[neverdem]

Check out PSM.

[BGHater]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/17/nsoap117.xml

[Popocatapetl]

Importantly, one of the common repositories for MRSA is in the nostrils. Lots of people carry it there without it causing infection.

This matters because if your immune system is weakened, such as after surgery, this is a reservoir of MRSA that can attack you. For this reason, some, but not all hospitals, are giving patients with upcoming surgery a simple nasal spray antibiotic that is specific for MRSA.

So if you expect surgery, be sure to ask beforehand if you will get a nasal spray prophylaxis for MRSA. If they say “no”, or they don’t know what you mean, discuss it with them.

Each year, over 100,000 Americans get MRSA infections, so this is not just a frivolous worry. The vast majority of these infections are “iatrogenic”, which means that people got them *in* the hospital, while being treated for other problems.

An important part of health care is watching out for your own interests.

[pandoraou812]

I got a staph infection & went right to the doctor who treated it with a antibiotic that is resistant to MRSA . I acted fast enough that I didn’t wait for it to get better on its own or become MRSA. Within a week after my staph treatment I had an upper respiratory infection, earaches & a horrible sore throat. My doctor isn’t too concerned. However I am as the pills I am on now make me dizzy and not myself. My doctor told me hand washing is very important & to keep a roll of paper towels in the bathroom. He says towels spread germs. All I know is that I have never felt so badly in my life & if I don’t feel better by next week I am going back. I have never felt so weak in my life.

[kinghorse]

I blame frijoles.

[humblegunner]

Superbug: What makes one bacterium so deadly

Country "music".

It causes all diseases to be more deadly and inbred.

[Wiz]

It would be intereseting if there was a Red-on-Red bacteria parasite virus that would go kill these.

[VOA]

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[SunkenCiv]

hey, wait a minute, I’ve read about this MRSA hoax before...

The MRSA Scam (snake oil shall protect thee not from zot)
10/18/2007 | Self
Posted on 10/18/2007 2:18:34 PM EDT by EndWelfareToday
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1913137/posts

;’)

[metmom]

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