• Question: What are the symptoms of MRSA?

    Asked by Maximus to Ceri on 11 Nov 2014.
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      Ceri Dare answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Depends where in the body you have it. It’s quite possible that there is already MRSA growing in your nose, but you have never noticed! Like most bacteria, the problem is if it gets in the wrong place – see here for all the places MRSA can get & make you poorly: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/MRSA/Pages/Symptoms.aspx Often MRSA stops wounds from healing up properly.

      There’s a type of MRSA which so far has mostly been a problem in the USA, which makes a toxic chemical called PVL-toxin. This kills the cells around it, so it spreads very fast and can cause a lot of a person’s skin, muscles or lungs to die quite quickly.

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