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MRSA
Posted by Keith |
Last Reply January 10, 2009
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Started January 5, 2009 at 16:06 |
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Well, first off I am very grateful to have found this board, back in September I noticed a small bump form on my forehead, the next morning the entire area was swelled up like water under the skin and within hours it turned to a painful boil. Two days passed and next my tonsils became huge and completely infected to the brim, went to see my doc and went on Amox, no change after two weeks of treatment. Went to ENT for diagnosis, went on clindamycin, then Bactrim, then Avelox and prednisone (which helped with the boil inflammation) None of these helped the boils which at this point were five in total on forehead, very large and painful. Now it's January and with all other options gone I went to the ER. Lots of blood work, xrays, catscans, the works, IV antibiotics. My throat is a bit better but the lesions keep appearing, I have been using Ziana ointment on them and keep them bandaged to help keep them clean and this helps some what. I have a follow up with Physician today and hopeful... read more |
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Webcast, Patient Power
Posted by Moya |
Last Reply January 9, 2009
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Started January 9, 2009 at 21:20 |
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Webcast, Patient Power, to discuss “MRSA: How safe are you?” Wednesday, January 14th 2009 WHAT: Webcast – “Patient Power” with Andrew Schorr at www.patientpower.info. MRSA, also known as staph infection or ‘Superbug,’ has been a constant topic of discussion in the news. How common are staph and MRSA infections? Are staph and MRSA infections treatable? Should we be alarmed? What should I do if someone I know has a staph or MRSA infection? Join Victoria Nahum, who lost her son to a hospital infection, and two knowledgeable experts as they outline the main issues surrounding MRSA and discuss steps towards reducing these infections in the healthcare setting and beyond. Call in live with your questions about this very important topic. WHO (FEATURED GUESTS): Jeremias Murillo: Hospital Epidemiologist and Medical Director, Infection Control and Epidemiology, Newark Beth Israel Victoria Nahum – Mother who lost her son to an HAI Andrew Schorr: Host and leuk... read more |
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Aspirin May Aid Against Staph
Posted by ruth Duryea |
Last Reply January 9, 2009
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Started January 9, 2009 at 15:17 |
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Researchers have found that salicylic acid, the major byproduct of aspirin, disrupts two key genes of staph bacteria that let the germ adhere to host cells, offering a possible new therapy for a deadly infection. "It may be that an aspirin a day is better for you than we thought," said Ambrose Cheung, a microbiologist at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, N.H. He led the team that published its research Tuesday in The Journal of Clinical Investigation. Staphylococcus aureus can cause sepsis - inflammation of the blood vessels and abscesses on important arteries, including those of the heart. Strains of the bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, including one that resists even the top- line drug vancomycin and is especially dangerous to patients who are hospitalized or in nursing homes. As a result, researchers have been looking for anything that might give doctors an edge in battling the germs. Other scientists noticed several years... read more |
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Tired
Posted by Lorraine |
Last Reply January 3, 2009
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Started February 27, 2005 at 16:22 |
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I contracted MRSA (Abdominal) in hospital due to filthy conditions. The toilets were dirty. When I complained to nursing staff they more or less shrugged it off. Toilet samples were taken and left on the work tops sometimes for hours before retrieval. Showers had blood stains and old bits of wound dressings etc. After 2 op's for a hernia and a hyitus hernia I had 2 surgical drains and 67 staples. When one of the staples came loose and some pus came out I showed this to an auxillary nurse who told me not to worry as this was nothing!! After being told I contracted MRSA I was in and out of hospital 3 times for more op's to cut out infections ( antibiotics did'nt work) I had 5 months of district nursing care where the nurses packed and unpacked my wounds. I now have 2 more hernias and need more surgery. Nearly 2 years down the line I am very very tired all the time. I have no energy or enthusiasm. I get very hot and sweaty and have put on a great deal of weight. I wonder if ... read more |
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what probiotics do you take?
Posted by edp |
Last Reply December 28, 2008
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Started October 31, 2008 at 22:39 |
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I was taking Lactobacilli acidophilus tablets that I bought from the pharmacy before to rebuild my immune system due to MRSA, but now I'd rather eat yogurt instead.Do you think this is the better way to replenish your body of good bacteria? |
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MRSA in Maryland
Posted by Barbara |
Last Reply December 26, 2008
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Started January 12, 2005 at 20:54 |
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Hi Everyone, I know exactly how you all feel. My 20 year old son has MRSA and was diagnosed with it back in June of 2004. Sinse than he has had it 5 different places. He was hospitalized with it 2 times and had surgery to remove large infected boil type sores which they cut out of his body and left large open areas that had to be packed with dressings everyday until they were healed. Luckily we know what to look for now and the other sores were caught early enough were one was lanced in the emergency room and the other one he got while shaving. That one my son more or less squezzed the crap out of and we used antibacterial ointment on and it healed fine. Needless to say I bought him an electric razor after that. He has been on different antibiotics with a course of DS Bactrum hat he took for 3 straight weeks. Did the nose stuff for a week to kill any MRSA strands and evan did an antibacterial ointment under his nails for a week 2x's a day. We went to an infectiuos disease d... read more |
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Merry Christmas Everyone!
