MRSA in town?

Question

A case of MRSA was reported in my town a few days ago, it hit the news yesterday.

What major precautions should my friends and I take to keep ourselves healthy and away from the infection?

Answer 1

good general hygiene, it is a bacteria and it can be killed and/or prevented. it is a bit hard to kill after the infection starts, but it can be done. and fyi mrsa is common everywhere and has been for quite some time. it accounts for approx 65% of all the staph we find in cultures in the lab.

it is scary, but we do live in a world where there are many more dangerous things. good hand washing, hand sanitizers, etc... hope this helps.

Answer 2

I wonder if we live in the same town? It has happened here also. One case of MRSA and two cases of Staph infection in the High Schools.
Just wash your hands ALL the time, don't share ANYTHING (i.e. toothbrushes, hair brushes, drinks from one another, etc.) Also if you have a wound, keep it closed. They say that if you get a cut or what not to let it heal with fresh air, disregard that. Keep it clean and away from the air. Also if you work out in a gym, make sure you wipe down all equiptment before and after use. It can help a little.

Answer 3

I am a healthcare professional.

Fact of the matter is that MRSA affects healthy people in their prime of life. You don't have to be old or sickly or have a run down immune system.

Do you remember when the news about AIDS in the 80's said that "Within 5 years everone will know someone who died of AIDS?"

Well, I believe that everyone will know someone within one year who died of MRSA.

To make matters worse, there is VRSA
which is uglier than MRSA because it is resistant to the Vancomycin that is used to treat MRSA.

After ALL was said and done, the ONLY thing that was able to knock the MRSA out of me was IV Ozone Therapy which was administered by a Qualified Medical Professional.

Food for thought:

Ozone Therapy:
http://www.healthsalon.org/268/known-cures-for-mrsa-with-alternative-therapy/

Phage Therapy: http://www.phageinternational.com/clinics.htm

Answer 4

Do not share towels or clothes especially in locker rooms where the infection can be flourishing. Use Lysol on dry surfaces to control the spread of germs. Most importantly Wash your hands often during the day. You need to be able to sing Happy Birthday twice in order to wash your hands thoroughly enough to wash away the germs. Wash your body in the shower with a good antibacterial soap like Dial liquid and treat even the smallest scrape by washing it well and applying an antibacterial cream and covering with a bandaid.
One of my kids was in the hospital and had to have 2 surgeries for a MRSA infection in August and these are the instructions the surgeon gave us before we came home.

Answer 5

What is MRSA?

MRSA stands for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) bacteria. This organism is known for causing skin infections, in addition to many other types of infections. There are other designations in the scientific literature for these bacteria according to where the bacteria are acquired by patients, such as community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA), and hospital-acquired MRSA or epidemic MRSA (EMRSA).

Although S. aureus has been causing infections (staph infections) probably as long as the human race has existed, MRSA has a relatively short history. MRSA was first noted in 1961, about two years after the antibiotic methicillin was initially used to treat S. aureus and other infectious bacteria. The resistance to methicillin was due to a penicillin-binding protein coded for by a mobile genetic element termed the methicillin resistant gene (mecA). In recent years, the gene has continued to evolve so that many MRSA strains are currently resistant to several different antibiotics. S. aureus is sometimes termed a "superbug" because of its ability to become resistant to several antibiotics. Unfortunately, MRSA can be found worldwide.

How can people avoid getting MRSA infection?

Not making direct contact with skin, clothing, and any items that come in contact with either MRSA patients or MRSA carriers is the best way to avoid MRSA infection. In many instances, this situation is simply not practical because such infected individuals or carriers are not immediately identifiable. What people can do is to treat and cover (for example, antiseptic cream and a Band-Aid) any skin breaks and use excellent hygiene practices (for example, hand washing with soap after personal contact or toilet use, washing clothes potentially in contact with MRSA patients or carriers, using disposable items when treating MRSA patients). Also available at most stores are antiseptic solutions and wipes to both clean hands and surfaces that may contact MRSA. Pregnant individuals need to consult with their doctors if they are infected or are carriers of MRSA. Although MRSA is not transmitted to infants by breastfeeding, there are a few reports that infants can be infected by their mothers who have MRSA, but this seems to be an infrequent situation. Some pregnant MRSA carriers have been successfully treated with the antibiotic mupirocin cream.

Good luck.
DS

Answer 6

What is MRSA?
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus is a common type of staph bacterium which lives on the skin and in the nasal passages of around 30% of the population. Mostly, this staph aureus bacterium does no harm and does not pose a problem with infection or require a cure. But, like many bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus has the ability to pose a serious infection problem, if you are feeling run down, ill, injured or if you have undergone any form of surgery. It can cause a very serious staph infection, if it enters the body, such as through open wounds, or instruments placed in the body, or by cross-contamination from another patient, nursing staff or specialist. Without proper treatment, this can lead to death or be difficult to cure.

MRSA infections are most commonly transmitted from person to person by touch. It is also possible to acquire MRSA infection from dust containing contaminated skin particles or from objects in the environment, or from surfaces that may be contaminated with the MRSA bacterium.

An antibiotic called Methicillin was used for the treatment and cure of infections caused by staph bacterium. The term 'Methicillin resistant' means that this type of antibiotic can no longer kill 100% of the staph bacterium and another antibiotic needs to be used, if available. If Methicillin can no longer be used for the treatment and cure of Staphylococcus aureus infection, it is medically referred to as MRSA.

The Causation of MRSA
Antibiotics have been in use for many years as a successfull treatment and cure for staph infections. However, these antibiotics have been overused, misused and over prescribed as a cure for staph aureus infection for many years. It is fairly common for people to not complete a course of antibiotics, or not use as prescribed. If this happens, it is probable that not 100% of the bacterium that caused staph infection will have been killed. Surviving staph bacterium develop a resistance to this antibiotic and multiply. As more and more antibiotics are prescribed, the number of staph bacterium that are able to resist those antibiotics become more numerous. The biggest problem with the use of antibiotics, is that they are non-focused. Therefore, they do not discriminate between good and bad bacteria, otherwise known as 'Flora' which can be found in the large intestines and form a large part of the bodies immune system. Without this immune system protection, 'superbugs' are free to develop.

Treatment of MRSA
MRSA can be treated with different antibiotics to Methicillin. However, this is becoming increasingly difficult. Medications, such as antiseptic wash and certain ointments can be used to remove MRSA from the nasal passages and skin. Even when it is doing no harm to the individual. However, there is now a new product that has been proven to be effective in killing all MRSA bacterium and a lot of other known pathogens. The New Silver Solution is non-toxic, proven in multiple tests at 200 times the recommended dosage. The New Silver Solution is the first colloidal silver product to attain a new patent in over 80 years. This product can be used internally, externally and as a surfectant, to both prevent and cure MRSA infection. The New Silver Solution can also be used with animals and all our test data shows it to be very effective.

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Answer 7

i live in columbus, oh we had six cases here in the last week! scary stuff!!