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Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 8/13/2007 6:59:45 AM

JerseyKrissi72

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I have been dealing with MRSA (4x this year) and it seems to keep coming back. They put me on Bactrim- does anyone know how affective this medication is? Is there better medications? Is it safe for me to get tattoos or would that be risky?? I wanted to get one in memorial to my late Master but scared of the risks that may/ may not be involved..thanku.

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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 8/13/2007 8:02:33 AM

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I have been dealing with MRSA (4x this year) and it seems to keep coming back. They put me on Bactrim- does anyone know how affective this medication is? Is there better medications?

Sulfa drugs like Bactrim can be effective on certain strains and presentations, but vancomycin and teichoplanin are the usual first choices for treatment.

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Is it safe for me to get tattoos or would that be risky??

Your own immune system is compromised already and you are putting the tattoo artist at risk by exposing him to your blood. Getting a tattoo before you're clear would be a Bad Idea(tm).

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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 8/13/2007 8:07:02 AM

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thankyou Stef and I was thinking the same thing about the medication that I am on..it seems to clear it up for the moment. I will contact my doctor soon about other medications.

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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 8/13/2007 11:34:31 AM

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You can go to sites like Webmd.com to find out more about the medication. It should also give you related articles concerning the medication and the disease itself.

As far as the tattoos go, I've not read anything MSRA and tattoos. You could try googling it, or even yahoo using those two keywords. But what has been mentioned about exposure is probably true.

There are several other medications that could be tried, two have already been mentioned. Some others are Cleocin, Levaquin, and Zyvox. Like I said, Webmd.com is a great resource. Make sure you are taking all of the antibiotic. If you aren't taking the full cycle (usually 7-10 days), it is defeating the purpose altogether. Definitely talk to your doctor.

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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 8/13/2007 12:30:11 PM

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Thankyou and I have been doing some research on it. I have been given a 10 day course of Bactrim for my bladder infection as well as the MRSA...my belly button looks a bit better but there is a boil there again so I must go back to the doctor soon and have them look at it, possibly drain it.

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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 8/13/2007 12:36:13 PM

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http://mrsamedical.com/

Good Luck and really...no breaking skin if you don't need to while already compromised....

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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 8/13/2007 12:52:18 PM

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MRSA is already a resisant strain but should go away. You must keep very good personal hygene (not that you do not already), wash your bed sheets and change them daily, wash your hands religiously, it is really easy to get re infected. I agree with ohters that thee is a wealth of information available and you are in danger of infecting others, an open wound such as a tatoo would be ill advised.

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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 8/15/2007 10:02:02 PM

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I have nothing to add to Stef's advice. If I were you though, I wouldn't be needlessly exposing myself to infections with tattoos (cute though they may be), if I were fairly certain my immune system is on the weak side. JMO, M

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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 8/16/2007 7:58:28 PM

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Do you have the cream stuff? When I had a boil they thought was staph, I had both an oral antibiotic and a cream that I had to put in my nose and under my nails for 10 days. Staph actually lives there :-)

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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 8/17/2007 6:41:09 AM

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yes, i have it and am using it ...and i used it on my belly button where it was infected and now it's better

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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 8/23/2007 5:10:28 PM

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OY VEY!! MRSA ... it went through my (then overcrowded) house this last December and January. My brother in law got it from the hospital after he had surgery on a broken elbow. Let's just say that my cautery of a Dog Print on the small of my back was the worst victim.

Hints:

Take all the medications 100%
    Spend a bit of extra time cleaning the common areas of the house..get the cleaners that are not only antibacterial (in this case, it's worth it) but use some bleach too..Frequently!
Dry your clothing a bit longer. The extra time in the dryer makes sure that they are DRY, and also helps kill the bacteria.
   Okay this sounds bad, but really, wash your hands ALOT!
   If anyone helps you, or if you are helping someone with the bandaging, use gloves...I'm latex allergic, so I know that there are non-latex gloves in the grocery store as well as the latex brands...and you can find them in either the pharmacy departments, or the cleaning aisle.
I was the ONLY person in my home that did not get the abcesses lanced. This was because of the risk of secondary infection that I have (I'm diabetic).

Be aggressive!!! You will need to be very very hypervigilent for about 2 years. And yes, some of these are things my doctor didn't tell me.

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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 8/23/2007 7:44:28 PM

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As someone who works in a tattoo shop (and had a looong portion of a bloodborne pathogen class on MRSA), pleeeeease do not get tattooed while you have this - you run the risk of giving it to a worker, and then having them transfer it to clients, then lawsuits, shops closing........it's a horrible thing!!! I'm so sorry you have it!
I'm not too clear on how to get rid of it, but I was under the impression that it usually involved about a week's stay at the hospital on an IV. A friend of a friend of mine has it - literally bumps all over her body - and her doctor just told her to scrub them until they popped and but antibacterial cream in them - that's insane!!! Going to get a few opinions might be a good idea.

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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 8/23/2007 8:35:59 PM

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A tattoo to your late Master is a wonderful idea.

However, a good artist always prepares his canvas first...in your case, that means getting fully rid of the MRSA BEFORE getting any tattoos.

As has already been mentioned, Vancomycin is used in treatment of community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA), although there are MRSA strains developing resistance to that as well.

