Why do I keep getting MRSA?

Answer:
Once MRSA has entered into your system, it remains there. Even though you may finish a bout of it, it will remain inside you, ready to get noticed again, at any time. My son fights against MRSA a lot. Because of this, we make sure all sheets and pillow cases are changed on a daily basis while MRSA is having an outbreak. We use Clorox in the tubs, toilets, on the floors in the bathroom, and only wash linens and clothing on the Sanitary Cycle. We wash all dishes in the sanitary cycle, as well. The last outbreak my son had, was so severe, that he could not go to the hospital to stay. He was covered with sores and the hospital delivered medication for him to have his I.V. at home! He was just too contageous to stay in the hospital! The med he was given introvenously, was the most harsh med they make, outside of radio active meds!
Remember, whatever you do to get rid of the MRSA each time, is worth it. I know one fellow who just lost his finger tips, because the MRSA settled in them. The doctors used leeches to get the MRSA out of him, saving his entire arm!
MRSA is deadly.......ke... it under control as much as you possibly can.

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Working and/or spending a good bit of time in hospitals (whether for your own treatment, as an employee, or visiting others) could certainly do it.

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because it's resistant to antibiotics and you keep getting exposed to it

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MRSA are acquired mostly from hospitals, where drugs are used to control staph infections, and gradually they become resistant. So I guess you work in hospital, or near some hospital setting, that's why you tend to acquire this infection repeatedly.

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You are probably a carrier of the MRSA virus.. both my mom and i are classified as carriers, we have it on our skin but do not develope the full blown outbreaks.. when we go into hospitals we tell them so that we are quarintined as to not affect/infect others,, absolutely nothing we can do about it...

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You've either never gotten rid of it or you keep getting reinfected from someone/somewhere. The organism is resistant to many antibiotics, so it's possible, if you were treated, that it was never fully eradicated. It went into hiding and keeps coming back out. You could also be getting it from someone you have close, frequent contact with.

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You probably never got rid of it the first time.MRSA is a hospital acquired infection that takes very high powered antibiotics to get rid of. You need to go to MD (a good one) and find out what it is resistant to and get on the right antibiotic.It may have to be IV.Good luck!

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Your skin and nose are colonized with MRSA germs. Staph is very hard to get rid of once colonized. Try applying a dab of intranasal Bactroban twice daily inside of your nose for 2-3 weeks. Wash your skin in the shower with Hibiclens or vinegar to lower staph germs on skin. Clean pillow cases and bedding in very hot soap and water regularly and wash your hands regularly and every time you touch or blow your nose. You might also need to do oral or even IV antibiotics while doing all of above. I'd see an infectious disease specialist and get their advice. Then hope for the best. You have a chance to get rid of the MRSA and at least you can learn to better manage living with it. good luck.http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-in...Search YAs using "intranasal Bactroban" and "colonized staph" for more answers on this topic.

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You haven't provided enough information for me to answer this with any significant degree of accuracy. It may be that you are colonized and are a chronic carrier, it may be that you don't observe contact precautions, it may be that you don't practice good hand hygiene. I don't even know how and where you're being exposed. Can you add an addendum explaining?And it's not necessarily true that once MRSA enters your system, it's there permanently.

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