Ok so for most of my friends u know that i work in the medical field .. and i just read a mumm that has some of the most ignorant , retarded fucking statements regarding MRSA .. believe me the people who left these comments are the reason why MRSA is such a problem now ! ... i'm going to set the record as straight as i can ! Here is the original Mumm posting that i responded to ....
There has been a recent Staph out break in this area and 50% of people that have open wounds or lung problems that attend the ER are being diagnosed with Staph infection it is a new strain that is harder to treat. They are warning people about going to the ER. This new staph infection has so far killed 10 people! OMG does that scare me!I'm going to a regular Doctor now and his nurse just called me and told me all this. Its a good thing that I'm on antibiotics again this is the 12th day 10 with the antibiotic that gave me a kidney infection and 2 on the new on to treat both infections! I deff have staph. The local Hospital has 15 law suits.....lmao thats what they get for not being clean! I chalk it up to stupid people not being clean what do you think?
Now here are the retarded responses !
cleanliness is key! and it may not be staph...may be MRSA...it is something to be taken VERY seriously...us at the school system have taken it VERY SERIOUSLY and have handed out literature to the kids to take to their parents and such for education and to have them checked if any signs occur...IT IS UNCUREABLE...you will have it for life and yes it can kill you.
Ok Here were my responses to this goddamn mumm LoL MRSA is a staph infection
M - methicillin
R - resistant
S - Staphylococcus
A - aureus
staph can be found on everyones skin . and while it can be deadly if left untreated , it is curable MRSA can be treated. The resistance of the MRSA bacteria to certain types of antibiotics makes treatment more difficult, but not impossible.
Most strains of MRSA can be treated with the antibiotics vancomycin and teicoplanin, which are given by injection or through an intravenous drip.
Oh and just for the record its not stupid people or an accident , Its ignorance on the part of everyone from the morons who apparently like to practice medicine w/o a license and/or no medical training what-so-ever they just say what the disease is or isn't and how it is or isn't treated , to the moms who don't bother washing thier childrens toys , to the schools who misinform parents , to doctors who yes do make mistakes when diagnosing the problem .. because MRSA mimics so many other things that they have to play a guessing game with it since the antibiotics used to treat it can cause so many other health problems they don't want to use it if its not necessary thats why they start with the more common antibiotics .
I'd much rather go thru a course of treatment to find out that it is mrsa than to go thru a mrsa treatment and have my kindney function shot to hell as well as my liver and other organs , to find out it was a common staph infection that could have been treated with keflex .. U'd be amazed at how many people come and bitch at the doctor because they're friend told them it was just a spider bite or other (masked) symptom only to find out a month later they're infected with MRSA .. Here are a few of the infections that MRSA can cause , which i'm sure if ur smart enough to have passed the 10th grade u'll recognize as pretty common infections * wound infections
* abscesses
* pneumonia (lung infection)
* septicaemia (blood poisoning)
* osteomyelitis (bone infection)
* septic arthritis (joint infection)
* heart valve infections
* urinary tract infections
and heres some pretty simple ways to avoid or atleast lessen your chances greatly of contracting MRSA , which by the way is carried on EVERYONES skin!!!!
* keeping your hands clean by washing them thoroughly
* keeping cuts and scrapes clean and covered with a bandaid or dressing
* avoiding touching other people's wounds or dressings
* avoiding sharing personal items such as towels or razors
* use a paper towel or your foot to flush a public commode and definately wash your hands immediately afterwards ! .. see simple things taht everyone should do anyway to keep from catching al the other germs , but yet you think that MRSA and Staph in general is like something new , its not .. you're just stupid :)
