More Scary Than Swine Flu !
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More Scary Than Swine Flu !
MRSA is 16 times higher than the national average among Texas high school football players, according to three studies conducted by the Texas Department of Health Services. it is easily spread through physical contact, making athletes who share locker rooms particularly susceptible. At least eight states have schools reporting confirmed cases of students being infected with the "superbug" known as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) following the death of a 17-year old Virginia student late last year, and the deaths of New Hampshire preschooler and 11-year-old from Mississippi one week earlier.
In addition to the cases in those states, schools in North Carolina, West Virginia and Connecticut have reported infections among their students, and a high school district in Tucson, Arizona sent a letter home to parents advising that one student had been infected and another suspected case was awaiting confirmation. Chicago officials at Naperville High were not aware that there had been two cases of MRSA among football players there in the previous month until a trainer learned of the incidents and reported them.
MRSA was first identified in the United States in 1961. The staph bacteria, which occur naturally on human skin and in nasal passages, can cause minor infections of the skin or other soft tissue if it enters an open wound. In rare cases, however, the bacteria becomes "invasive," taking over another part of the body. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, in their report concluded that MRSA infection is far more common in the United States than previously thought, and that it kills more people yearly than AIDS, emphysema, Parkinson's disease or homicide.
The CDC calculated that MRSA has caused more than 94,000 life-threatening infections and nearly 19,000 deaths in the United States in 2005, most of them connected with healthcare settings, although the agency added that it can be hard to determine if death is caused directly by the disease or merely accelerated by it. The CDC estimated the infection rate at 32 per 100,000 people, making even the rate of invasive MRSA higher than the combined rate of other invasive bacterial conditions, including bloodstream infections, meningitis and flesh-eating strep.
Both doctors and hospitals have thus far failed to treat MRSA with anything that in reality works. Cures for MRSA are as common in nature, but overconfident doctors and Western medical examiners continue to unwisely believe that only synthetic, man-made antibiotics have any use, and that anything natural couldn't possibly have any effect. Conventional medicine has not only failed to stop or slow MRSA, it in fact has accelerated its growth through the extensive use of chemicals.
These chemicals creates the perfect environment in which the super bugs could grow and move outside of the hospitals, into our world, say infectious disease experts. "This is an epidemic,'' said MRSA researcher David Smith, “It's a big problem, and it's likely to get bigger.'' Smith co-authored and published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases found that hospitalizations in the United States due to MRSA more than doubled between 1999 and 2005.
Infections with MRSA are most common in institutional health-care settings , such as hospitals and nursing homes, where they tend to strike older people, those who are very ill, and people with a weakened immune system. Infections have been reported among athletes, prisoners, and military recruits and are increasingly being seen in the general community and have been reported in schools, gyms, and even day care centers. Common risk factors include sharing close quarters and personal hygiene products like deordorants, razors or towels.
MRSA Symptoms:
Usually appear as small red bumps that resemble pimples, spider bites or impetigo. They can quickly grow into deep, painful pus filled abscesses that require surgical draining and appear as boils or carbuncles. Sometimes the bacteria remain confined to the skin. But they can also penetrate into the body, causing potentially life-threatening infections to joints, bone, urinary tract, lungs and heart.
Handwashing is most important in controlling MRSA superbug infection
The best ways to keep from getting or spreading the infection include:
- Frequent and thorough hand washing. Experts recommend washing your hands for as long as it takes, recommend 15 to 30 seconds. Dry with a disposable towel and use another towel to turn off the faucet. If your hands aren't visibly dirty, you can use a alcohol hand sanitizer.
- Covering cuts and scrapes with a clean bandage. Do not touch other people's wounds or bandages. The pus from infected sores often contains staph bacteria, and keeping wounds covered will help keep the bacteria from spreading.
- Do not share personal items like towels or razors, and wipe down surfaces you come into contact with at the gym or in a locker room. Avoid sharing personal items of clothing and athletic equipment.
- Any doubts about the way food is handled in a restaurant, avoid it.
- Enhance your body's natural immune system with proper nutrition and rest.
Not aware of MRSA's? There are currently 106 government MRSA clinical trials planned or on going.
Find out More- http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=mrsa
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