Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

‘Superbug’ scourge spreads as U.S. fails to track rising human toll (MRSA)
reuters ^ | Sept. 7, 2016 | Ryan McNeill / Deborah J. Nelson / Yasmeen Abutaleb

Posted on 09/07/2016 4:35:47 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-39 last
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
My son died in 2009 of this infection...he was 43 years old, a Master Mechanic, and a Chef as a fall back...after it hit his lung, which was removed, it hit his hand, which was removed, went to the back of his neck, they gave us 3 weeks, he died in 2 weeks...

But the way I get through each day is he is better being with the Lord than I am still here in this hell hole called Earth, my hope is, Trump will win and Our Country will be back on track...

21 posted on 09/07/2016 5:32:59 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence 100%)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: perfect_rovian_storm
There are a number of treatments along those lines, including where blood is taken, saturated with ozone and then replaced.

I can’t say I have done any real reading on this subject but at first glance it seems inadvisable.

Ozone is great for sterilizing instruments because it is a powerful oxidizer that leaves no residue. Essentially it kills any living microscopic organism with which it comes in contact by eating holes in the cell wall.

That would in my mind include blood cells.

Reinjecting dead blood in to a patient would seem to me counterproductive and potentially fatal.

Dead blood could be filtered out using a hemodialysis (artificial kidney) but again it is hard to see the benefits to the patient.

22 posted on 09/07/2016 6:01:01 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: HarleyLady27

I am so deeply sorry for your loss.


23 posted on 09/07/2016 6:04:18 PM PDT by freepertoo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: HarleyLady27

HDLady, I had no idea, and I’m speechless sorry for the loss of your son.

Thank you for relating something so difficult, and as a result I’ll remind all everyone I know to take careful notice and immediate action of any infections very early on.
God bless you.


24 posted on 09/07/2016 6:08:09 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: perfect_rovian_storm

Colloidal silver also kills MRSA dead, and folks can easily manufacture it themselves.


25 posted on 09/07/2016 7:37:23 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Tilted Irish Kilt

About 6 years ago I contracted MRSA, post surgery. It started at the wound site and I was put on Vancomycin for weeks (I was able to come home after a few weeks, but continued the Vancomycin treatment at home, due to a PICC line that was inserted.)

If anyone finds they have contracted a resistant infection, the first thing you need to do is get the hospital to call in an Infection Disease doctor. They’re the ones that have knowledge to help with resistant infections. The hospital won’t suggest this, unfortunately, the patient has to insist on it. If no Infection Disease doc is called in, then the hospital can slide without siting the cause of the infection.

Most MRSA is hospital acquired and the doctors know this. Next surgery I had the surgeon literally stapled the dressing over my incision so that no nurse or other hospital personnel could have access to the incision line.

If you can stay out of the hospital, that’s your best bet, but some of us aren’t that fortunate. But MRSA is now in the “community”...so we have hospital acquired outbreaks, and “community acquired” outbreaks. I’ve known two young men, who contracted MRSA, and they surmised it was from gym exposure.

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/id-mi/camrsa-eng.php

The scary part, now there is Vancomycin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. (Vancomycin is the 1st line of defense against MrSA)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancomycin-resistant_Staphylococcus_aureus

Another problem where resistant “bugs” are a big deal is with urinary infections. Except these are not infections that are hospital borne...these are from strains of E Coli that have become resistant to most antibiotics.

http://www.webmd.com/women/news/20150429/uti-antibiotic-resistance#1


26 posted on 09/07/2016 8:22:00 PM PDT by Dawn53Fl
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Tilted Irish Kilt
With increased possible exposure to medication-resistant bacteria within the healthcare facility, liability and legal action could motivate inaccurate death certificates.

Bingo.