MRSA is serious...please do not take it lightly. Be very conscientious about following the treatment regimens your doctor prescribes, and don't stop taking the antibiotics as soon as the symptoms disappear. For your own health as well as the health of those around you, I hope you succeed in treating this quickly, and once you get on top of the infection, please take special precautions to help prevent its return.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/mrsa/DS00735/DSECTION=8

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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 8/24/2007 7:12:30 AM

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i had reoccuring MRSA until they put me in the hospital for an emergency surgery (one of the abcesses got realllllly bad and they had to do a saddle block to clean it out properly) but durring the recovery they alternated me on 2 types of IV antibiotics for a good long time...i haven't had it resurface since then (jan of this year) and i had been dealing with it for over a year with various oral antibiotics and antibiotic creams...but i know how hard it is to get a doctor to take it seriously, so bear with them until you can find someone to get you the treatment you need, and don't let them push you aside, insist on checking to see if the bacteria is gone after you are done with the meds...
as for the tattoo, wait! besides spreading it all around, which i know you don't want to do, if the infection gets into the tattoo, it can mess it up and make it an unfixable blob and that won't be pretty...also, no piercing, no impact play, no sensation play that breaks the skin...becareful with bondage too...throw away any rope you use...better safe than reinfecting yourself or spreading it....actually better not to play with anything that cannot be autoclaved or cold steralized or disposed of....and i'll stick with the no impact...any impact can spread germs....MRSA is a pretty harty little germ....

good luck
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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 8/30/2007 1:02:18 PM

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Unfortunately MRSA means it is a resistant organism and it will come up when ever you become sick. Unfortunately bactrim is not the best drug of treatment for it. If you want to put it in remission for longer periods of time they will need to give you IV anitibiotics that are much stronger. I have yet to see someone with MRSA not being given and IV antibiotic. Especially when you have had the infection 4x this year and it keeps coming back. You need to request a visit with an infectious disease dr.

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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 8/30/2007 9:45:50 PM

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All i can say is be damn careful with it. I have had one friend who ended up staying 11 days in isolation for MRSA. Then a co-worker had MRSA that turned into sepA and he is now on disability. He was originally burned in a industrial accident on about 35% of his body, during his treatment at the burn center he developed first MRSA then sepA which he fights constantly now.

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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 8/31/2007 10:09:27 PM

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Have you read any of the literature on the use of Manuka honey for treating MRSA?

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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 9/3/2007 10:05:00 AM

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Krissy;

I started tro respond so many times just didn't get got damn finished and dumped it.

Before I did too much detail, this time I'll make it short and sweet.

I need to know EVERYTHING you ingest for a month. That means all drink smoke and food, and even if you gave your Man a BJ and swllowed. I mean EVERYTHING. I also want to know if you periodically smell bad smells outside, like if near a chemical plant. Once or twice is one thing, but if you drive by it every day it can be a factor.

Traditional medicine is obviously not working for you, What I do is take another approach. We are going to make MRSA not like you anymore.

Get me on the other side if you do not want to post your entire diet out here, no problem. But that is important. And believe it or not, I am not just looking for what is there, I also very much look for what is NOT there.

Also in the interim, before we start getting into heavy research, I would suggest you start taking colloidal silver. Just take the maintenence dose for now, let's fix the problem first and then we get you to optimum shape. We must target this, and deal with it, and that's not the easiest thing in the world, but I have info that will knock your socks off. I mean I attack these problems in a totally different way.

Dr. Louis Pasteur recanted some of his theories shortly before his death. He said that a diseased body PRODUCES the germs. Now look around yourself, do you see others affected by MRSA ? Or are they carriers ? If they are carriers how come they do not have a problem with it ?

II need no cites or sites to prove this basic logic. I shun the medical community when it comes to stuff like this. And I got good reason. It is simple, you are around other people, they do not have MRSA, you are somehow susceptable to it. That is what we must change. A REAL cure, which seems to be an anethma to the medical community.

If you want to persue this, I will be here. You can mail me, but if you can bring yourseelf to just post the info here, I think that would be better. But be prepared. You may have to give up some of your favorite foods and drinks. If you do any hard drugs at all you have to get off of them now. Even those sweet tooth moments have to go.

If someone told you that you should give up sugar could you do it ? For your health ? We are talking no more soft drinks save an occasional Cooton Club less sweet Ginger ale or 50/50. That's all you get, about four times a year. When you make a change ike this, it can be hard. I watch people eat icecream and I have gotten over it. Thet is because I have decided what is more important to me.

Years ago I could barely walk sometimes. When I changed my whole MO of eating, things changed. My body repaired itself, as it was designed to do. Something about your body chemistry makes you appealing to MRSA, and the doctors are draining your insurance company. As such thry have no incentive to cure it.

It will only take a minor change in your body chemistry to make it a not-so-good platground for MRSA. You won't have to eat frogs and dogs or anything like that. But you may have to give up your favorite food. Are you up to it ?

T

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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 9/3/2007 10:24:23 AM

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T, I know you mean well, but you really shouldn't direct someone on a forum who is already under a doctor's care to make any additions or changes to said care. It's completely irresponsible. What she CAN do, however, is ask her doctor about the suggestions you have. Wouldn't it be horrible if she were one of the rare people who has a certain and permanent reaction to colloidal silver which turns her skin silver?

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RE: Please Help: Regarding MRSA - 9/3/2007 10:44:56 AM

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Depending on the strain, Bactrim actually is a very good antibiotic for it. When I was working at the jail, the first choice was clindomycin (cleocin), but we had one that wasn't responding to it, and when we got the culture and sensitivity back, we found out why - that guy had a strain that was resistant to the clindo but sensitive to bactrim, so we immediately switched him.

Silver-based dressings are a good option if you don't have any kind of reaction to it - but definitely talk to your MD before doing anything. All the other advice is good - keep it clean, don't skip any doses of your antibiotic, etc.

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