Need Opinions On This From All Please!!! Especially Men!!! Should I Tell Him?

Question: Where to start? I saw the Dr. and found out that I have a Staph infection. The Dr. said it looks like the type that is resistant to antibiotics, &I have to go for a follow up. Well, here's the thing, the Dr. told me the way you get this infection is through person to person contact. So basically, i'd have had to be in contact with a person that has the infection. The only person i've been in close contact with in that way, is my bf. So, I am wondering should I say something to him, or just take my antibiotics¬ worry him about it? Also, I found out from the gynecologist that I have a bacterial infection (not an STD). I don't know what to do. I want to tell him, but at the same time, I don't want him to think i'm accusing him of giving me anything...which i'm not doing. I realize that some things just happen,&the Dr. said Staph infections are common. How do I tell him about these without him thinking theres something wrong with me? Should I even say anything to him at all?

Answers:
Take a big deep breath and calm down. Staph infections can be caused by a myriad of things. It isn't always the ones we love that give it to us. I'm a nurse who works in a clinic and see about 10 patients a week with Strep Throat which is also known as a staph infection. Now these little kids do not "close" contact with girlfriends or boyfriends. Staph is just a nasty little bug that lives EVERYWHERE, now it is contagious the first 24-48 hours and it is likely he might get it but that doesn't mean he didn't give it to you first, he may be just a carrier and you happened to receive it.

Just tell him the truth, you have an infection that is antibiotic resistant and that it needs to run its course. If he says who did you get it from you can tell him you have no idea that Staph is everywhere and you were just the unlucky one who got it and that you need TLC from him. The bacterial vaginosis is something you got from taking the antibiotics to begin with, I'm suprised your doctor didn't tell you that from day one. Eat some plain acidophilus yogurt (you can put fruit in it) and you can use that as well to treat the vaginosis. You put it where the infection is, I know it sound gross but it works.

Hang in there! Good Luck!

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yes tell him

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