Replies to '04/01 The Superbug'

Maybe you just like to disagree with people and I cannot prove that but what I can say is this. First of all I said 70% of the people have MRSA (Staph) and that statement came right from the hospital staff. Now what that means is this; 70% (while up to 60% carry it sometimes," Dickinson says.) of the people carry it and I did not say they were colonized. I said they carry it. Next I also said that it is not a problem the Doctors say unless it gets into the blood stream; this is also a true statement.

Next if you look at your own stats you will find the biggest danger is death. Your own stats here "Roughly 5% of people treated in U.S. hospitals for MRSA died of the infection in 2005, according to a new report from the government's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality." This comes from the problem of doing sugary and having to cut into someone to perform it. This in turn lets one wide open to its affects should it be around. Read some of the other postings on this thread as to how many had surgery in a hospital and got it. I posted what WEB MD stated and that was Seventy-five percent of cases were identified within 48 hours of hospital admission, meaning these patients probably acquired the infection during a previous hospital stay or within the community. Now how would you suggest this bug gets into hospital / surgery if not carried by the nursing staff or the Doctor himself? (Hospital-acquired MRSA can manifest as serious and potentially life-threatening bloodstream infections, surgical site infections, or pneumonia in patients who may have weakened immune systems.) Do not forget the theater is sterilized so; how do you explain it?

I will go with what I know firsthand after having MRSA and being in the hospital with it. I also hope you and your stats do not get it but the fact is this is one bad problem and this problem can kill. I have talked to parents that lost a daughter to this. I have talked to a woman whose husband lost his leg from this stuff and today; I talked with a man who had throat cancer and the Dr. held off the operation until he was the first one in on a Monday as the operating theater was sterilized over the weekend. The nurseries said they are not checked because.......; and you think Im scaring folks.  

Scaring people? You are darn right! You had best head this from Web MD and what Doctor Jarvis is reporting:  Infection control specialist William Jarvis, MD, tells WebMD that the findings should serve as a wake-up call for those running the nations hospitals, nursing homes, and other in-patient health care centers.We know what to do, he says. This problem is larger than we thought, and the resources need to be made available to appropriately address it.

I hope you and your stats do well and do not get this stuff. I got it and have no clue from where but it was not in my blood stream and I still got sicker than a dog. You best take this serious as now they say something worse has popped up. You make your own call on this as for me; I have been there and done that and I do not want it again.