tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546188224724186972.post3728611633109354393..comments2023-05-31T10:03:54.736-04:00Comments on Living the Lyme Life: Mrs. A NoseJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13004009114069792651noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546188224724186972.post-44767213530847613342012-04-27T15:23:22.503-04:002012-04-27T15:23:22.503-04:00I had sores in my nose and horrible nasal inflamma...I had sores in my nose and horrible nasal inflammation as a symptom of the Lyme. It was awful, there were lesions in my nose probably caused by the steroid nasal spray they told me I needed to get the inflammation down. It made things worse. It is VERY painful.<br /><br /> I was cultured and did not have MRSA or MARCoNs or any nasty thing. Lyme and Co. does strange things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546188224724186972.post-17342892189429684842012-04-26T20:13:41.782-04:002012-04-26T20:13:41.782-04:00She never said that it was MRSA. She just gave me...She never said that it was MRSA. She just gave me the Doxy and the Bactroban. She only said Staph Infection. Then I was ready the information from the Bactroban and was like .. WTF? <br /><br />No, they didn't do any cultures. She started treatment right away because of the appearance of the spot inside my nose, the amount of swelling of my noise and the redness of the nose (and the warmth of my nose). Everything pointed to infection. She said if I didn't feel better by Friday to come back and they would culture the spot. I'm all for treat first, ask questions later. And yes, my nose feels much better tonight. I've had 4 rounds of Bactroban and 3 rounds of Doxy. I'm going to have my LLMD look up my nose at my appointment next week to make sure that the spot is gone and if not then I'll go back and have the Urgent Care culture it.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13004009114069792651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546188224724186972.post-58082650201493197272012-04-26T14:26:35.040-04:002012-04-26T14:26:35.040-04:00did they do a nasal culture before starting treatm...did they do a nasal culture before starting treatment? That is the only definitive way of saying it is MRSA for sure. There are many staph strains, MRSA is a resistant one and bactroban is used in the nose of those who have been colonized until they get three negative nasal cultures in a row.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com