Posted on 12/30/2009 3:43:21 PM PST by decimon
In my personal opinion, I believe that mrsa is due to excessive antibiotic prescriptions and weakened immune systems. In my case was excessive consumption of adult beverages. Hopefully the Zyvox worked this time.9000 bucks for 6 weeks of oral antibiotics.
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But Norway’s public health system fought back with an aggressive program
that made it the most infection-free country in the world.
A key part of that program was cutting back severely on the use
of antibiotics.
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Having survived what sure seemed to be a MRSA-style attack on my
left leg in 1994...I hope some (hopefully more than a couple)
groups investigate this.
(I survived three repeat flare-ups...by telling my doctors at Kaiser-Permanente
that “I had it before, I’ve got it again, now give me the antibiotics
I MUST have or my successors will sue Kaiser and YOU personally!!!)
I keep my mind open, but my initial thought is that this may have
been a Dick Lamb-style “Let’s leave Grandma on the porch next winter”
type of program.
(Yeah, a Democratic governor from Colorado that saw denial of healthcare
and euthanasia as a win-win: less money expended on healthcare and
getting Grandma out of the way before her time was up.)
Google Microsan. They make a hand sanitizer that is a lotion. They make other sanitizers too. Very effective stuff.
What are the death rates from infection...I no longertrust overseas stats when I discover that some countries do not count a baby as a live birth until they are seven days old.
Death rates vary by type of infection and the person. I think my mrsa infection accounts for 3 in 10,000 er admissions and can be deadly if not properly dealt with in 48 hours.
9,000$?! You have got to be kidding! (Although I know you are not).
I believe that a slightly weakened immune system was a factor with the person I have been describing. Not so weak that it allowed the infection to run out of control, but not strong enough to knock it out on its own in a timely manner.
Squalene Synthase Inhibitors. It doesnt kill MRSA, but it does keep it from defending itself from the body’s own immune response.
ScienceDaily (Feb. 16, 2008) —
“Researchers at the University of Illinois helped lead a collaborative effort to uncover a completely new treatment strategy for serious Staphylococcus aureus (”Staph”) infections. The research, published Feb. 14 online in Science, comes at a time when strains of antibiotic-resistant Staph (known as MRSA, for methicillin-resistant S. aureus) are spreading in epidemic proportions in hospital and community settings.”
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“A golden-colored pigment called a carotenoid gives the S. aureus bacterium its edge. “Aureus” is Latin for “golden.” The carotenoid acts as an antioxidant for the bacterium, allowing it to evade attack by the body’s immune cells. By crippling production of the carotenoid, the compound strips Staph of one of its key defenses.”
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“I thought there was a good chance that squalene synthase inhibitors developed early on as cholesterol lowering agents might also work on this other pathway,” he said. “Current cholesterol-lowering drugs like statins work in a completely different way and would be ineffective.”
More at:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080214144409.htm
That you survived is what’s important.
I don’t think they had much of a clue in 1994.
“The person that I know who had MRSA had two consecutive infections. The first was smaller, and manuka honey seemed to affect it positively. The second infection was quite a bit larger, and manuka honey had zero effect. Only the Kendall AMD bandages affected it positively and quickly.
That is like saying vitamin C has no effect. How much? What kind? How often?
Manuka honey is rated. What kind was it? Was the UMF greater than 16? How often was it applied?
best,
ampu
My wife has used Manuka Honey with good effect on some MRSA infections. Cumin and Tea-Tree oil help, too.
I had a staph on my face and had to bathe with it and needed a Rx to get it... about 30 years ago.
I 23 YO young man in my town died this past summer from an internal infection around his knee. I think it wasn’t diagnosed until after he died—only 2 days after he first went to the dr.
Well, I will have to ask her about the honey specifically. The person who had these infections was my mom, and she is very into alternative medicine. If there is anything she can do to solve a situation without going to a doctor, she will take that action. I know that she researched the honey on the web before making that purchase, so I am certain she got the proper kind.
As I stated, the honey did seem to effect the smaller infection (which was actually the second of three infections). However, after it went away, within about a week a third infection started, and it was nasty, the worst of the three, no doubt. The honey, as well as all other methods she was trying, seemed ineffective. She consulted with a medical rep she knows from her business that told her she was taking the exact wrong steps -as far as dressings, ointments, peroxide and such, the honey was not mentioned as far as I know.
The medical rep explained to her that the key was to keep the infection under AMD dressing, and from what I saw, that rep was spot on. My mom is still here, no doctor was needed, and that last infection was quite alarming.
“People develop the resistance or bacteria do?”
My quick answer to your question is “Yes”.
Bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics. Antibiotics adversely effect the immune systems of people. This combination leads to infections that no longer can be treated successfully.
It is possible that MRSA and other antibiotic resistant strains result by the bugs themselves become resistant to treatment, and then people who have weakened immune systems can more readily be infected with the resistant strains.
Norway’s approach by significantly reducing the use of antibiotics seems sound, based on the above assumptions.
There are non-antibiotic treatments for MRSA that have been successful. Minimal cost, maximized effectiveness. Not likely to be used in allopathic treatments because they cut into profits - drug companies, hospitals and doctors do not make money when people are no longer sick.
Kudos to the Norwegians.
I’m glad your mom came out on the positive side.
I’ve heard it is painful.
best,
ampu
No, we were not able to fight off everything. There is a recent child mortality used to be 60% by age 18 and life expectancy was less than 45.
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