Yesterday a boil developed right in the middle of my forehead; kind of like how Indians have those little red dots, except mine is a bit bigger and more inflamed. Anyways, so I figured I'd let it go for a day and deal with the humiliating side effects. When I got home last night, I researched just what exactly a boil is, and found out that almost all the time its caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, or Staph, like as in Staph infection. So as most of you know, they can get out of hand, especially if it happens to be MRSA, which is basically antibiotic resistant Staph. (that's what the 'MR' stands for.) And after working in the hospital, I know almost everything there is to know about MRSA. Also, working in the hospital is more than likely where I got it from. I deal with on average about 10 MRSA infected patients a day. So there is no telling when I got it, or from who. But it made its way to my forehead, and so there it grows. Anyways, I researched some more tonight for treatments of it, and I asked a doctor today that I knew about ways to treat it. (He's an infectious disease doc, and when I told him about it, he got this serious concerned look on his face, like I was going to fall out dead at any moment, and asked it I had anymore anywhere else on my body. I don't.) On another side note, in my research after my talk with the doctor, I found out that when someone has an outbreak of boils at one time in different areas of your body, it is a sign of smallpox. I guess that was the look of concern on the doc's face. So I say all that to say this, I know alot more now about Neosporin, Magnesium Sulfate (both paste and Epsom Salt,) Cipro, and added more knowledge to what I already knew about Gram-positive bacteria. So like the ol' saying goes, Knowledge is Power. Well, I'll have to see if my new found power works in the morning. I hope its cleared up by then. I'll keep you posted.
