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A member asked:
Are staph infections deadly and what should you do if its covering majority of the upper thigh, causing lots of pain, and vomiting?
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Staph infection: Staph infections, if not treated promptly and effectively can cause significant "morbidity", loss of tissue or an entire limb, and yes, even "mortality". A wound of the size mentioned, with such pain and vomiting is by definition infected, and treatment is not urgent, but emergent. Get to a doctor or the ER immediately
Answered 6/9/2015
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