Once Bitten


Written on December 13, 2009 – 10:00 am | by wadehoffman1990

Once Bitten
Once Bitten (1985)

IMDB rating: 4.90

Plot: The Countess has a problem. She is a 400 year old vampire who will cease to look young unless she is able to feed on a virgin three times before Holloween, a week away. She sends Sebastian, her servant and all of her lesser vampires out to find one. Finding a virgin is difficult in Los Angeles. Mark has a problem. He wants to ‘do it’ with Robin in the worst way, but she wants to wait. Jamie and Russ, Mark’s goofy friends convince him to go to a Hollywood pick up spot where Mark meets the Countess, on the prowl. Robin’s not going to understand.
Directors: Storm Howard

Actors: Carrey Jim,Little Cleavon,Ballatore Thomas,Lackey Skip,Adams Jeb Stuart,Brutsman Joseph,Charno Stuart,Mauro Glen,Mauro Gary,Elbling Peter,Schaal Richard,Comedy,Horror,

NURSES, DOCTORS, OR ANY MEDICAL HEALTH STAFF - HELP PLEASE?
So I’m 14 years old and the other day when I was hanging out with my friends, we were sitting on the grass, and I got bitten by a spider 3 times. Once on my stomach, once on my lower back, and once on my left index finger. I felt it, but the mosquitoes were horrible that day, so I just figured it was a simple mosquito bite and didn’t tell my mom until a week afterwards when it got really itchy, red, and wouldn’t go away. She took me to the doctor and the doctor thought they were just non-poisonous spider bites as well, so she prescribed me some ointment to apply 3 times a day. I used that ointment for about another week and the two spider bites on my stomach and lower back healed, but the one on my left index finger was turning purple, swelling up, itching, and peeling. So my mom took me back to the doctor a couple of days ago and this time I was diagnosed by someone different. She said that my other doctor was wrong and that what I had was Staph Infection (Impetigo and Cellulitis to be more specific of what type…) so she prescribed me some Bactroban ointment for external use and 300 MG of Clindamycin HCL (I have no idea what that stands for, but It’s on the prescription label) pills for oral use and said that I had to take 2 pills, 3 times a day. I’ve been taking the medications and applying the ointment, but it’s not helping at all because the Staph Infection has spread all over my arms, legs, right hand, and right ear. I’m still extremely itchy, also. My finger hasn’t healed much at all and whenever I don’t have the ointment on it turns purple. I’m terrified about what’s gonna happen to me because I’ve researched Staph Infection all over the internet and seen gruesome pictures of other patients and I’m scared that the infection will spread to the inside of my ear and leave me deaf or something. Is that possible? So my mom’s insanely worried about my condition too and called the doctor’s office this morning again, but they said to wait another day for the medicine to take effect and then see what happens. But as I’ve said before, this is the first time I’ve ever gotten Staph Infection and I’m terrified.
Here are my questions:

- Is Staph Infection fatal?
- How long does it take for Staph Infection to heal? (I haven’t gone to school in like 3 days, so I want to know how much longer I’ll have to stay at home)
- What’s gonna happen to me if the medication doesn’t work?
- What will happen if the infection spreads to the inside of my ear?
- Is there any chance that I may end up going to the hospital because of my finger (It’s the most infected part of my body) and that they’ll have to cut it off? (My friends told me that that could happen… I’m not sure if they were just trying to scare me or what but it worked…)
- Is there anything else you could tell me about Staph Infection that might be helpful to me?

Thank you SO much to anyone who answers this question!
You don’t know how much I’d appreciate it especially if you worked in the medical field and have treated this condition before!
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I don’t want to scare you about the infection in your finger, but if it is cellulitis you will need to be on IV antibiotics. Your mother should take you to the hospital to have it treated and no, they are not going to cut your finger off. They may put you on IV antibiotics though. However, staph/cellulitis infections don’t itch, they hurt and they cause a lot of swelling. It could be that you just have a simple impetigo infection if they only symptoms are itching and a rash.
natpractitioner | Dec 10, 2009

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