Joblazer86
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Just wondering who else has mrsa on this forum b/c I do!!!
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MRSA
- Thread starter Joblazer86
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I think I HAD that. You can get rid of it right? My dr ran into me in the cafeteria of the hosp and told me there that I had it, but the bonehead, didn't think to call me when it came back on my culture, and since I have a niece with CF, I was so mad! So I could pass that on to my niece, but he made a big deal about the hosp. I left that dr. needless to say.
Emily65Roses
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I cultured it when I was 16, I haven't had symptoms of it since then. But they still quarantine me when I go into the hospital overnight. So I imagine I either had it and they're being extra careful... or I still have it.
Emily65Roses
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Better to ask than nod along pretending you know. It's a lung infection. MRSA is short for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. It's basically a real resistant little (insert explitive here). <img src="i/expressions/rose.gif" border="0">
Joblazer86
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I was only using it for acne but stopped using b/c it made me too drowsy.
MidnightShowK
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I'm 16 and I have it, too. I don't really know what to say about it...my doctor always makes it sound like not such a big deal, then my mom makes it a huge deal, and the nurses seem very cautious about it...confussed..but I think that I took Doxycycline and it went away for a while..then came back, but at least we know it worked.
Just to clairify, MRSA never "goes away" nor can you "get rid of it". It is an infection that is resistant to one of the strongest antibiotics around and it becomes such a big deal because it has only 1 or 2 antibiotics that it can be treated with. Maybe your doctor (to the last poster) didn't do a good job of explaining the treatment of it. Many doctors are hesitant to aggessively treat it unless it is really bothering and affecting a person. Reason being that it is a bug that becomes resistant to antibiotics VERY quickly, and since there are only 1 or 2 antibiotics to treat it, if it becomes resistant to those you are honestly out of luck. Of course it is something to be concerned about but especially in our CFers because they already have somewhat of a comprimisted immune system. It is passed like any other bug-by coughing, touching if someone hasn't washed their hands, an open sore that is a growth site for MRSA.
I work on a cancer ward at the hospital and many of our chemo patients come down with it because they have NO immune system shortly after chemo treatments. We put our patients in contact isolation, meaning when we go in we have to wear gloves, mask, and gown. And if the patient leaves the room-they have to do the same. We are also moreso concerned about our universal precautions, we use sanitizer as well as soap and water-both for our safety and the safety of other patients with comprimised immune systems. Even though my hubbie hates it, I make him wear a mask once he is inside the hospital, wether it is to visit me or to go to his doctor appointments.
Hope all goes well with the treatment!
Julie
I work on a cancer ward at the hospital and many of our chemo patients come down with it because they have NO immune system shortly after chemo treatments. We put our patients in contact isolation, meaning when we go in we have to wear gloves, mask, and gown. And if the patient leaves the room-they have to do the same. We are also moreso concerned about our universal precautions, we use sanitizer as well as soap and water-both for our safety and the safety of other patients with comprimised immune systems. Even though my hubbie hates it, I make him wear a mask once he is inside the hospital, wether it is to visit me or to go to his doctor appointments.
Hope all goes well with the treatment!
Julie
Just to say that I have grown MRSA in my sputum twice now, and each time after treatment it has gone away (i.e. I've had countless sputum results since in which it has not grown). When I last grew it, it was sensitive to 3 oral antibiotics and 2 intravenous antibiotics. My consultant is one of the leading ones in the country and he has never had the attitude that it can not be got rid of. When I grew it each time, I was isolated in the clinics and as an inpatient, but each time that I had produced three clear sputum results, I was back to being treated the same as everyone else.
MRSA is a Staph bug that has become resistant to antibiotics in the Penecillin-type family (e.g. flucloxacillin). The problem with MRSA is that because it is resistant to some common antibiotics, it can make the choices for treatment more limited. And obviously it is imporatant that it's spread is controlled, because theoretically in the future someone's MRSA could end up being resistant to all the antibiotics we have at the moment, and no one would want that spreading around a hospital. It is thought to be spread more by touch than in the air. That is why it is so impoortant that doctors and nurses wash their hands between attending to patients.
I think there is a danger of both MRSA and Cepacia scaring people unneccesarily. One CF website I found recently declared that MRSA and Cepacia are not treatable by ANY antibiotics currently in existence. That is simply not true, and could really worry people who have grown these bugs.
Hope that helps.
Emmie (30 yrs from the UK)
MRSA is a Staph bug that has become resistant to antibiotics in the Penecillin-type family (e.g. flucloxacillin). The problem with MRSA is that because it is resistant to some common antibiotics, it can make the choices for treatment more limited. And obviously it is imporatant that it's spread is controlled, because theoretically in the future someone's MRSA could end up being resistant to all the antibiotics we have at the moment, and no one would want that spreading around a hospital. It is thought to be spread more by touch than in the air. That is why it is so impoortant that doctors and nurses wash their hands between attending to patients.
I think there is a danger of both MRSA and Cepacia scaring people unneccesarily. One CF website I found recently declared that MRSA and Cepacia are not treatable by ANY antibiotics currently in existence. That is simply not true, and could really worry people who have grown these bugs.
Hope that helps.
Emmie (30 yrs from the UK)