MRSA is a dangerous bacteria usually acquired from hospital visits. It often happens when a person has a cut or bite, such as those you might find from bed bugs. It's not the bite itself that causes the problem, it's scratching the bite and causing an infection that brings you to the hospital and eventually in contact with the MRSA Virus (although not really a virus, it's a strain of bacteria Staphylococcus aureus).
When you catch MRSA and have not been in a hospital, such as a bed bug infested apartment complex, it's called Community Associated MRSA or CA-MRSA for short.
What makes this bacteria so dangerous is its resistance to oxacillin, penicillin and amoxicillin and other antibiotics. This is how a few simple bed bug bites can turn into MRSA as in the picture below.
MRSA Bed Bug Bite
You can see that the bites started small, then the hand started to swell, then blisters and eventually the underlying skin begins to deteriorate; another bite that is prime for MRSA looks like the one on Lisa's face below:
Looks like MRSA started from a bite
If you think you have this, then visit What Does MRSA look like.com and match up your bite to their pictures and learn about products to treat the infection.
The best treatment is preventative - when you have a bite from bed bugs or similar pests, make sure you keep the area clean, use an antibiotic ointments or gel and monitor the bite frequently to prevent infection and a hospital visit.
I had 3 rounds of antibiotics to kill an infection on my scalp, face and ear……finally the doctor did a “swab” and tested it and sure enough it was MRSA, NO DOUBT in my mind now that i have bedbugs and that’s where the MRSA came from.
Bed Bug infestation @ Super 8 El Cerrito Ca……….Size of ticks, husband had over 125 bites over his bald head, arms swelled up,bites every where face, neck arms and torso legs, and he continued to work, apon coming home i could not believe my eyes or the condition he was in…He went for medical aid. Currently going through an investigation process, as My doctor instructed me to remove carper anything cloth boil it or discard it…My bedding all destroyed from boiling. My carpet couch and bed all to the dump…….This has been a true hardship on my family. As my husband travels to support our family. He has bug phobia over this and so do i…..I am outraged that this has happened and not enough is being done to control this. I have ANOTHER doctor appt tomorrow as i have spiked fevers, blisters on my tongue and feel terrible……..When you go through something like this your victimized by the control of other people.I believe this is turning into MRSA……..Tomorrow i will have a result.
A few years ago I stayed in a Mariott Hotel near the Los Angeles Airport. I got 26 bed bug bites. We were on our way to Hawaii so I didn’t see any doctor and I never did get boils. However, after returning from our holiday, I began getting extremely tired. I was diagnosed with a rare disease, sarcoidosis which some Swedish doctors think is caused by rickettsia, which is carried by ticks, lice and other pests. I wonder now if the sarcoidosis could have been triggered by the bed bugs?
Any thoughts?
Best regards,
Shirley
I’m not a doctor, but I believe the Weil-Felix test looks for rickettsia (carried by ticks, fleas and lice causing disease). If the test react with OX19, it would indicate a bacterial infection. I’d verify this with your doctor…
My husband and I went to Fort Myers last year a year later I went to Mexico and I became very ill. I went to have a blood work where they did the Weil-Felix test. Please can you tell me what is this. Thanks
Hi, the same thing happened to me where bed bug bites turned into mrsa boils. Ask the doc to swab the spots and send for analysis.
I was on many different antibiotics before any swab was taken – you have to ask for it to be taken. Its really frustrating that for a long time I was being treated for staff and not the mrsa, when a swab would have indicated the correct medicine that was required.
All the best.
Hi. My wife and I travel to mexico a year ago, we stayed there for two days at a not too nice hotel.both of us got several bed bug bites. my wife healed in about 2 or 3 weeks but I still have the condition but looks very bad, the itch is worst than when new. my doctor prescribed difrent kind of mouth taken antibiotics but nothing works.
Im a desesperate now.