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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...
Defunkify your Hockey Equipment!
It’s no secret that the smell of hockey gear and equipment is just a stinky situation! The funky odor has plagued players since the beginning of time. This smell has driven hockey moms bonkers all these years. The odor that has been described as a combination of cat pee, wet dog, rotten eggs, dirty socks and low tide…The good news is the odor can be stopped! So, as you hesitate to reach in that stanky hockey bag, terrified that the odor will haunt you all day at school or work and through out the rest of your adult...
Why sports can be a breeding ground for dangerous MRSA infections
By: Johnette Howard, ESPN Staff Writer Photo Above: Brandon Noble recovered faster from three torn ligaments, including his ACL than from MRSA infections. NEW YORK — Brandon Noble is 10 years removed from his seven-year NFL career and now works near Philadelphia as a financial adviser. But the formerDallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins defensive tackle wasn’t surprised when a reporter tracked him down Wednesday to discuss New York Giants tight end Daniel Fells, who has become the latest athlete to be diagnosed with MRSA, a frightening, antibiotic-resistant staph infection that can result in multiple surgeries, amputations and, rarely, even death....
After Player Infected, Giants Tackle MRSA Scare
Copyright 2015 N.Y.P. Holdings, Inc.All Rights Reserved The New York Post When Prince Amukamara was a freshman in college at Nebraska, he had “a little pimple on my wrist.” He picked at it, popped it and recalls using someone’s sweaty weight-lifting straps to wrap around his wrist. “It just started getting itchy and aggravated, and then I got sick,” Amukamara said Wednesday. He contracted MRSA, a serious staph infection. “They had to drill it and empty it all out and wrap it in a huge bandage and I was in bed for like three or four days, not able to...