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Suggest Treatment For Staph Infection
I take care or a 87 year old lady she has had the staph infection about 7 months now we had it to were it was just a small scabby soar now it is back and worse than ever just great big blisters we have been washing it with ivory soap and putting silverdine cream on it everyday but ts noy going away is there something else we can try
Mon, 22 Dec 2014
Hi,
I am sorry for the situation this lady is going through.
Apart local hygiene and applying silverdine cream, I highly advise to get the blisters checked by dermatologist as she might need oral antibiotics.
I also advise to apply antibiotic cream locally; you can find at OTC.
Checking the blood sugar levels is also recommended as diabetes might cause skin infection not to get healed easily.
Hope it helped!
Dr.Albana
I am sorry for the situation this lady is going through.
Apart local hygiene and applying silverdine cream, I highly advise to get the blisters checked by dermatologist as she might need oral antibiotics.
I also advise to apply antibiotic cream locally; you can find at OTC.
Checking the blood sugar levels is also recommended as diabetes might cause skin infection not to get healed easily.
Hope it helped!
Dr.Albana
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