Is she coughing? If not it is just as though it were in her urine. If she is coughing and using appropriate coughing etiquette it also should not be the issue...
Mom passed away peacefully on Wednesday September 27th, 2006 @ 4:50 PM with Christina & me by her side. With my mom's blessing we have created the "Wanda...
I am so sorry to hear about your mother our prayers are with you and your family. Our moms were very simular my mother made us swear we wouldn't let anyone...
Hi Kathie and thanks for your post. MRSA is a global problem, but since I live in Canada and you live in the States we would have to go about getting changes...
Thanks for the kind words, Mishelle. My Mom is actually doing quite well at 95. She has MRSA on the skin and in the urine, and a discharge planner at the...
A patient safety advocate, I was introduced to this subject by the PBS episode on MRSA last week as a part of the Remaking American Healthcare series. How can...
Hi Lee, Today, I found a site that is worth mentioning here which has a document (PDF format) that highlights the impact that MRSA could have. It is so...
Hi All Can anyone out there tell me if they know of a link between the vasculitis condition Wegeners Granulamatosis and MRSA? Anything you can help me with...
Hi all! I got my first MRSA cellulitis 3 weeks after having a c- section in the hospital. Then, two months later my husband had it. Then, four months after...
You did not say if the cellulits was in your c-section would or other? That is an important factor in determining. If so, for 30 days after it would be...
Hi Lori, CA-MRSA strains can be acquired in the hospital, they have re-entered hospitals and in 2000 I was infected during surgery with CA-MRSA. Your doctor...
...Yes, interestingly I got MRSA and have now developed a skin condition cancer type of the skin W.G. is sort of similar to that. Scroll down to skin to read...
I'm new here and looking for information. My grandmother turned 100 this year. She's a tough old bird. She's had medication-resistant pneumonia for nearly a...
My problem is more that I have been eating off the same silver as my Nana - that I have ingested the bacteria directly since her sputum is loaded with MRSA....
Hello! Thanks so much for your input. My cellulitis was on my butt! Not in the incision. It was within the 30 day mark though. By looking at the online...
In a routine blood work run by my pulmonary doc following my shortness of breath 'secondary to MS" and found that my white blood count was 16 with no known...
My doctor tells me that if something doesn't come up and scream symptoms he doesn't know what to do. I basically have to keel over before he'll do something....
Hi Joyce, You should ask your doctor if anyone in the area is doing the rapid diagnostic testing (PCR ) for MRSA. It is a senstive DNA test done by nasal swab...
Imagine If Killing Flu Viruses And Other Microbes Were As Simple As Turning On A Light Article Date: 04 Nov 2006 - 12:00pm (PST) Exposing a unique surface...
Well - She did the swab on Tuesday, and I had the results by the same time on Thursday. I think that that might mean I had one of the more accurate tests....
I got out of the hospital day before yesterday after being diagnosed with MRSA. I had an accident and banged my knee on an attic pull down which later became...
... I checked with a leading expert on screening and one can be colonized at a variety of body sites with the nose being one of the most common sites. MRSA can...
Yep - I figured that. But you didn't get the picture. I bring her meals and I feed her. The fork goes from her mouth to mine with no washing inbetween....
HI I am new here and I am kind of glad I found this group, I need some clarifications and I hope I can get some help here. I know you are not dr's but they...
Have you asked them to culture for MRSA? Can you get your records from Florida? I wonder if you brought those records from Florida in to the doctor's with...
It sounds like you have had every possible thing done for you. I hear you on the fear. Do you have family? You need support. I've seen what this can do in...
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