Other Signs and Symptoms. Fatigue is a common sign of vitamin D deficiency. You may feel like you have no energy. Muscle pain and aches, muscle cramps and weakness are other commonly reported symptoms associated with low vitamin D levels in the body. Not everyone who has vitamin D deficiency has symptoms.
Your doctor may perform tests to identify what type of staph bacteria is behind your infection, and to help choose the antibiotic that will work best. Antibiotics commonly prescribed to treat staph infections include certain cephalosporins, nafcillin or related antibiotics, sulfa drugs or vancomycin. Vancomycin increasingly is required to treat serious staph infections because so many strains of staph bacteria have become resistant to other traditional medicines. But vancomycin and some other antibiotics have to be given intravenously.
Over-the-Counter Treatment for a Staph Infection. Wash your hands to prevent staph from spreading. Photo Credit Comstock/Comstock/Getty Images. Staph, or staphylococcus, is bacteria with more than 30 different types, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine.Staphylococcus aureus is one specific type of staph that causes most staph infections like skin infections, pneumonia, food poisoning, toxic shock syndrome, and blood poisoning.dditional complications may include cellulitis, a hot swollen red area, or impetigo, a skin crust. If your staph infection does not go away within a few days of treating it with over-the-counter remedies, or you develop a high fever, or the infected area is hot and swollen, seek medical attention immediately.