MRSA

The medical director of the Onondaga County Health Department, Tuoc Nguyen, says that MRSA appears on the body in the form of pimples and boils. One way to help prevent the spread of MRSA, in addition to washing your handles (in the anchor act), is not sharing personal object with people such as toothbrushes. Nguyen also says that only 30% of people carry the staph virus but only 1% of people have MRSA. Most cases of MRSA are not severe and go away on their own, but if the pimples or boils last more than a week, you should contact your local doctor or hospital to get it checked out. He also says that MRSA is nothing new on the medical scene.