the staph infection thats going around in va?

Question

its at my school.
so how exactly do you get it?
i heard it was through open cuts.
im super cautious now.
and carry hand sanitizer with me EVERYWHERE
and wash my hands every chance i get.
im sorta a germ freak.
and i dont like knowing there everywhere.

but i also heard that if you get this. you can dye
and it can make the girls starile. so they
cant have kids.

is that true?
what procautions should i take.
at least 2 kids have died from this.
its a really serious issue.

so please dont make jokes.

Answer 1

My Dad DIED of this staph infection last March.

Answer 2

Staph is everywhere and on every surface. You get a staph infection when you have an open wound or you allow it into your body by a nother opening. Then it can become a staph infection. MRSA is a staph infection that is resistant to at least 1 antibiotic. I had a staph infection 8 years ago. It look like very, very pussy boils on my legs. They did not go away no matter what the doctor tried. Finally they scraped it and tested it. IT was MRSA. I am immune to 3 antibiotics . currently which is not drastic. There are lots out there.
There has always been staph in the world. but people take too amny antibiotics and use antibacterial soaps and sanitizers TOO much and there bodies can't produce the stuff to fight the next time it sees staph.
So take your vitamins, eat healthy, wash your hads before and after you use the bathroom. You can use your hand sanitizer just not every minute. Save it for moments where water is not availabel only. I work in a nursing home and I care for 24 elderly patients. Right now I have 4 with MRSA, 3 with CDIFF and one with VRE. Those are other serius terms. I wipe their bottoms and feed them. I had MRSA 1 time 8 years ago because my doctor put me on a medicine that lowerd my immune system. I have had people pee on me, poop on me, sneeze on me and they are known carriers. I have never gotten it from them. I even care for a lady who breaths staph and MRSa into the air. Wash your hands throughout the day and don't go crazy on the antibacterial stuff you'll be ok.

Answer 3

if you're talking about MRSA and staph then it's on everyone's body already, it's in dirt, it's all over, BUT it only attacks at certain times. I'm thinking it has to do with bodily fluids since the nurse on tv said a person could pick it up from a cycling machine "seat" at a jym, and from things you touch that many people have touched before you, or could pick it up in bathrooms and if like sharing straws or towels with other people. They say it's come out stronger over the recent years. (my own personal opinion is that people aren't as clean as they used to be, and they wear skimpy clothing, and the females wear skimpy underwear, and females have fake fingernails wherein they don't wash their hands or that will loosen the glue of the nails, so we need to change our cleanliness habits). Sometimes being around a lot of people it's hard not to brush against strangers, or strangers want to hug and kiss, and places like grocery carts. Besides the hand sanitizer (which has alcohol in it) you can use the handiwipes too, and when you come home from visiting a hospital or a place where there have been a lot of people you can put rubbing alcohol on a tissue and clean your nose with that (don't breathe in).

Yes, the nurse on tv also mentioned open cuts, but it's those that get ugly and refuse to heal. So if you should get a cut then immediately wash it off and put a first aid cream on it.

No, you don't become sterile and can't have children from this disease. It has nothing to do with having children.

A problem that we're also starting to have is that we have prevented lots of bad bacteria in the past but now those bacterium have mutated and they are immune to our new antibiotics. And we have not been able to keep up with making new antibiotics because of the years it takes to get tests done to prove that they are safe, and then the long approval time it takes by law. There's no way to rush that.

Answer 4

MRSA (methlocyllin resistant staph aureus) has been around for more than twenty years. The problem now is that people are not as careful as you are with handwashing and it is spreading. As long as you have no open wounds, and are careful to keep any that you do have covered and clean, you don't have to worry much about it. Nurses have been working around MRSA for decades in the hospitals and just those simple precautions keep us from getting it. Good for you that you carry hand sanitizer and use it regularly.
MRSA is potentially fatal to those with a depressed immune system or a chronic illness, and yes it can render men and women sterile if they get the infection and survive it. But some simple basic hygiene will prevent anyone from getting it.
Bacteria like MRSA and VRE came about because of people not completing antibiotic prescriptions as ordered so the bugs they had developed resistances to the antibiotics....always always, complete any course of antibiotic ordered for you, even if you feel better before they are gone. This is how such "super bacteria" come about. NO they did not originate in hospitals, hospitals were simply the first places to recognize the organisms.

