Just a slightly worried question for any knowledgeable Quack or Sawbones out there.
I got pricked, quite deeply by a rather thorny tree the other day, sadly, the wound appears to have gone somewhat septic.
I have been to the local "ANIMY" and they reckon it is "Golden Staph" a pretty nasty little bastard of an infection.
Now, the questions -
I contracted the wonderful "Golden Staph" for real in China, and almost died from it, (according to the doctors - I got a cut on my leg that became somewhat inflamed and, apparently, I was told if it got to the glands near your balls, then you are in deep shit!)
Anyways, I was lucky by all accounts, it didn't get my balls, and was cured by daily injections in the arse of the most painful antibiotics I have ever had - over a 10 day period, alternate, left cheek right cheek, and belive me, walking out of the doctors was not an easy matter.
Now, question?
If I have already had numerous punctures and antibiotics for Staph, can it really come back? - or am I immune?
Why would you get this bacteria from a tree?
Should I trust the Thai doctors or are they purely after a freebie?
The pain is not the same, however the swelling is starting to become a pain, but in my arm seems no where near as bad as my leg previously...what about some broad spectrum antibiotics, would these work...just for the hell of it.. it was a lime tree!
Any advice would be appreciated as I really despise hospitals and fear injections!