text: i was just diagnosed with a staph infection.  i have had odd illnesses for  months, could this be the reason?? i caught pnemonia in nov  in a hosp, since that time i have had more colds tahn i had in the previous  years.  which lead to astma. even if they are not related in you body (like a staff infection in the lungs maybe it is on your big toe) it is taking your body to fight the infection and is running down the rest of you.  once you cure the original staff infection you should notice an improvement