That was happens it starts as a sore and spreads into the knee
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Staph infections from the skin can spread to deeper tissue, especially if there was a cut or something. Obviously, I have no idea if that’s what happened here
Have seen it personally on an athlete go from what looked like an ingrown hair on a Friday to being in the hospital and having surgery to remove the infection from the knee on Monday. He then had tubes inserted to drain it and a home nurse for a few weeks. It wasn't handled properly by the head coach which lead to him transferring.
In HS several on the wrestling team came down with staph boils. I believe I had three, all of which had to be lanced. One of my teammates was hospitalized. The one on my thigh was so bad that the doctor called in a bunch of medical staff so they could get a firsthand look at how bad a boil can get : ( It was shocking how much puss they got out of it!
yea, pretty gross. Had a teamate that had a propensity to get them on his elbow. I cam back from a freestyle tourney in Joliet in the late 70s with something all over my backside. Ended up on antibiotics, soaking them in hot Epson salt (cloth) and then I think I lost a lot of weight when 'squeezed'. I think I got them by continued running in my nylon bottoms trying to make weight. Would run a few miles, weigh in, then back at it. Needless to say it was a long ride back to central Pa with something happening 'back there'In HS several on the wrestling team came down with staph boils. I believe I had three, all of which had to be lanced. One of my teammates was hospitalized. The one on my thigh was so bad that the doctor called in a bunch of medical staff so they could get a firsthand look at how bad a boil can get : ( It was shocking how much puss they got out of it!
As an aside, one time in grad school I got some sort of boil just under my jaw. It festered and got bigger and redder until I said - **** it. Put a huge needle in a hot pot, boiled it, pulled it out and slowly shoved it in the boil. There was resistance - and pain - until, finally, I penetrated the pus cavern. The initial discharge splattered the bathroom mirror. Then I started squeezing hard and rivulets of pus kept pouring out. It was both disgusting and a huge relief.In HS several on the wrestling team came down with staph boils. I believe I had three, all of which had to be lanced. One of my teammates was hospitalized. The one on my thigh was so bad that the doctor called in a bunch of medical staff so they could get a firsthand look at how bad a boil can get : ( It was shocking how much puss they got out of it!
Put some neospirin on it and I was good to go. Just have a small scar these many decades later.
Hah! Poor student too lazy to go to student health.
That was also the year I drank a shot and a beer every time the 49ers scored in the Super Bowl. I was wrecked by the 3rd quarter. Final score 55-10. I walked/stumbled home sometime in the 4th Q - about a mile and a half walk. Somewhat sobered up when I got back to our suite because it took a while. Asked my very studious suite mate who won. He said - how the **** do I know - you were the one watching the game.
I have no idea how I didn’t need to boot that night.
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yea, pretty gross. Had a teamate that had a propensity to get them on his elbow. I cam back from a freestyle tourney in Joliet in the late 70s with something all over my backside. Ended up on antibiotics, soaking them in hot Epson salt (cloth) and then I think I lost a lot of weight when 'squeezed'. I think I got them by continued running in my nylon bottoms trying to make weight. Would run a few miles, weigh in, then back at it. Needless to say it was a long ride back to central Pa with something happening 'back there'
RBY was hospitalized for a few days back in 2021 when his leg got infected with something or other (MRSA?).
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