Staph of Folliculitis?

Hi,

I recently thought my boyfriend and i had staph infection and so i went to an urgent care to find out. He Diagnosed me with something called Folliculitis and he also perscribed me with medicine for staph as a "Just in case." I looked up folliculitis on the internet, and it said that it is contagious and that could explain how my boyfriend has it as well. i started taking my medicine yesterday, but i'm not sure if i'm being paranoid or not, because i'm still scared that its staph infection. When should i start worrying about this? are their symptoms that i would have with staph that i wouldn't have with Folliculitis? Does my boyfriend need to go to the doctor?? It's causing me a lot of pain.

[Vanessa Lacuesta]

Hi,

I understand your concern. Folliculitis is a skin infection which involves the hair follicles. It is a skin infection caused by Staphyloccocus aureus. So the Staph infection you were referring to and the folliculitis are actually one.

Medical therapy may readily control folliculitis.It is contagious so I suggest that you refrain from any direct contact until your condition has been treated. Unless , the infection spreads and becomes extensive  as in the case of decreased immune responses , then there is really no cause of worry.

If your boyfriend presents with similar symptoms , then he may also need to be assessed and managed .

[s905]

thank you! so will this anti-biotic that he has me on take  care of things? about how long until i notice a difference? are their any topical creams i can put on it, or anything to ease the pain??