How much do we really understand about the way potentially harmful bugs work and what's the consequences?
Every day we work with high risk areas in respect of infection control and it's interesting to me just how little people really know.
The latest outbreak of Bird Flu in Norfolk has received a great deal of publicity and we are constantly reading about MRSA and Clostridium Difficile and how people are being infected in hospitals.
The trouble is that you can't see bugs so the perceived danger is very low. Overuse of antibiotics for many years has affected our ability to fight infections and bugs mutate and change constantly creating new strains.
If you could see bugs then awareness would be heightened.
As an infection control professional I spend every day alerting people to the risks associated with bacteria, viruses, spores etc.
I'm quite happy to provide factual information and guidance to anyone wanting to know more. Simply email info@anubishealthcare.com
2007-02-03 22:44:01 · 5 answers · asked by Andrew P 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
This is not a proper question. In so far as it is a question at all it's only rhetorical. And your use of the term "bugs" worries me along with your incorrect capitalisation of Clostridium difficile. Are you a real healthcare professional?
You are scaremongering for financial gain and I don't like it.
2007-02-03 22:56:49 · answer #1 · answered by in vino veritas 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The term Bird Flu is not one that I have heard from the lips of any Infection Control people I know. We all use Avian Influenza.
Also you of all people should know that the over use of antibiotics has only sped up the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria and not caused it. It is precisely because bacteria (bacteria with a small b and not a B - do you know the difference I wonder?) mutate that we have these resistant strains. I mean just look at when the first resistant strains where identified and then tell us that it has been decades of over use.
2007-02-04 00:24:27 · answer #2 · answered by Bacteria Boy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes over use of antibiotics has a part to play.When I was a kid we were always outside playing in muck.I think it toughened us up,every thing is now too clean our homes etc.Yes im also a cleaning fanatic.
2007-02-03 22:54:24 · answer #3 · answered by Ollie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure, they are able to. Primates can get a virus resembling HIV and HPV. Cats and canines additionally seize STD's. Cats and canines can seize some thing called brucellosis which reasons stontaneous abortions/ miscarriages.
2016-09-28 09:56:04 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And don't forget to tell the good English folks that bird flu also causes erectile dysfunction!
2007-02-06 11:23:01 · answer #5 · answered by Golfer 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