around the knee and full front thigh and anti inflammatory tablets will help her to reduce the pain and inflammation of bursa.
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