 [ Symptoms ] i had a pretty bad case of appendicitis almost 2 years ago i had no fever or nausea i was eating fine my white blood cell count was normal and the pain was dull at first about 3 4 weeks later the pain became intense if i laid on my stomach stretching my abdomen it was about a 7 8 on the pain scale i had emergency appendectomy after an ultrasound showed an inflamed appendix the surgeon told me it had not ruptured but was very infected and my body had walled off the infection and in 40 years i was his second case of a similar situation this was a pretty dramatic operation 4 nights in the hospital an infiltrated vein and 6 months of c diff after about 2 weeks ago i started noticing a similar pain lower right side near mcburney is point it is a warm throbbing sensation maybe 3 4 on the pain scale at its worse does this sound like possible stump appendicitis i am very worried as i have no current insurance and my first operation cost almost 40k including c diff treatment [ Disease ] it is not possible to make a blind diagnosis of a dermatological problem i would need to examine your son which obviously i cannot impetigo is a staph strep infection mrsa is a specific type of staph infection both can cause those symptoms and both would require a wound culture to make the diagnostic distinction if he is worried about mrsa the culture is essential bactrim and bactroban would treat staph infection but strep one cause of impetigo would not be improved by bactrim send him to student health or an urgent care facility so he can be examined tested and treated