Posted on 10/10/2007 2:39:07 PM PDT by Darnright
Would all who are so inclined please pray for 2 young men at my daughter's high school, who have been stricken with MRSA? One is fighting for his life, and his situation is very serious. The infection is in his bloodstream, and he could lose his life. The other young man may lose his leg.
Can you please pray for Ashton and Cody?
There are 2 high schools in my area, that have students who've been infected with MRSA.
What is MRSA?
Prayers up.
Prayers.
>What is MRSA?<
It’s an antibiotic resistant bacterial infection.
From the Mayo Clinic:
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria — often called “staph.” Decades ago, a strain of staph emerged in hospitals that was resistant to the broad-spectrum antibiotics commonly used to treat it. Dubbed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), it was one of the first germs to outwit all but the most powerful drugs. MRSA infection can be fatal.
Staph bacteria are normally found on the skin or in the nose of about one-third of the population. If you have staph on your skin or in your nose but aren’t sick, you are said to be “colonized” but not infected with MRSA. Healthy people can be colonized with MRSA and have no ill effects, however, they can pass the germ to others.
Staph bacteria are generally harmless unless they enter the body through a cut or other wound, and even then they often cause only minor skin problems in healthy people. But in older adults and people who are ill or have weakened immune systems, ordinary staph infections can cause serious illness called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA.
In the 1990s, a type of MRSA began showing up in the wider community. Today, that form of staph, known as community-associated MRSA, or CA-MRSA, is responsible for many serious skin and soft tissue infections and for a serious form of pneumonia.
Vancomycin is one of the few antibiotics still effective against hospital strains of MRSA infection, although the drug is no longer effective in every case. Several drugs continue to work against CA-MRSA, but CA-MRSA is a rapidly evolving bacterium, and it may be a matter of time before it, too, becomes resistant to most antibiotics.
Praying for them.
Bacteria that aren't affected by most antibiotics ... they're generally present in the environment, and generally cause no harm. They can, however, get into the skin and result in a necrotising infection which can be very difficult to treat and can be life-threatening.
I can’t thank you folks enough. MRSA is usually thought of as a problem with hospitals, but apparently it thrives in gymnasiums. The 2 high schools affected in my area have had athletes infected. These are very, very sick young men.
Prayers sent
Done.
Prayers for Ashton and Cody.
I will pray for them, Darnright. Which high schools are they? I am curious because I live in Virginia.
Praying.
Parents should be aware of CA-MRSA which is what I suspect these young guys have. It is showing up more and more on sports teams and if the infection goes 'systemic', things can go downhill in a very big hurry. Here is some additional info on CA-MRSA:
Community-Associated MRSA (CA-MRSA)
But MRSA is also showing up in healthy people who have not been living in the hospital. This type of MRSA is called community-associated MRSA, or CA-MRSA. The CDC reports that in 2003, 12% of people with MRSA infections had CA-MRSA.
Studies have shown that rates of CA-MRSA infection are growing fast. One study of children in south Texas found that cases of CA-MRSA had a 14-fold increase between 1999 and 2001.
CA-MRSA skin infections have been identified among certain populations that share close quarters or experience more skin-to-skin contact. Examples are team athletes, military recruits, and prisoners. However, more and more CA-MRSA infections are being seen in the general community as well, especially in certain geographic regions. It's also infecting much younger people. In a study of Minnesotans published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, the average age of people with MRSA in a hospital or healthcare facility was 68. But the average age of a person with CA-MRSA was only 23 .
Prayers being offered up now.
Prayers up for Ashton and Cody’s healing, and for their faamily and friends as well, In Jesus’ Holy Name, Amen
The schools are in Roanoke county and in Bedford county.
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Prayers for both the young men’s health.
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