Staphylococcal Infection

Locker Room Infections

As an athlete, you may share equipment, mats, or a locker room shower with others. This can expose your skin to germs for diseases like athlete's foot, ringworm, or staph infections. If you have a scrape, cut, or sore and work out, others are exposed to your germs.

Signs of infection. These include a fever of 100.4°F (38°C) or higher, chills, wound that will not heal.,Skin itches, burns, or is red and warm to the touch,Wound is draining pus or drainage smells badly,You are not feeling better in 2 to 3 days or you are feeling worse

Emergency Medicine,Healthy Living,Infectious Disease

Athletes Infections

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