If I have a boil, does it mean that I have staph in my bloodstream? I've never had one and I am EXTREMELY worried!!!

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If I have a boil, does it mean that I have staph in my bloodstream? I've never had one and I am EXTREMELY worried!!!

It is on my inner left thigh. I also just got over a yeast infection but do not know if that can cause a boil.

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I dont believe so, make sure you take antibiotics as prescribed and finish them. Staph will come back and if you do not take antibiotics as prescribed and finish them, you may end up with MRSA. Good luck!

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it needs to be opened up to drain boils are painful but the fluid inside is a liquid and bloody drainage use heat packs to help drain it. staff comes with fevers and body pain flue like symptoms have been described by people and the drainage is thicker yellowish stuff now MRSA is fast spreading and it goes deep into tissue it makes huge pockets of thick puss and is hard at the touch like a mass it has a hard puss that comes out in big chunks it is very very painful and high fevers and severe flue symptoms[ it is deadly] DR WILL NEED TO OPEN AND PACK WITH STERIAL GAUZE TO LET IT HEAL FROM THE INSIDE OUT.AND WILL NEED A GOOD BROADBAND ANTIBIOTIC!!!!

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you need to go to your dr. to have them check it out my husband has just had a rough time with this been to ER and then had to go back to family dr, he became very sick with this and its very painful and they still dont know how he got this

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