27 posted on 09/07/2016 8:27:08 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Vote Trump. Defeat the Clinton Crime Syndicate. Reset America.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: Tilted Irish Kilt
MRSA just doesn't spring out of nowhere and attack healthy lungs or skin...

its opportunistic just like other infections........

it developed because of decades of over use of antibiotics and there will be more antibiotic resistant infections coming along....

we must stop using and demanding antibiotics for things that our bodies can overcome on its own, if we give it time....

hopefully the days of getting antibiotics for stuffy noses, simple coughs, etc are over..

of course you're going to find MRSA in hospitals and clinics...that's where the sick go and stay...that's where other infections are that's where antibiotics are used...

but, they have found MRSA on the skin of HS football players....

my advice is to get healthy, keep your blood sugars under control, and if you must visit someone in the hospital, I would make sure any sores or scratches are covered, and keep your visit short....

28 posted on 09/07/2016 8:42:51 PM PDT by cherry
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: Tilted Irish Kilt

My Dad got an anti biotic resistant infection while recovering from a broken hip. He had a number of health issues. The resistant infection was not shown as cause of death, but it really was a big factor.


29 posted on 09/07/2016 9:47:44 PM PDT by greeneyes
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Tilted Irish Kilt

“Is there an incentive to NOT LIST MRSA as the cause of death ? “

Since the hospitals self-report, I would be suspicious of these numbers. too.


30 posted on 09/07/2016 11:18:13 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: T-Bone Texan

“Colloidal silver also kills MRSA dead...”

No, it doesn’t. Go peddle your voodoo elsewhere.


31 posted on 09/07/2016 11:19:36 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: VanShuyten

All evidence and research in the area says Colloidal Silver kills MRSAs.

Do you have knowledge otherwise?

If so, please share it.


32 posted on 09/08/2016 5:21:04 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: HarleyLady27

I am so sorry. I cannot even imagine the pain of your loss.


33 posted on 09/08/2016 5:33:38 AM PDT by jch10 (Stand strong! we have a country to save!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Tilted Irish Kilt

This concerns me very much. Thanks for the ping, TIK.


34 posted on 09/08/2016 9:11:37 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: trisham
trisham :" This concerns me very much. "

This issue concerns me as well
I have noticed that the statistics of CDC regarding MRSA have declined, at the same time that we have become an increasingly litigious society.
The accuracy of these statistics depends on the honesty of self-reporting by doctors and the hospitals to the CDC.
That is why I stated the:"GI/GO" (garbage in/garbage out) for statistical accuracy.

35 posted on 09/08/2016 9:24:49 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt ( British historian Arnold Toynbee - Civilisations die from suicide, not by murder.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Yes, those are definitely connected. It’s a dangerous situation.


36 posted on 09/08/2016 10:28:19 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: T-Bone Texan

Ionic silver has varying effect on bacteria and human cells in vitro. So do mercury and copper and a few other metals. There is no evidence that colloidal silver can cure bacterial infections.

That’s why the hundreds of thousands of doctors and scientists around the world who specialize in infectious diseases and each have years of experience in the field and who all have heard of colloidal silver virtually never use colloidal silver to treat anything.


37 posted on 09/08/2016 12:59:15 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 32 | View Replies]

To: VanShuyten

Until fairly recently, our baby doc said, the drops they put in the eyes of newborns contained silver.

I read the abstract of a study last year or so that found that silver in conjunction with antibiotics could increase the efficacy of the antibiotics, sometimes as high as a thousand times.

Maybe the reason docs don’t push silver is because the pharma companies don’t push silver, because they cannot patent it.

Johnson and Johnson recently came out with a product line of bandages for burn victims, which is imbued with silver. The silver is to prevent infection.


38 posted on 09/08/2016 1:22:14 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies]

To: T-Bone Texan

Yes, they used to use silver nitrate, a source of ionic silver, in eye drops, but discontinued its use as it was not as effective as other antibiotics.

Silver, in fact, reduces the efficacy of many common antibiotics, particularly the penicillin-class antibiotics.

Silver is used as a topical antibiotic on wounds and burns and on equipment, but again, is not as effective as other antibiotics.

It’s not a “big pharma” case. It’s a “sucker born every minute” case.


39 posted on 09/08/2016 1:55:32 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 38 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-39 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson