Superbug: The MRSA Infection

i read that a natural substance sold as allimax is effective against mrsa.

WHAT IS THE WEBSITE FOR THE LAPTOP COMPUTERS THAT WERE ON THE SHOW LAST WEEK & IS WATERPROOF. THE MAN WANTS EVERY CHILD IN THE WORLD TO HAVE ONE.

In some ways MRSA has become the STD of this Age. Having had it and recovered since it was caught early I consider myself to be one of the lucky ones who have had their brush with fate thanks to this super bug. And all I thought I had was a spider bite. Oh how wrong I was.

For those of you who are in the 56%that are not very concerned you should be. My daughter has a spot on her ankle that we have been battling with for a year. It will start to look better and be almost healed, then it will come back She will be seeing a doctor about it know that I know about MRSA it resembles the spot on the guys neck, in these articles. where did she get it? we do not know! It just dhowed up on day. No warning such as an injury that would have broke the skin but after wstching Nicholas' story, We WILL be seeing a physician. You should be moe concerned. I know I am!

I am very disappointed with the CDC and the medical community as a whole. Three years ago my wife had surgery at a hospital in Northridge, CA and contracted MRSA. The surgeon did not see it in the discharge lab work but the Doctor she worked for did. We were referred to an infectious disease specialist about 4 days after the surgery. He told us that 24-36 hrs and he would not have been able to do anything for her. She was put on Bactrim/Septra & Rifampin. Fortunately we were able to get rid of the infection. The hospital had sent "CONFIDENTIAL" letters to the Doctors on staff about the prevelance of the MRSA and discouraged elective surgeries. No one made this public for in excess of 4 years. If I had TB, all heck breaks loose including quarantine and TB is rarely fatal and is treatable. Hmmm. signed one lucky lady.

I am so not concerned! The media is blowing this way out of proportion! I have worked in health care for nearly 10 years. Specifically on a critical care ambulance and prior to this on emergent/non emergent ambulances (911 and scheduled transports). I have transported and cared for thousands of people who may have, or I KNEW, had MRSA. If there were resp symptojms then it was a concern due to sputum and coughing, obviously! We put a mask on the pt. Not so hard. But aside from that it's as simple as covering any open skin, ie: scraped knuckles, sctraches, cuts. In addtion, decon the ambulance/stretcher/equip after each pt. and at the sart of every shift (this takes less then 10 min) and washing my hands before/after each pt. Before is usually hand santizer for obvious reasons. I actually transported several pts w/ MRSA the night before having an adrenalectomy done. This involved a 16'' incision in my abdomen and 24 staples afterward. The surgeon had to literally reach to the furthest part of my abdominal cavity around several organs and glands to get to the gland they were removing. I recovered with no MRSA. My roommate in the hospital for the 1st 36 hrs after the surgery had MRSA. I carried on about nurses,drs, aides washing their hands! VIOLA! NO MRSA. This is disgusting and hugely expensive. People now spend dys or their entire hospital stay in an ER instead of in a room b/c they have mrsa in a wound and need a private room. People can't share their MRSA infection from a cut or a scratch unless you touch a common surface. This spreads b/c other less responsible people in the health care field are just too lazy to wash their hands properly inbetwenn pts and don't remove their gloves properly! People shouldn't be running around afraid of this. Dont walk around bare foot in common areas (HS Locker rooms) and wash your hands well w/ soap often. If you have a cut or scratch put triple antibiotic oiment on it and keep it covered whenever possible. People w/ decreased immune symptoms are at risk much more so then others. So the very old or very young. Don't let great grama in the nursing home hold the new born baby without helping her thoroughly wash her hands first. This isn't hard to aviod. SOAP, WATER, BANDAIDS We aren't short on these things in the US. It's not rocket science. All those things your mom taught you about germs when you were kid. Well, SHE WAS RIGHT!

I think that there needs to be concern. I started getting the symptoms of MRSA about a month ago. I did not go to the doctor for several weeks. When I did go the doctor was very concerned. So much that he was calling me personally on a daily basis. Thank goodness that it turned out to be strep. The doctor told me that they use to only see about 1 case a month. They are now seeing at least 10. Thats a lot considering the size of community that I am from. One thing I do know if MRSA makes you sicker than strep then I sure as hell don't want it. I have been taking antibiotic for a month now and still am not feeling all that well.

In 2000, my father who was in a nursing home contracted MRSA and was placed on super-antibotics was ultimately distroyed his organs...and passed away shortly thereafter due to the complications. There is far too little being done in hospitals and nursing homes with regards to infection control! This is a real problem that is not being addressed properly for many years. Enough is enough.

Why hasnt anybody heard about VRE? Vancomycin resistant enteroccocus. this is an infection that is resistant to the wonder drug vanc, that is often used to treat mrsa. just wondering

I, personally am a Survivor from MRSA contracted in a Podiatrist's so called sterile Surgery Room! I was immediatelly sent to Contagious Disease Physician. Now, after 3 Pic-lines, kidney surgery (after almost dying of Kidney infection) a long line of very potent anti-bioltics, finally Vancomycin through my Pic line, two IV's a day, and spending weeks for a total of 11 hospitalizations in past two yrs. The combination of two injected Arthritis drugs - Humira and Remicade had caused me to have a compromised immune system. Yes, some Dr's. and Nurses do wash their hands frequently, but, to my amazement, not all of them do1 Also, I had ignored the obvious. The Foot Dr. had a clean waiting room, but, alas, filthy carpeting in the hall -way and in the patients treatment rooms... I subconsciencely wanted to say something, but, did not want to embarrass the Dr., or myself... What a mistake. Am 71 now, but if I was 10 years younger I would surely have filed a lawsuit... all the pain and suffering - you have no idea. God has blessed me in that I survived from having NO white blood cells to now being normal! But, don't be "nice" and DO question any irregularity you see. Instinct is a powerful tool. Use it!