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Medical Question for Dr. Skunky
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Okay, so one of my students has cellulitis. He has huge oozing sores on his neck that sometimes protrudes two inches from his neck. He is constantly wiping the sores with his hands, and he leaves every class at least once per class period for at least 10 minutes to wipe down the ooze. I have a heart value problem, and my doctors have told me that I should not have any contact with him due to the risk of his infection giving me bacterial endocarditis. The administration at the college says that I can't discriminate against him and should just use good handwashing techniques. I have gone to websites for other schools, and they have strict rules that require students with oozing sores to cover them. My employers refuse to impose this on my student. So my doctor has put me on antibiotics whenever this student is in one of my classes, has told me to wash down anything he touches on my desk in the classroom or my office, and has told me to wear gloves whenever I grade tests in a class that he is in and then throw away the gloves. It is very inconvenient. I don't know why I have no rights to protect my health, yet he has the right to expose everyone to the diseases from his oozing sores. There are many times that I can't help other students debug their programs because I can't touch their keyboards and not touch his because that might be perceived as discriminatory. So I just have to tell them what to do and point to the screen without touching anything. I always open the door to the computer lab with the end of my sleeve so my skin doesn't touch anything he has touched. And if I accidentally come in contact with anything that he oozes on (like if unexpectedly he puts something on my desk), I leave the room and wash my hands with antibacterial liquid. I normally take the roll during every class by having each student post his/her signature as proof of attendance, but in any class he is in, I don't take the roll because it would just be one more route for me to touch something he has touched after wiping that oozing stuff coming from his neck.Just a few minutes ago I saw a 9 year old who developed cellulitis following numerous mosquito bites Saturday...I aint touching that with a 10 foot pole!
I'm not gonna lie. It is really gross. It's really bad when I have to be on antibiotics for several months at a time to protect myself from someone that the administration doesn't want to offend, knowing that most schools have policies that require students with oozing sores to cover them.
BTW the administration also promised me that he would get the problem under control via medication and have surgery last summer to take care of it. (BTW that didn't happen -- he arrived in the fall with the oozing sores again). They said they really felt badly that they had to embarrass him by discussing this with him. EXCUSE ME? I feel badly that I (or some student who doesn't know WTF cellulitis is) have my health jeopardized by him. They didn't feel badly about me and other faculty/staff/students with health problems that could put us at risk?????
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My PT I go to 2x/week for the plantar f. is the one who suggested the meniscus thing when I described the frozen knee. I mean, I've never felt pain like that before in my sleep (I dread going to bed each night). That's why the sudden urgency to find the right doc. I have the ortho app't. this week to hopefully find this out. I'm just limping along in the meanwhile.
Well, sorry I can't offer you any help here but this is bad. Just one more thing to worry about. I'm already a germaphobe and I've never even heard of this! What the heck do you do if you don't know if you've come in contact with someone with this???
Not gonna sleep well tonight.
Does this look familiar BR?
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Time out! You guys need to post some warning notes before posting puss filled photos like that. 
I had never heard of it either, but you just can't imagine how disgusting it is. From what I've read, his sores are probably full of staph infection. I wash my hands so often that they look like the hands of an elderly woman, but I don't want to take any chances. Because of this experience, I try to avoid touching anything anywhere. I try to wear a jacket or long sleeves so I never have to touch door handles. I hit elevator buttons with my elbow. When I must use a public restroom, I wash my hands, turn off the water with my elbows, grab the paper towels and use them to open the door, and if the management is clueless enough not to put the trash can right by the door (I've found that about 80% of restrooms do have it right next to the door), I use the paper towel to open the door and then throw the towel on the floor -- I hate to litter, but I don't want to catch a disease unnecessarily. I don't want to get sick if I can avoid it.
Of course, as a foodie, this bothers me. How do I know what happens in the kitchen when I'm not watching? Who is sick and just sneezed or coughed on my entree? Who just cut him/herself while doing food prep and got hepatitis, HIV, etc., germs on the food I eat?
Life is a crapshoot. But I know that it is 100% probable that my student has an active infection to which I can be exposed. I don't know what that probability is, say, at Houston's on West Paces Ferry.
Hope you get some relief from your pain, gull. We haven't found a solution for Beach Jacket, although her new doctor at Hughston Clinic says with in about five years there will be a non-invasive way to cure her pain.
Here is a photo of the actual thing. This is the good side. The other side protrudes out of the entire side of the neck.Does this look familiar BR?
I have this photo because we have an annual end-of-year luncheon and always take photos. The only good thing was that I didn't eat too much for obvious reasons.
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