What is the disease "Marsa" that the Egyptian actor Fayek Azab suffered?

Film critic Magdy El-Tayeb announced that the artist, Fayek Azab, had been infected with "Marsa" disease, which is considered one of the rare diseases, for which no treatment has been officially discovered so far.

After announcing that the Egyptian artist had this unknown disease, the name of the disease was changed to "Trend" on the "Google" search engine. What is this disease and what are its symptoms:


"Marsa", is a type of bacteria that is not affected by most types of antibiotics used to treat strep infection Regular staphylococcus, and Marsa bacteria infection occurs to people, while they are in hospitals or other health care places, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers, because this type of infection is usually associated with medical procedures and devices such as surgeries, intravenous tubes, artificial joints, and others.


Symptoms of staphylococcal skin infection of all kinds are the appearance of red scars similar to insect bites on the skin, accompanied by swelling and a feeling of severe pain, and the temperature of the affected area of ​​the skin increases, or the patient may develop a fever.


The blisters can quickly turn into deep and painful abscesses that require surgery, and sometimes bacteria remain trapped in the skin, but they can also hide in the depths of the body, causing infections that may cause complications such as problems with the bones, joints, bloodstream, heart valves, and lungs. And it spreads to the body by touching the infected person to the affected area and then touching the healthy areas.


Marsa infection is very similar to the emerging corona virus, in terms of ways to prevent it and deal with the person who is infected with it, as people with Staphylococcus aureus infection are often isolated in hospitals as a measure to prevent the spread of the disease.


Those in contact with the patient, such as nurses or family members, are required to wear protective clothing and follow strict procedures for hand hygiene, contaminated surfaces and washing tools must be properly disinfected, in addition to the fact that MSA attacks those with weak immunity such as the elderly and people with chronic diseases as a virus, as is the case in the Corona virus.

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