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Ringworm Prevention
What is ringworm? Ringworm (also called serpigo) is an infection of the skin, characterized by a reddish to brownish raised or bumpy patch of skin that may be lighter in the center, giving the appearance of a “ring.” It can exist anywhere on the body. Depending on its location, it is also known as tinea pedis or “athlete’s foot” when on the feet, tinea cruris or “jock itch” when on the groin area, tinea corporis when on the body, where it is most commonly referred to as ringworm, or tinea capitis when on the scalp.] Contrary to its name, ringworm...
Athletes at Higher Risk for MRSA – Football players are at especially high risk!
by Ed Susman Contributing Writer, MedPage Today PHILADELPHIA — Contact sports participants — particularly football players — are more than twice as likely as other athletes to be colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), researchers reported here. Contact sports athletes had higher odds of being colonized with MRSA [OR 2.36; 95% CI 1.13-4.93] than athletes playing noncontact sports, said Natalia Jimenez-Truque, PhD, a research instructor at the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, Nashville. At an IDWeek press conference Jimenez said that contact sports players — defined for the study as varsity athletes engaged in football, basketball, lacrosse, and soccer — tended...
MRSA Common In College Football, Soccer Athletes; Staph Infections Twice As Likely In Contact Sport Players
College athletes who play contact sports are more likely to be colonized by Staph bugs than others. By Shweta Iyer Traditionally, it was believed that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) was found among people with weak immune systems living in health care environments. But the MRSA superbug is now also showing up in healthy people who have not been hospitalized, and most vulnerable among these are contact sport athletes. According to a new study being presented at IDWeek (a forum for health professionals), college athletes who play football, soccer, and other contact sports are more prone to being infected and also spread...
Prevention Information and Advice for Athletes: What To Do if You Think You Have MRSA
via cdc.gov What To Do if You Think You Have MRSA Tell your parent, coach, athletic trainer, school nurse, team doctor, or other healthcare provider if you think you have an infection so it can be treated quickly. Finding infections early and getting care will reduce the amount of playing time lost and decrease the chance that the infection will become severe. Pay attention for signs of infections such as redness, warmth, swelling, pus, and pain at sites where your skin has sores, abrasions, or cuts. Sometimes these infections can be confused with spider bites. Infections can also occur at...
