The Short Term and Long Term Effects of MRSA
Did you know that MRSA is considered so deadly that it has already claimed more lives than AIDS on a global level? MRSA has already achieved pandemic status and that’s not all. This disease is even considered as a superbug, which means that its internal structure is so virulent that doctors and scientists have yet to develop a drug that can combat its destructive and relentless capacity to devastate the human system. This may sound totally frightening, and yet, very few people actually know about this disease’s existence, or how it is acquired, or how to detect it in the first place. Very similar to the case of AIDS / HIV virus just before it reached pandemic status, MRSA is still very much in the backwaters of the public’s consciousness.
In fact, SARS or severe acute respiratory disease, which suddenly exploded into the limelight in the later part of 2002, gained more media coverage than MRSA. SARS, although quite fatal, was only an epidemic and confined to a very small geography.
What is MRSA?
Discovered in the United Kingdom in 1961, MRSA is a bacterium that is very much resistant to all known man-made antibiotics. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Arureus is its complete scientific name. This is actually an umbrella term for most, if not all difficult to treat infections that is seen in Man. It can also be called Multiple Resistant Staphylococcus Arureus and Oxacillin Resistant Staphylococcus Arureus and can basically be detected in the skin and the sensitive nostril lining of a person. Once a person acquires MRSA, he or she develops staph infections.
The mildest cases may be treated with several medications, particularly those that can help the persons’ immune systems, like antibiotics. Mostly though, doctors can do no more than let the disease runs its course, and hopefully, the patients recover as soon as possible. The sooner the disease lets up, the less likely chances there are of internal damage. In the severest of cases, staph infections can eventually lead to multiple internal organ failures brought about by slow blood poisoning.
Why is it so deadly?
Staph infections can be seen in the forms of a pimple, a pustule or any small abscess in the skin or nostril lining. Unfortunately, for long term sufferers of this disease, pus (that yellowish substance that accumulates in the abscesses) starts to accumulate in the abscess. In turn, pus is filled with bacteria, and slowly leak into the blood supply of the person if the infection remains untreated. This is where blood poisoning begins. The worst part of this internal process is that: this happens in a very gradual manner, and the person with staph infection may simply dismiss its effects as the onset of flu. By the time medical aid is acquired sepsis may have set in. Sepsis is a state where the entire human body is already in an inflammatory state due to severe blood poisoning. In this case, the person is usually beyond medical help.
This is the reason why people should seek medical intervention as soon as possible, even with a seemingly innocuous case such as a pimple inside the nose cavity or a pustule on the skin that seems to take forever to heal. These are the most visible signs of MRSA. Also, MRSA is a very contagious disease. Although this is not an airborne disease like influenza, the simple act of touching the hands on an infected person can pass of the disease in an instant.
Thanks for post. Nice to see such good ideas.
i guess I am dead meat huh??…since i got it
Hi! I like your srticle and I would like very much to read some more information on this issue. Will you post some more?
I have it.
and have already been hospitalized twice for it.
and now i don’t have insurance coverage, so no doctor wants to treat me.
the mrsa is slowly being spread through out my whole body and no one wants to treat me.
Maybe one of these days they will come up with an actual cure for it.
Please look at this it contains some information about a natural cure! Elecampane Root!
http://www.exfoli.com/mrsa/?cat=25
There are a couple that I have heard about and when I can find some good information I will be sure to update!
Hope it gets cleared up!
looks like im a gonner
No, there are a ton of ways to treat MRSA. Just look around my site, and do a little bit of research on Google and you will see that it can be cured naturally! If your someone who likes garlic, than try the Allicin approach! Allicin degrades from garlic in just a few days after picking, so if you have access to fresh garlic growing that you can pick yourself that is ideal. There is also Manuka Honey, make sure you get medical grade (sterilized) so the bacteria wont make the infection worse when applied, but you can eat unsterilized Manuka Honey to get the effect that way if you cannot find a suitable brand.
sunshine get treated and you will be OK.
i had mrsa in 2006, a healthy 35 year old woman – almost dead after three months of doctors throwing antibiotics at me that didnt work.
had to walk around with a vancomycin PIC line in me for another month. you will be ok….
