i have on the top of my hand a staff infection the size of a half of a cherry tomatoe i am taking 1ooomg of penicillin every 4 hrs, soaking my hand epsomsalt and hot water and using bacitracinit started on wed is there anything else i can do it does not seem any beter or do i just need more time for it to start healing?
It usually takes at least a couple of days of antibiotics before you will notice an improvement in an infection. My question is, are you sure it is a staph infection? Penicillin is not very effective anymore for staph. You might need a different antibiotic. Also, the dose of penicillin you are taking is way too high. Did you see a doctor for this? If it's an abscess, you may need it opened and Chat Doctor.  Antibiotics alone may not heal an abscess. Hope this helps.