Topic : 04/01 The Superbug

hey lori, I'm 21 years old and had a bad case of MRSA last year and faught with it for about a year.  I am completely free of it but I am still very careful. The thing that I feel really helped me was the doctors at the hospital. Im from Canada and Im guessing ur probably from the states. But I had to go to the hospital a lot for checkups and swabs. Once they knew what it was they did blood tests all the time to monitor it.  Also I had a large chunk of flesh removed and it was packed and cleaned every day. One thing I am very careful with is cleaning any type of cut that i get no matter how small. I know it sounds obvious but that is crutial. Also the only drug that cured me was this drug that you can only get by IV. Im not sure what it's called, but the hospital should know this. Also, you and your family are probaly cariers of the bug so you should be careful when having contact with your son. Anyways, you probably already know all this stuff, but I wish you and your son the best of luck. I really hope that it all ends for him soon. You just have to keep persistant and make the doctors work for you and help you! This is not something to let go!

Cheers.

I looked this up a while ago when my boyfriend had a recurrence of CA-MRSA. Geranium oil and grape seed oil / extract have higher activity against MRSA than tea tree oil does, although it has some activity. It is also important that personal hygiene is addressed - I bought a shower gel with grape seed extract in it. And, any skin abrasion he gets he also uses a combination of geranium and grape seed oil on the broken skin.

While drugs do have potential problems, sometimes for a serious or recurrent infection, you need to rely on both traditional medicine as well as alternative. From experience RUN FOR THE HILLS if your doctor prescribes Vancomycin IV...it is a dirty drug and not very effective at all. It causes all kinds of problems like kidney failure. People should ask their doctors about the following treatment options:

CA-MRSA: Septra DS(2 pills 2x a day) plus Rifampin for first occurence, and maybe second. Septra is often underdosed, but people with sulfa allergies watch out...my friend had a very bad reaction.

Zyvox (linezolid) is VERY effective, Cubicin (daptomycin) is good...but ONLY for skin infections...NOT pneumonia

HA-MRSA: Only Zyvox or Cubicin (see above notes) - again, Vancomycin is older and not as effective...don't let you doctor prescribe it over these newer, more effective options

Bottom line - treat it aggresively up front to eradicate the bug and prevent recurrence or more serious infections! After having my boyfriend and good friend affected, I have learned A LOT!!!!!

All,

I just found out that my daughter in law of only 3 1/2 months has MRSA. She contracted it a couple of years ago when undergoing surgery for a cyst removal at the hospital. I was watching the show today on April Fool's Day and recognized the symptoms. I called her mom and she verfied it for me. I have a feeling that my son and new daughter do not realize the severity of this disease and I am hoping to talk to them this week about it.I am scared about the reprucussions of this disease. My concern is does anybody know if this disease can be passed on to children that are conceived? Fom what I have read yes it can so does that mean that when my son and new daughter have childrren they may have to watch their child die? I guess I am asking to much but I am scared about this and the implications that no one is really doing anything about it. 

I forgot one thing that my mom had recently told me. Im not even sure if it works because I didn't do it but supposedly honey works really well. I think you have to eat it but it wouldn't hurt to rub it on the wounds i don't think. But I has to be honey without any added stuff in it. hope this helps cheers

I have MRSA. I have had it for at least 6 months. I have been on a pik line. I have it in my sinuses. I was told it never goes away it just stays dorment and can come back at any time. Well I think im getting it back now. All of my symptoms are coming back. I have 4 boils, my body is achy, I am always tired and I run a fever off and on. I just want it gone. Any suggestions?