thanks for your blog:)
I had mrsa and took meds and it’s gone but my toe where the mrsa was is still swollen and purple
I aquired MERSA after I had GERD surgery. I was put on a PIC line with vancomycin. It seemed to clear up but the wound healing was very slow. Then about a month later I got a boil next to the 1st wound and it tested positive for MERSA. once I got that cleared up with bactrum and another couple of weeks went by, I got infected again all through my digestve tract.I like how some of these people say it is definately curable! Some people never get rid of it! The Infectious disease doctor @ Cleveland Clinic told us that once you have it, you will always carry MERSA. You should always keep Bactrum on hand in case of another reoccurance. ONCE YOU HAVE IT YOU ARE ALWAYS A CARRIER1
I don’t pretend to be a doctor and do not want to discourage you from listening to your doctor, but MRSA is curable. Although most strains of MRSA acquired from the public body are treatable with currently adopted medical practices, there are a few (mostly acquired inside hospitals) that are almost completely resistant to our pharmaceuticals, if not totally immune. This is why we need to look at what has not been widely used in our current medical practices. There are numerous studies I have researched and written about that have proven without a doubt that MRSA is curable! There is hope for the people who have not fully recovered yet!
If you are unsure on where to start your journey of healing I would suggest garlic, or Manuka Honey! But not just any products will do! The garlic must contain whats called Allicin, its naturally occurring but degrades very quickly with age, heat or any kind of processing, so get it from a local grower if possible. Then with Manuka honey you must make sure it is sterilized if you plan on using it topically or it will make your condition even worse.
But do not go out and buy these products and use them irresponsibly, you must do research of your own since I am providing you with only a direction and limited resources. Since the last time I wrote on this blog I have seen a few more studies come out about natural safe and effective (if used responsibly) treatments and even cures for MRSA.
I hope this helps you find a way back to good health! Keep in mind these two methods of treatment are only the beginning, but the most important thing to remember is that you will never get better if you don’t believe you will, no matter what treatment you are on. Good luck!
Sooo my friend just found out he had mrsa. He was at school they day before he had “surgery” to remove it from his face. Except then he didn’t know it was mrsa. He didnt touch me but he touched my phone and pencil. As I’m doing research about this and how contagious it is, could I be affected from it since he touched belonings of mine that Iouched after?
Was he picking at his infection? Try to think about if you remember him touching it directly and then touching your things right afterwards. If you are really concerned then get checked out by the doc, otherwise stay aware and keep up good hygiene. I hope he is ok!
I’ve had MRSA for a year and a half now and I have to agree with the Admin on this issue. MRSA can be treated more effectivly through natural means. When I was first diagnosed, the doctors told me that there is really nothing I could do to get rid of it. They said every time I had an infection that I would just have to go back to them and get antibiotics. All that did was get rid of that flare up in about a week, but make the next one worse…I would get them in multiple places and they would be very painful. I couldnt take it anymore and wouldn’t sit back and not try to figure out a way to stop it. I did tons and tons of research and found so much great information that you just dont normally hear about because it is “natural”. You just have to find out which remedy or combination of a few will help you. “Allicin” is by far the best thing that has happened to me. Although, I dont get it from eating garlic…It does come from garlic but it degrades too fast and you need a lot of it to effectivly control MRSA. Allicin is the byproduct of alliinase on alliin and it occurs in garlic when it gets cut up or smashed. But to be honest, I was tired of smelling like garlic all of the time, but then I read about this pill called Alli-C. I did a little research on it and it turned out to be legit. One pill is equal to like 30 cloves of garlic when it pertains to the amount of Allicin you get. It Works!!! The other MAJOR thing in controlling MRSA is SUGAR….GET RID OF IT!! Anything with high amounts of sugar will make all of the pills you take all of the treatments worthless! Bacteria thrives on sugar and it will only hurt you..TRUST ME!! Also, take plenty of vitamins that boost your immune system like Zinc (when you take zinc, you must take copper to get the full effect! Check internet for proper ratio), L-arganine, vitamin C…etc. Anything to help promote healthy immune system and blood flow. Recently I’ve also been taking Niacin (B3). The reason MRSA drug resistant is because of the membrane that surrounds the bacteria…That membrane is similar to the coating around cholesterol. They use Niacin to help reduce cholesterol because of its ability to remove that membrane…It has a similar effect on MRSA. Thats just a little bit of what I do. I’m not a doctor or anything, I just took a proactive approach to dealing with my MRSA. It may not work for everyone but it might help some of you out. I haven’t had an infection in months!! Goodluck everyone!! @admin