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Suggest Treatment For Staph Infection Below Knee

Hello, my husband was told he has a staph infection with drainage. The staph infection is located below the knee and wanted to do a small incision but we had an expericence last year with my sister in law and ended in an amputation of her foot. So we are afraid of those incisions. Is it good that we pinch the pus out or should we not squeeze it out? If we don t squeeze it, it won t drain by itself. Thank you.
Tue, 13 Jan 2015
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Hello there,
I can understand your apprehensions after what happened to your sister in law. But every case is not the same. In a majority of cases an I&D or Incision and drainage is a fairly routine procedure with no complications. So I would urge you to go to a good hospital and have it incised under sterile conditions and local anesthesia. The reason is that even though Staphylococcal infections seem innocuous some of them are resistant and do not resolve on their own. And if the staph infection proceeds deeper and enters your blood circulation then it would be very difficult to contain. So the sooner your husband is free of it the better.

Thank you for your query.
Dr Arun A
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Suggest Treatment For Staph Infection Below Knee

Hello there, I can understand your apprehensions after what happened to your sister in law. But every case is not the same. In a majority of cases an I&D or Incision and drainage is a fairly routine procedure with no complications. So I would urge you to go to a good hospital and have it incised under sterile conditions and local anesthesia. The reason is that even though Staphylococcal infections seem innocuous some of them are resistant and do not resolve on their own. And if the staph infection proceeds deeper and enters your blood circulation then it would be very difficult to contain. So the sooner your husband is free of it the better. Thank you for your query. Dr Arun A