Posted by LindaA |
Last Reply December 25, 2008
Started December 24, 2008 at 15:07 |
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Hello all. Many of you probably know who I am, and that I dropped out of the forum back in august as I just couldn't handle the stress along with everything else I was combating. I has been a very difficult year for me as I lost my Dad and a very close Aunt/surrogate Mom within 6 months of each other. The good news is that, even with all the stress I was under, I remained MRSA Free. It has been 2 years and 4 months since I was declared MRSA free from my ID Doc. I just wanted everyone to know that it is possible to stay healthy after a 16 month battle with MRSA in the blood. It does require diligence and work to stay that way though and you can't take your health for granted. You pretty much have to remain on a lifelong immune support regimen in order to keep yourself healthy. But it can be done. And you can choose to either spend your money on preventative medicine now, or give it to your Dr. later. The choice is ours to make. Merry Christmas to all, and please don't give up. Kee... read more |
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Daily exposure to UV light?
Posted by rustynail |
Last Reply December 23, 2008
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Started December 22, 2008 |
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what effect if any do you believe exposure daily to UV light would have... as far pimples and mrsa of the skin ? ? |
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MRSA in hip - facing amputation
Posted by Lisa C |
Last Reply December 23, 2008
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Started December 15, 2008 at 01:07 |
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My mother has been battling MRSA for 16+ months now and is quickly losing the battle, I'm afraid. She has osteomylitis (infection in bone) and is facing total leg amputation. The doctors are pretty much waiting for mom to give them the "go ahead" to amputate. She's been on several rounds of different antibiotics and as soon as they take her off and have her only on the oral antibiotics, the infection flares up again. She is 61 and has been on major narcotics for 10 years now due to several failed total knee replacements that kept coming loose. She had a "cementless knee replacement" which didn't come loose, BUT she broke her femur and the doctors recommended an artificial femur and hip replacement to secure it to since her bones are so weak (that of a 90 year old they say). All was well until she developed HA MRSA in the leg after that surgery. Now they're telling her amputation must be the entire leg from the hip down with no chance of a prosthetic leg because she has NO upp... read more |
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clindimiacin result?
Posted by matt |
Last Reply December 20, 2008
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Started December 16, 2008 at 01:30 |
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Hey I've found this site very helpful and thought i could use it to my advantage. I've been diagnosed with MRSA since the fall of '07, and have had many reoccurrneces, many of which I handled on my own before I knew what it was. Anyway, I was just wondering as to the effects of clindimiacin (besides the unpleasant aftertaste and the chest inferno). After the drug is taken periodically and is in the system, must the liquid that accumulates underneath the skin be removed, or will it dissipate over time? Because whenever I go to the doctor with what I think is a MRSA spot, they send me packing if nothing can be obtained from the wound to be cultured. So, I find it better to take my remaining antibiotic until the infection disappears, which has worked well in the past. |
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Merry Christmas
Posted by linda mccafferty |
Last Reply December 18, 2008
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Started December 17, 2008 |
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Id like to wish everybody a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year . |
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infecting each other? Don't know what to do
Posted by Regina |
Last Reply December 13, 2008
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Started December 12, 2008 at 08:51 |
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Well, to begin, my fiance had what he thought was an ingrown hair in his, er, nether regions this past summer. It went away, we thought nothing of it. We are sexually active, and a week after this bump (ingrown hair) went away I began to notice red dots on my butt. They grew into the MRSA boils (didn't know I had MRSA at the time) and I thought it was poison ivy from a hiking trip, so I just suffered through it. Then two things hapened: One, my fiance's brother who lives with him, got MRSA in his bone and went on antibiotics. Then, at college, I got a "spider bite" and possible Staph Infection on my wrist - very painful. I went on Cephalexin treatments for the infection, and it cleared up nicely. However, just this past week I noticed again one bump, again on my butt. It cleared up really fast. Then yesterday I noticed that my fiance had a really bad MRSA boil on the inside of his leg. He is going to see his doctor to get treated (he never took antibiotics before as I have had more... read more |
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Sinofresh
Posted by Ally |
Last Reply December 12, 2008
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Started December 10, 2008 at 07:24 |
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Has anyone heard about or tried Sinofresh? Is this too good to be true? They supposedly have a study showing that it kills MRSA in the nose (similar to mupirocin). My poor little girl (she's only 5) has just dealt with her fifth MRSA outbreak within the past 14 months. She has taken Bactrin without a problem during the first 3 outbreaks. Then the fourth time she broke out in hives the last day of taking her medicine. Since she completed the course and the MRSA went away we just gave her Benadryl and she was fine. This last outbreak she started the Bactrim again and on day 5 the welts came back. I'm terrified that she is running out of antibiotic options. We have tried the Allicin. We have done the decolonization. I feed her organic fruits, veggies, vitamins, no junk food, very little refined sugar, probiotics, etc! I'm at my wits end! We have three other children and no one else in the house has had it so far, thank goodness! I'm hoping this Sinofresh product is not a s... read more |
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Possible MRSA?
