I have a chronic infection that comes and goes in my fingers and toes for 3 months and resisted 2 rounds of Bactrim. They cause sore, swollen, raised red spots near the cuticles and if I open them up, pus will come out. They occur on fingers and toes out of nowhere and aren't open unless I cut them open. I also spent a week in the hospital with the birth of my daughter a couple months prior to first getting this infection, and at one point an iv slid completely out and a nurse slid it back in.
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Chronic infection in the fingers can be seen with atypical mycobacteria. These bacteria do not respond to the usual antibiotics and the infections can be difficult to clear. There are other possibilities, but this is my first suspicion. See your doctor and ask for routine and mycobacterial cultures to be done on the pus. Once the cause of the infection is know, the proper treatment can be given.
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There are several possibilities to these raised red spots. Gout, arthritis, spurs, dry skin and combinations. Congratulations on delivery and parenting! Okay to get evaluated with your local doc about the spots. In the meantime, don't cut them open, instead take a photo, soak in epsom salts. Take friend and/or family with you to your doctor appointment. Be well.
I couldn't figure out how to upload a pic here so I put it on imgur.
http://imgur.com/8Ge0hvi
The redness currently is just what you see on the middle toe. You can see on the 2nd toe where a previous one had gone away, leaving peeled skin like a blister. It doesn't look like much, but it is painful.
My longer hospital stay was because I had a c-section due to uterine atony.... I lost a lot of blood. Afterward my OB blasted me with several iv antibiotics to be on the safe side because my temperature started going up and my heart rate was also going up but I never had any blood pressure issues.
Haven't been breastfeeding for appx 3 months. I didn't feel great about it while on the various antibiotics and pain meds, then when I was done with the meds I could hardly produce any milk.
http://imgur.com/8Ge0hvi
The redness currently is just what you see on the middle toe. You can see on the 2nd toe where a previous one had gone away, leaving peeled skin like a blister. It doesn't look like much, but it is painful.
My longer hospital stay was because I had a c-section due to uterine atony.... I lost a lot of blood. Afterward my OB blasted me with several iv antibiotics to be on the safe side because my temperature started going up and my heart rate was also going up but I never had any blood pressure issues.
Haven't been breastfeeding for appx 3 months. I didn't feel great about it while on the various antibiotics and pain meds, then when I was done with the meds I could hardly produce any milk.
I picture would definitely help. Why were you in the hospital for a week?
Make sure to take probiotics at a different time of day 2 hours away from antibiotics to help prevent yeast infections, especially since nursing can give this to the baby, but nursing also gives probiotics to the baby. There could be some hormonal shift also. It might be good to get checked for ANA and RF tests. I'll check back for a picture update.
Make sure to take probiotics at a different time of day 2 hours away from antibiotics to help prevent yeast infections, especially since nursing can give this to the baby, but nursing also gives probiotics to the baby. There could be some hormonal shift also. It might be good to get checked for ANA and RF tests. I'll check back for a picture update.