It can be. I had it a while back and knocked it out with a simple course of Doxycycline. It was kinda scary for a day or two though.
About 20 years ago I took my family to Schlitterbahn in TX. At the time it was the world's biggest water park (I think another Schlitterbahn has taken the title now). Unfortunately I was on a sulfa drug and didn't read the bottle telling me to stay out of the sun. I had a MASSIVE sunburn - blisters on blisters, all over all exposed skin. Even the top of my head got burned really bad (I still had a ton of hair, and even wore a hat half the day). The burns were so bad the doctor gave me pain killers.
As a result of the burns on the top of my head I lost about a 3" by 2" section of hair follicles and my skin is permanently screwed up. I now always wear a hat. One time I couldn't wear one so I had to comb my hair - and broke open the injury. After a few days my scalp turned bright red, it was hot to the touch, and I could stick a pin in most of my scalp and not feel a thing. My Dr tested it and it was in fact MRSA. He also took a biopsy using one of those rings with the sharp tube on top that cuts a plug of skin out, and it was negative for cancer. I still have the divot where he took the plug from.
Now if I have to go without a hat I have a soft-bristle hairbrush so I don't bust that spot open again. One day when I inevitably start going bald I'll go to a dermatologist and get them to do the surgery where they cut the spot out and stretch the skin together - like they do with a facelift. Until then, I'll keep the hat.
Hospitals can use UVA light to kill fungus on equipment. It can also be used as a treatment. They can put a tube into the lungs to carry the USA device to the fungus/pneumonia/cancer.
It can be. I had it a while back and knocked it out with a simple course of Doxycycline. It was kinda scary for a day or two though.
About 20 years ago I took my family to Schlitterbahn in TX. At the time it was the world's biggest water park (I think another Schlitterbahn has taken the title now). Unfortunately I was on a sulfa drug and didn't read the bottle telling me to stay out of the sun. I had a MASSIVE sunburn - blisters on blisters, all over all exposed skin. Even the top of my head got burned really bad (I still had a ton of hair, and even wore a hat half the day). The burns were so bad the doctor gave me pain killers.
As a result of the burns on the top of my head I lost about a 3" by 2" section of hair follicles and my skin is permanently screwed up. I now always wear a hat. One time I couldn't wear one so I had to comb my hair - and broke open the injury. After a few days my scalp turned bright red, it was hot to the touch, and I could stick a pin in most of my scalp and not feel a thing. My Dr tested it and it was in fact MRSA. He also took a biopsy using one of those rings with the sharp tube on top that cuts a plug of skin out, and it was negative for cancer. I still have the divot where he took the plug from.
Now if I have to go without a hat I have a soft-bristle hairbrush so I don't bust that spot open again. One day when I inevitably start going bald I'll go to a dermatologist and get them to do the surgery where they cut the spot out and stretch the skin together - like they do with a facelift. Until then, I'll keep the hat.
I am light skinned and have skin cancers removed about twice a year. Too much sunburn when I was young but I never had MRSA.
It's pretty easy to get. For me all it took was to bust open the spot on my head. Athletes get it a fair amount as well.
Hospitals can use UVA light to kill fungus on equipment. It can also be used as a treatment. They can put a tube into the lungs to carry the USA device to the fungus/pneumonia/cancer.