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National Filth Service
Posted by linda mccafferty |
Last Reply November 24, 2009
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Started November 24, 2009 at 15:46 |
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http://casino.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2743235/Health-inspectors-find-unacceptable-practices-at-Aberdeen-Royal-Infirmary.html?print=yes |
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bladder mrsa contagious?
Posted by myelinman |
Last Reply November 22, 2009
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Started November 22, 2009 |
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anyone know if bladder mrsa is contagious? it is confined to bladder but wonder if someone else can catch? thanks, ive researched on net and cant find a yes or no. |
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mrsa in system need surgery can't get
Posted by carol |
Last Reply November 21, 2009
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Started November 21, 2009 at 19:33 |
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had hip replacement in mar 09, all went very well caught whooping cough, pneumonia, MRSA in may 09-from someone who didn't know had whooping cough until i got and made person get test--positive. they had been coughing before i got other hip went suddenly in may 09--need hip replacement in other hip no mrsa in replaced hip NO SURGEON WILL OPERATE WITH MRSA in my system. say too dangerous. can end up ICU OR BE CRIPPLED AND CAN GET IN REPLACED HIP see infectious doctor all the time. he does tests regularly, which picked up MRSA again in aug 09. medicine again. my back also has very advanced degenerative disease--told ready to go anytime WHAT TO DO, lay in bed most of the time, as i do, doing only basic necessities???? |
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The saddness of it all
Posted by linda mccafferty |
Last Reply November 21, 2009
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Started November 20, 2009 at 01:40 |
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http://news.scotsman.com/health/MSP-Family-heartbroken-over-C.5842576.jp |
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Breakthrough in battle
Posted by linda mccafferty |
Last Reply November 20, 2009
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Started November 20, 2009 at 01:44 |
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http://news.scotsman.com/health/Edinburgh-scientists39-breakthrough-in-battle.5839040.jp |
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MRSA as Cause of Death
Posted by Ollie |
Last Reply November 19, 2009
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Started October 10, 2004 at 12:51 |
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My husband died earlier this year because of MRSA, despite having been treated in hospital for it for 5 weeks, and being declared "clear" of it, and being home for over a week. On re-admission to hospital, he then died later that same day, when it was found that MRSA was right through his chest, but no one knew! There is no mention of MRSA on his Death Certificate. I have heard other people make the same comment and I would really like to know how many cases like this there are throughout the country, as this would mean that all the statistics we are given could be totally under-estimated. |
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death cert
Posted by tas |
Last Reply November 19, 2009
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Started February 22, 2008 at 16:14 |
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could someone please teel me why MRSA isnt put down on the death cert as a contributary cause of death? i just recived my mums death cert and i couldnt believe that there was no mention of MRSA!!!! they put down bronchopneumonia as cause of death. needless to say i am hopping mad, and am sending off for a full copy of the coroners report. i KNOW my mum had MRSA when she died! so why is there no mention of this? does this happen all the time? |
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MRSA Not Geographically Contained
Posted by ladyk |
Last Reply November 15, 2009
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Started June 30, 2006 at 15:13 |
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Thank you for the opportunity to share my situation, for what it’s worth. I was exceedingly relieved to find this forum, yet in reading through, I must admit I’m exhausted to my very core. Please~~~ do not allow this important mode of communication to shatter. Those who have had first hand experiences and are sharing important information about MRSA, you are in some cases perhaps the only ones another may have to lean on who understands the complexity of this invader. Indulging those whose lack of experience and understanding renders them incapable of comprehension concerning the very real magnitude of this most often fatal disease, is to no avail and we already know it becomes only hollow arbitration falling on deaf ears benefiting no one. The real message IS the life experience of those who suffer, and when I say those... it is meant toward those who love and are/were loved by them. The elder who said “bravery stands in the light” is most correct. I do not hesitate as se... read more |
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Symptoms for MRSA - colonisation
Posted by Michelle |
Last Reply November 15, 2009
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Started July 21, 2006 at 19:37 |
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Can anyone help me with information on MRSA symptoms. I suspect that I might have MRSA colonisation in my sinuses and I am again seeking help for sinus/nasal blockage from my GP and consultant, (other symptoms are dry skin, huge hair loss, weight loss, lethargy, feeling dehydrated, itchy eyes and head, small sores in scalp, itchy/waxy ears). Last year I underwent nasal surgery which included sinus washout, nasal septum deviation and corterisation. The symptoms eased for a while but slowly returned. I have had variuos antibiotics which seem to slightly eleviate the symptoms but never actually cure the problem, which then builds up again. A sputum test early this year indicated 1)heavy growth of staph.aureus, 2) heavy growth of morexella catarrhalis, 3) heavy growth of haemophilus influenzae and 4) light growth of candida spp. Organism 2 Beta Lactamse positive, Organism 3 Beta lactamse negative. Having read some of the articles on here I am becoming more and more convinc... read more |
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More Death's
Posted by linda mccafferty |
Last Reply November 10, 2009
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Started November 10, 2009 at 18:34 |
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http://news.stv.tv/scotland/136140-five-die-in-cdiff-outbreak/ |
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Good News for USA !!!