Answer 5

Can someone give me some insight ? My pre-teen son has a knee infection and the Dr. says it is MRSA and gave me Keflex. After reading a little I called and told her Keflex does not work against MRSA and Bactrim does. She then said she ASSUMES it is MRSA but won't know 100% until the culture comes back in 4 days. I asked her then why dont you just put him on Bactrim to kill the worser of two evils. She called in the prescription for Bactrim; my question is: will Bactrim kill whatever the infection is (MRSA and Non-MRSA) and is this a good idea ? My thinking is that we should attack the potential worse virus first, we can alway knock out the lesser next week if the culture comes back negative or the Bactrim does not work !! I guess what I am saying is it sounds like Bactrim is better than Keflex, so why not just use the better medication if that one will work for any baccterial infection INCLUDING MRSA ?? Please Advise !!

Answer 6

I live in the area myself and no joke at all. You should not touch your face, eyes, mouth or any open mucous membrane without washing your hands and be very cautious about anything. I really don't know how this happened. Just pure laziness and the hospitals are just as bad, they do not clean with bleach or the liquid Lysol that is the only thing that kills 99.9% of germs and bacteria. So, you can use this to wash your clothes and use it to wipe down your shoes or anything else that you feel is exposed, also Lysol spray does the job on things that you touch like your locker and things like that. I'd have Clorox wipes for the restroom and anyplace like that. I don't even wash my hands at some public places, they are so nasty. I know what I have on me and I say I'm cleaner than those restrooms. I know it sounds gross but it's true. I would hope they have handed out some guidelines to you?? If not... go to a website for the prevention of and make a copy and take it to the office and tell them to make copies and pass them out. I would be outraged if it were my child and they didn't do at least that! I live in BSG Miss Mary

Answer 7

I sorta know a little bit about it, not a whole lot, but its methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA for short. And believe it or not, it is found on alot of people's skin, and cause no problems at all, they are a carrier (lies dormant ) but for others, if it gets into a cut, wound or other wise underneath of the skin or in the lungs, it can cause serious infections such as boils or even pnemonia. It is hard to treat since it is resistant to most antibiotics. The number one way to protect yourself is handwashing, since we use them all the time! (Hand sanitizer is good to use as well)

Answer 8

I believe what you are talking about is MRSA. Yes it can be transmitted through cuts, and yes in some cases it has killed people, as for females becoming sterile I didn't hear about that. They said not to share towels, razors etc.. which is good practice to do its like you wouldn't share your hairbrush, toothbrush would you? So wash your hands alot hand sanitizer is very good. I would advise you to talk to your doctor for more information. It is serious, its good to be cautious, but not overly cautious. You don't want to miss out on the good things in life.

Answer 9

It's now in 6 states and suspected in two more. If you get it you won't "dye", however you could die. The only thing I have heard them say is to make sure you wash your hands. Haven't heard anything about becoming sterile from it. Yes it can form in cuts. People who have had large amounts of antibiotics stand a better chance of getting it. We all carry staph on our bodies.

Answer 10

Staph can be a fatal infection (it's similar or is a type of food poisoning). It can survive in many environments, depending on the strain, it can withstand heat and antimicrobial cleansers. Contact with your skin, there is little chance of infection (unless there is open flesh), but it can survive on dry surfaces and can be transferred by person to person contact.

All you can do is limit contact, wash hands and do not touch your mouth, eyes, wounds, etc., or eat, unless you've washed thoroughly.

Answer 11

if your a normal healthy person, you won't get a staph infection...your body carries immunities and will fight off all diseases...but if you are sick...with a cold or flu like symptoms then you have to be careful to wash your hands etc. to keep from getting sick.....1 in 100 people could touch the same door handle and only the 1 would get sick...get it?