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Am I crazy for being concerned ??

Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Dec 6, 2022 | Replies (28)

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@ffelkey
Hello,

No you are not crazy and there are a ton of articles and abstracts online about synovial fluid induced S. Aureus. I don’t know what “rare” means but I am surprised that no one tried an antibiotic. Staph infections are hard to treat because so many are resistant to antibiotics. My opinion is that you are being treated very casually by your doctors. I am not sure what type of specialist you should be seeing at this point but don’t let this go. You are not feeling “normal” so something is not right. See a new doctor if you have to and have your complete medical history ready and let them know what hasn’t been done and ask why no antibiotics were considered.

Time to get pushy. Please let us know what happens and hopefully someone with experience in this area will helpfully post.

FL Mary

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Thank you for the reply ! I think the reason it says "rare" is because it says "rare staphylococcus aureus negative coagulase" which from what I've seen is a type of that bacteria that typically lives on one's skin and is harmless but if somehow gotten into the body, can be dangerous and cause infection since it doesn't belong there. Now I'm not really sure my family doctor understood those results. She told me that bacteria is not dangerous. She also acted as if it saying "negative" means everything's fine ? She said "well the test came up negative for staphylococcus aureus". When actually it's just a different kind of staphylococcus aureus. On the test it literally even has a chart of what antibiotics would work best and what would be more resistant.

I do have some hope because I have an annual check up with my hematologist on Nov. 14 and she is one of the only doctors I have that I feel like actually listens. My mom goes to her and tested her B12 for her since my family doctor told her "it wasn't necessary". Turned out she was extremely low in vitamin B12 yet my family doctor didn't think it was necessary to check even though we have a family history of low B12. If you ask my hematologist to do a test though, she says "well it never hurts to check". Hope she will give me her opinion on all this and possibly order some tests that my other doctors won't.

Thanks again for the reply and I will update if I find anything out. x