Posted by linda mccafferty |
Last Reply November 9, 2009
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Started November 9, 2009 at 16:58 |
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Tony Field, our Chairperson, and his wife, Barbara, have offered to come to USA to head-up a campaign against MRSA overseas!!! This is such great news for the USA! He is also in the process of writing another booklet to address issues specific to CA-MRSA. Copies of "MRSA - A Patients Defence" by Tony Field are available by post now in US. If you'd like a copy, please e-mail your address to drej424@yahoo.com. Any inquiries and/or suggestions about speaking engagements in USA can be posted here or e-mailed to drej424@yahoo.com. Let's work together to make Tony and Barbara's trip as fruitful as possible in the battle against preventable infections. Many, many thanks to Tony and Barbara for all your efforts and support!!! |
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coquencidence or what
Posted by linda mccafferty |
Last Reply November 9, 2009
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Started November 9, 2009 at 17:12 |
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Reported in the newspapers today is something that is very interesting on this forum we have many people coming on with after effects (aftermath) after being infected with mrsa . many have now been diagnosed with diabetes my mother was one of them . scentists have reported that babies born through caesarean section have a 20% higher chance of becoming insulin-dependent diabetics in childhood according to researchers . Although the reason for the link is not clear, scientists believe exposure to hospital bacteria may be involved !!! is it a coquencidence that many people are reporting feeling poorly after contracting mrsa or what ? |
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Campaigners ......what next .
Posted by linda mccafferty |
Last Reply November 9, 2009
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Started November 9, 2009 at 17:04 |
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This is an article about mrsa rates .......http://www.politics.co.uk/news/health/nearly-50-nhs-trusts-continue-to-fail--$1334315.htm |
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For mrsa sufferers
Posted by linda mccafferty |
Last Reply November 9, 2009
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Started November 9, 2009 at 17:01 |
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Started by Phil Posted: June 15, 2005 at 11:47 Hi People My wife passed away in intensive care with MRSA Sepsis after a long unexpectant stay in hospital. She did have MRSA Spesis 2 months earlier to dying and pulled through with very intensive treatment. Unfortunatly it took her the 2nd time. My question is, myself and my children where obviously in close contact with her during her MRSA illness, and since I have found that I have a boil/spot that will not heal properly (5 months), it keeps coming back. Any cuts I get take a lot longer to heal over. I also get a sore nose/scab every now and again on one nostril. I know that about 1 in 3 carry the MRSA on there skin, and I assuming that I have this problem after the close contact with my late wife. I am worried about taking any sort of antibiotics to clear my skin, in case it makes the strain more resistant, like the Vancomycin resistant strain. I understand that there is a new medication, a pil, begins wi... read more |
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The legacy of MRSA
Posted by Eddy Pearce |
Last Reply November 5, 2009
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Started January 18, 2005 at 13:25 |
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My father had a heart by-pass operation about 5 years ago and while in hospital he contracted MRSA. He stayed in hospital for around 6 weeks following the operation and after a series of anti-biotic courses the infection which affected his legs (from where the veins for the by-pass operation had been removed) cleared up and he was signed out of hospital. In October last year he was out walking and his achilles tendon snapped on his left leg. He went to hospital and the leg was put into a cast - a day or so later the leg began to swell enormously so he went back and was told that chances were that his MRSA had become active again and was targetting the weak leg. After a further course of various anti-biotics and anti-inflamatories the leg healed and at the end of December the cast was removed. 1 week later his achilles tendon on his right leg snapped and the process has started again..... After much enquiry he finally managed to get one of the doctors at the hospital to admi... read more |
