Hello 2 years ago I contracted mrsa in hospital after a fall on my left elbow ,the elbow swelled enormously and for about 4 months I was given 4 lots of antibiotics- which did nothing.
Eventually my GP aspirated the loads of thick yellow puss, by which time I was feeling generally quite ill..It came back from the lab as heavily infected with MRSA ,I had a course of tetracycline and my elbow did improve ,although it took about 6 months .NOW have a distended upper abdomen, and have pain just under my rib cage on the left side,and one place is very painful if I press it ..My heart rate for the last 3 months has intermittently gone into tachycardia -approx 180 bpm.,it does go down slowly in aprox 3 hrs. Have had an ecg and a heart scan ,which was normal ,except my pulse rate on the ecg was 150 bpm.
What I would like to know is ,can MRSA affect the spleen ?and could this be the reason for my tachycardia episodes.
Thankyou-by the way I am 57 yrs old and don't smoke, I am also an RN-now retired.
Could you please advise me ? Thankyou Denise
Eventually my GP aspirated the loads of thick yellow puss, by which time I was feeling generally quite ill..It came back from the lab as heavily infected with MRSA ,I had a course of tetracycline and my elbow did improve ,although it took about 6 months .NOW have a distended upper abdomen, and have pain just under my rib cage on the left side,and one place is very painful if I press it ..My heart rate for the last 3 months has intermittently gone into tachycardia -approx 180 bpm.,it does go down slowly in aprox 3 hrs. Have had an ecg and a heart scan ,which was normal ,except my pulse rate on the ecg was 150 bpm.
What I would like to know is ,can MRSA affect the spleen ?and could this be the reason for my tachycardia episodes.
Thankyou-by the way I am 57 yrs old and don't smoke, I am also an RN-now retired.
Could you please advise me ? Thankyou Denise
