Staph Infection in Nose?

If you seem better today then you should (with the o.k. of your dr of course) be able to continue with the meds you are on now till you finish them and probably go back for a re-check in a few days to make sure you are still healing but to come back if it starts getting worse again. If it keeps going like it has, you could be back to normal with in a week. Staph is a pretty nasty infection and can get quite serious quickly. If you had not went on to the dr, you could have ended up having to have surgery to remove your nose and that would have meant plastic surgery. If you do have to go for I.V. antibiotics, on how long you would stay would depend on the course of treatment. You could just be there on an out patient basis, meaning you would be there for a few hours for one bag or if she wanted more than one bag, you could be there overnight. Most people have staph on there bodies at all times with no problems, but some times conditions are right for it to attack. Also anytime you touch your nose, wash your hands or use one of those hand sanitizers.