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mrsa conjunctivitis for over one year
Posted by Susan |
Last Reply November 4, 2009
at 06:48
Started September 17, 2006 at 20:15 |
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As a private duty RN I care for a bedridden lady, severly debilitated after several hemorrhagic strokes. For over one year we have fought this infection with ophthalmic drops according to the culture reports. antibiotics suppress it, but the infection alsys returns between two weeks and two months. Is there a reccommended length of therapy for vancomycin drops? Should we use it along with another kind of drop as well? We used vanc. fro 28 days the last time. Please help. I can find no resources with her physician and pharmacists I have contacted. |
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I survived
Posted by linda mccafferty |
Last Reply November 2, 2009
at 14:45
Started November 2, 2009 at 14:45 |
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http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/scottish/scottish_news/576535/Cancer-sufferer-Bill-Grant-reveals-his-hospital-superbug-nightmare.html |
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CA MRSA experience
Posted by Scott |
Last Reply October 30, 2009
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Started July 23, 2009 at 23:17 |
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Hello I want to share my experience with CA MRSA with you. My girlfriend and I both caught CA MRSA in March 2009. We both started breaking out with a couple of pimples on our faces and folliculitis on our thighs and calves. We both noticed that we had joint pain especially in our fingers, elbows, knees and wrists. Our skin was also very itchy at times and I had eye itching often. Over the next week or so we started breaking out with more pimples on our back, chest, stomach and legs. We make an appointment with a dermatologist and saw him on April 6th. He said he didn’t think the joint pain was related to the skin problem and we should see a rheumatologist for it. He gave us Keflex 4X a day for 10 days. It didn’t work for us so we were given Avelox for 10 days and that also didn’t work. Meanwhile I started having pain in my chest mainly on the left side but occasionally on the right side. To make a long story short my other doctor figured out the chest pain was from Costochondritis. ... read more |
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Can i get MRSA more than once?
Posted by Jodie |
Last Reply October 30, 2009
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Started October 29, 2009 at 05:17 |
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In the past i was infected with a severe case of MRSA after having a cesarean section 3 and half years ago and was in a coma for 1 week since then i have continued to have the golden staff infection all through my scalp and bad lung disease and wondering if i can catch MRSA again? and also have you known of anyone who got any sort of brain damage when having the disease? if you know any of these please contact me on sandy5angels@hotmail.com thankyou |
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Can I catch MRSA from my sister?
Posted by jacky |
Last Reply October 30, 2009
at 15:37
Started July 5, 2005 at 06:15 |
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If anyone can help me with a dilemma I am facing I would be very grateful. My sister, aged 52, contracted MRSA after having a pin inserted for a broken femur at Addenbrooke's hopsital, Cambridge, England in February. She had metastatic breast cancer which had spread to the bones and bone marrow, was very anemic and had had three rounds of chemotherapy at the time of the operations, so had a very compromised immune system. She was put on IV vancomycin and meriperim (not sure of spelling) for about 3 months and has just been discharged on put on Teicoplanin via injection. She claims that her last swabs have come back negative and that she doesn't have MRSA anymore and that I can't catch it from her. In fact, even in the hospital she was under the impression that the gloves and apron were for her protection, rather than the visitors'. My problem is that I am planning to have surgery myself in the fall here in Canada, and was going to visit my sister in England this summer, but my... read more |
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