Same here. Only my daughter with the MRSA will have to take the antibiotics the doctors and surgeons mentioned (once her pic line comes out). The family only...
Since I just joined I am not sure how many here have (or takes care of someone) with MRSA, but I was wondering a few things. 1. I want to make up a brochure...
Hello all! As with most of you in this group, I've been through the grinder with MRSA. Currently I'm on Zyvox post surgical debridement of my zygomatic arch...
Edie, I am so sorry to hear all that you have gone through and still going through. I can not relate to all that you are speaking about and honestly, I would...
Did they do a nuclear CT scan? This is where they separate the white blood cells, add nuclear material to it and then inject it back into your blood stream....
I've had this staph for over 2 years. First the docs told me what was on my skin was simply eczema, then impetigo,and FINALLY they did a culture and have said...
im not a doctor but look into, and ask your doctor about Manuka Honey (with a unique Manuka Factor of +!5) Research is showing that the naturally occuring ...
Dear MRSA Yahoo group members, Aug, 20,2007 will go down in history as a great day for MRSA and patient safety! Governor Blagojevich of Illinois signed SB233 -...
My daughter is still healing from MRSA where her finger had to be operated on, spent 11 days in the hospital, was on home health care, needed a picc line,...
Hi I bought something off ebay called Medihoney, which is a antibacterial Honey Barrier. It is for wounds, Burns and surigical Wounds. I put it on religiously...
Jeanine, What type of screening do the hospitals do to check for MRSA? Renee ... From: MRSA@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MRSA@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ...
Hi Renee, All Illinois hospitals have to screen all ICU and other at-risk patients ( i.e. nursing home patients,patients who have been hospitalized within a...
I guess my question was~ what test are they using to screen the patients? The reason I ask is that our daughter who is just now finishing up her 2nd dosage of...
Hi Renee, Testing in Illinois will be for high-risk patients entering a hospital. This is done by a nasal swab. There are three types of tests now, PCR,...
if someone has (or has had) an external skin infection only, are they too "colonized" for life? My leg got infected and now, almost a year later, I show up ...
You are only colonized for life if it is internal, but if you have had CA-MRSA (skin infection) you are still considered a high risk patient and should be...
I think they check for colonization in her nostrils to see if there are staph bugs living in there and if they are resistant to "cillian" type antibiotics. I...
Okay, we all have this crappy disease and humor may not cure us but it does make things more bearable. Think "Lions, Tigers and Bears...oh my" from the Wizard...
I'm still processing all the great information on this site and trying to get up to speed so forgive me for asking what may be dumb questions. What's this "for...
Not necessarily. Not everyone is.kind f interesting which again is one of the reasons it makes it difficult to treat everyone the same.because, not each case...
Great message! You are right on track. Mary Ann, RN www.juiceplus.com/+mb00020 _____ From: MRSA@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MRSA@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
If you go to Youtube and type in "Spider bite" or "spiderbite" you will be shocked to see the amount of people who have active staph infections and have ...
Once you are colonized or infected with MRSA you are in the "high risk"category for the rest of your life. No antibiotic kills off all of the MRSA bacteria and...
its pretty shocking how there is no advise about "having sex in an MRSA world".. we are told, "dont share razors or towels, wash your hands etc", but then for...
a couple more rules (or suggestions) about being "intimate" if you have had MRSA in the past. If you are diabetc, or your partner is, you need to make sure you...
Hi - I am new here and have unbelievably never heard of mrsa until my 18 year old son was just tentatively diagnosed with it. He has had nineteen surgeries...
From what I've heard if it gets into the bone, yes. But if it doesn't get into the bone no. Mine went away and has been gone completely but I was left with...
You know….that is not written in stone any where. I have been in health care (sick care) since 1970 and started seeing MRSA in 1990. I am an Infection...
Just an FYI..an infection of any type is far more likely if you do not keep your blood sugars stabilized. AND MOST Americans have less than optimal immune...
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