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Suggest Treatment For The Staff Infection On The Hand
i have on the top of my hand a staff infection the size of a half of a cherry tomatoe i am taking 1ooomg of penicillin every 4 hrs, soaking my hand epsomsalt and hot water and using bacitracinit started on wed is there anything else i can do it does not seem any beter or do i just need more time for it to start healing?
Fri, 26 Sep 2014
It usually takes at least a couple of days of antibiotics before you will notice an improvement in an infection. My question is, are you sure it is a staph infection? Penicillin is not very effective any more for staph. You might need a different antibiotic. Also the dose of penicillin you are taking is way too high. Did you see a doctor for this? If it's an abscess, you may need it opened and drained. Antibiotics alone may not heal an abscess. Hope this helps.
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