Posted by nikki |
Last Reply December 12, 2008
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Started March 3, 2008 at 19:07 |
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Heres a little background info: I had gastric bypass three years ago (no, not the source of possible infection..atleast I really don't think so), and I admit, I didn't follow up as I should have or take the recommended amount of daily vitamins that I was supposed to. Since then, I have been in poor health..I'm sure my immune system is low. I've had problems w/ hair falling out, easy bruising, dizziness, etc. Three months ago I found what looked to be a spider bite (I know better now) near my vaginal area. I went to the health department and had a pap smear but by that time the sore cleared up, and I was told I had a bacterial infection. About a month and a half ago, I got a painful boil on my vaginal mound. It came to a head after putting hot compresses on it, and drained for a while (I didn't squeeze it too much, I heard it could make it worse) and I used neosporin on it every day as well as cleaned the area with antibacterial soap, and where it was draining, it healed and c... read more |
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Impetigo vs MRSA boil
Posted by John |
Last Reply December 9, 2008
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Started December 9, 2008 at 01:53 |
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How do you differentiate the 2 just by visual inspection? Thanks |
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MRSA positive but want tattoo
Posted by greg |
Last Reply December 8, 2008
Started December 7, 2008 at 19:07 |
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I found out I was MRSA positive about a year ago, but haven't had an outbreak in about 3.5 months. Would it be safe to get a tattoo in the near future? |
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Clindamycin-sensitive MRSA?
Posted by joe |
Last Reply December 6, 2008
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Started December 4, 2008 at 23:53 |
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Hi! Nice to have stumbled upon this forum! Great site! Here's my story: I had a small "boil" in my forearm that started on a monday. I pricked the "pimple" open and put band-aid on it. 3 days later, it started becoming very tender to touch and I noticed increased redness. By Friday, My forearm swelled up, so I called my PCP and he said I need to go to the ER or have a doctor lance it. I told him I was out of town and would do it when I come back, so he prescribed Clindamycin. By saturday, the boil started draining pus/blood and the swelling started going down so I was thinking the Clindamycin worked. By Monday night (7 days later) I had the boil lanced and cultured. Meanwhile I continued on the oral Clindamycin. 3 days later, the doctor told me that the culture came back SENSITIVE to Clindamycin, but he still diagnosed it as MRSA. Is that possible? I thought MRSA is resistant to these antibiotics except Vanc and Bactrim? Any thoughts? By the way, the wound has healed really we... read more |
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MRSA Sinusitis
Posted by kay1973 |
Last Reply December 5, 2008
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Started September 18, 2008 at 23:54 |
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I have had many staph infections in my sinuses over the past 5 years. I don't know for sure how many of them were MRSA. Twice I have had to have IV Vancomycin. Currently, a culture came back a few days ago that showed MRSA again. The only 2 drugs that it was sensitive to are Bactrim and Vanco. I am feeling worse since I have started the bactrim ds. I have been on it for 5 days. My congestion has receded somewhat. I am having worse headaches, pain in the bones in my face (pain not really pressure), joint pain, blurred vision, dizziness and general malaise. I am seeing my ENT tomorrow. I was not supposed to see him for another week and a half after I was done with antibiotics for a week. I can't wait that long. I hope that he will not screw around tomorrow and just put me on the vanco. I want him to send me to an infectious disease specialist. My concern is what lasting effects does MRSA Sinusitis leave? Can repeated infections cause it to get in the bones in my face?... read more |
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MRSA
Posted by renee |
Last Reply December 2, 2008
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Started December 1, 2008 at 08:27 |
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My son was recently diagnosed with MRSA. We were in the store and he had his hads in his back pocket and he slipped, and smashed his pointer finger in between a metal bar, and his bottom. Well a day later it stared to hurt. So I looked at it and it was swollen pretty bad. When he woke up the next morning he had a pus pocket on it. I took him to the doctors, and they cut it open. Took a culture of the pus. They didn't send us with any medication or anything. Well two days later it got worse. It looked like his meat was comming out of the cut the doctor had made. So I took him to another doc, they took their own culture and gave us a percription for Cephlexin. The swelling started to go down. Then two days later the first doc called and said he had MRSA. He perscribed Sulfamethoxazole. It's starting to get better. I'm just wondering how the MRSA could have gotten into his cut, if there was no cut to began with. When he fell he just smashed his finger, there was no cut, nothing poked h... read more |
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Shower Curtain Questio
Posted by newenglandguy |
Last Reply December 2, 2008
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Started December 1, 2008 at 12:02 |
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Ladyk - I was serious about the shower curtain. What other alternatives does one have from a plastic? Is that what you're doing - switching over from plastic? I have a lot of trouble trying to do searches - and for some reason I could Reply to that post you replied to. The "Reply to this thread" (or what ever it says) is not active. The only thing I seem to be able to do is "Start a new topic" I there is any way I could communicate with you via email? Thanks |
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