Question 1

can boils and other bacteri infections be caused by drug use as meth?

Accepted Answer

Impaired immunity: Drug use can damage all of your body's systems, including impairing your immune system. As a result, this can make it easier for you to get a host of infections. If you are using drugs iv, then you increase your chance of infection. In addition, the use of unclean needles and other unsterile IV techniques can cuase skin infections.

Question 2

can u get bacterial infections on the skin such as boils from snoking meth?

Accepted Answer

Indirectly: Amphetamines cause sleep deprivation which lowers the immune response, and induce obsessive activities such as picking at one's skin which breaks the skin barrier. They also cause people to make bad decisions in other ways as well, such as neglecting hygiene, poor diet, high-risk behaviors, etc.

Question 3

can meth cause infection on penis?

Accepted Answer

Infection: If you mean "methamphetamine" the answer is no, unless you are smearing the meth onto the penis and irritating the skin. If you mean MRSA the answer is absolutely.

Question 4

can meth cause  pimples and boils if so why? i only did it a few times

Accepted Answer

Meth skin: Yes of course. You change your brain, skin, and mouth norms when you use this dangerous drug. Many users do not eat well. Their hormones get messed up. Their perceptions of reality get damaged. Their teeth become a problem and the skin gets dry, damaged, picked at. Please let your body heal and never use this substance again.

Question 5

i have a hard abcess/boil under my arm in the pit. its hard and has not come to a head i only just noticed it yesterday. i am a meth addict do u think this could be the cause and what should i do its hurts so bad, its not hot like what ive seen from peopl

Accepted Answer

See doctor: I appears that you have a infection (likely staph) which needs to be treated by a doctor. If you don't have one, go to the ER before this spreads further. Perhaps you can get some help on your meth addiction as well even though I don't believe these two events are related (unless you have been injecting the material).

Question 6

i get reoccurring boils, very painful. 1 now is purple. i have gotten them since about 2013, all when i started to get an infection in my breast. which came back as a staph something bacteria. is it possible these boils are related? breast is finenow?

Accepted Answer

Recurrent boils: You may have staph bacteria colonizing your skin with periodic invasiveness causing abscesses(boils). When these infections keep recurring I find that a prolonged course of a potent antistaphyllococcal antibiotic is needed to eradicate them. In my experience Dicloxacillin has been very effective as long as the patient is not allergic to penicillin. In the meantime,apply hot soaks to promote draini

Question 7

can a person have blood clots, lung infection & heart attack several months after quitting meth or are these conditions caused by current use?

Accepted Answer

Could happen: Meth users are more at risk for the illnesses you mentioned, but the same diseases do occur in people who do not do meth.

Question 8

i spilled hot liquid meth on my hand 2 days ago. really gross looking and painful the two big blisters popped almost right away because i bumped my thumb on something but i want to know best way to keep away infection from happening on my thumb ?

Accepted Answer

You would be best: treated by an evaluation by a health care professional. Undoubtably you will need bacteriostatic creams for the burns and potentially systemic antibiotics. Make an appointment for evaluation ASAP. An infection can set in and go systemic very rapidly in this situation.

Question 9

my throat is very sore it feels swollen on the inside i was smoking meth? need a doctor to call me i may have a infection 4099656936?

Accepted Answer

: See a doctor via telemedicine. More information is needed. We will not call you based you this request

Question 10

drug cefprozil can it is used treat ear infection caused by bacteria inflammation ?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Recommended in otitis media with dose adjustment in case kidney function impaired.

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Can boils and other bacteri infections be caused by drug use as meth

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Can boils and other bacteri infections be caused by drug use as meth?

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Can u get bacterial infections on the skin such as boils from snoking meth?

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Can meth cause infection on penis?

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Can meth cause pimples and boils if so why? i only did it a few times

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I have a hard abcess/boil under my arm in the pit. its hard and has not come to a head i only just noticed it yesterday. i am a meth addict do u think this could be the cause and what should i do its hurts so bad, its not hot like what ive seen from peopl

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I get reoccurring boils, very painful. 1 now is purple. i have gotten them since about 2013, all when i started to get an infection in my breast. which came back as a staph something bacteria. is it possible these boils are related? breast is finenow?

A member asked:

Can a person have blood clots, lung infection & heart attack several months after quitting meth or are these conditions caused by current use?

A member asked:

I spilled hot liquid meth on my hand 2 days ago. really gross looking and painful the two big blisters popped almost right away because i bumped my thumb on something but i want to know best way to keep away infection from happening on my thumb ?

A member asked:

My throat is very sore it feels swollen on the inside i was smoking meth? need a doctor to call me i may have a infection 4099656936?

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Drug cefprozil can it is used treat ear infection caused by bacteria inflammation ?

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