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MRSA-Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus. Have you been infected?

debrakcarey @debrakcarey (19887) • United States 3 Jul 09

There are two strains of MRSA. CA-MRSA and HA-MRSA. The CA strain is community acquired and the HA strain is hospital acquired. CA MRSA: Most at risk are those with weakened immune systems, the elderly and children and those...

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My Mother went into ER this evening,

Youreyes4today @Youreyes4Today (2356) • United States 11 Feb 09

My Mother of 75 went into ER this evening with congestive heart failure. She is resting right now. Thing is she is in another state and I can't get there like I want to. I have talked to one of my sisters and found that my...

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shadyshade123 @shadyshade123 (15) • United States 20 Oct 08

I am curious to know if anyone has any info about mrsa{methicillan resistant stapholaccocus aureas}. My little has tested positive for this and it is so scary. I cant seem to find much info about this. Any info you have would be...

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Let's Talk MRSA in Football

rosettaresearch @rosettaresearch (1285) • United States 19 Oct 08

I wrote an article about this for Associated Content (link in my profile, look for the widget). Today, it came out that Kellen Winslow's "undisclosed illness" was in fact a staph infection. The Browns wanted to keep it quiet (this...

What Are You Most Thankful For???

deeesfamilyvalues @deeesfamilyvalues (318) • United States 12 Oct 08

This has been a long year. Our family has experienced money issues, death and every medical issues ranging from time in the NICU, Alziemer's,MRSA,fractures to WPW. I am very thankful that we have made through all of our medical...

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Should medical staff only wear their uniforms in place of work?

Jenny40 @Jenny40 (30) 2 Sep 08

How often are we hearing about hospital acquired infections, wards shutting due to "the winter vomiting bug", MRSA etc...etc...? I have always been interested in nursing and when I was at school I did my work experience in a...

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The SuperBug...

Bertman410 @Bertman410 (302) • United States 4 Jun 08

If you have never heard of the SuperBug MRSA you might want to read this. I have been dealing with this for 3 months now and up to 3 months ago I had no idea what MRSA was. It's a staph infection that produce bumps that can look...

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Protecting your family against MRSA - Correct Diagnosis is Priority #1

Angela717 @Angela717 (74) • United States 7 Feb 08

You may have heard about MRSA, you may even know someone who has had an MRSA infection, but what you may not know is how to protect yourself or your family from the deadly infectious staph or what to do if you think you have...

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Watch Out for MRSA, its sweeping the country!!!

pimpsterque999 @pimpsterque999 (227) • United States 23 Dec 07

Well if you look at earlier blogs you will see where i had MRSA, still do, still fighting it however now days its coming up in small increments here and there but I use Hibiclenze to clean with to help cure it and kill it the dr...

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MRSA-- The Spider Bite that lead to MRSA which went undetected for six months.

pimpsterque999 @pimpsterque999 (227) • United States 22 Nov 07

JANUARY 21st 2007 I had gone to my aunts house and somehow got bitten by a brown recluse. I read about them previously and even recieved emails about them but never thought it could happen to me. So its sunday night and i get a...

I finally went to the doctor, while I was there, we talked a little about MRSA.

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169453) • United States 10 Nov 07

He is not overly concerned about it, in our area. He says that it still is susceptible to many of the antibiotics we use and not to be concerned about it becoming a problem for me, as I am having to take antibiotics for an...

alcohol gel sanitizer

try to not touch germy surfaces

wash your hands

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Does your child go to a school where there is an outbreak of the MRSA case?

magnet @magnet (2087) • United States 22 Oct 07

I am hearing a lot on the news about MRSA. I'm hearing about it everyday. A local high school recently died from it. Now I hear that there are cases of MRSA at my child's school and there are several elementary children who were...

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The rise in drug-resistant bacteria is alarming!

ChaJudLeoBit @ChaJudLeoBit (1656) • United States 2 Aug 07

I am a lab tech and work in a Dr's clinic. I did my clinicals at a refernce lab and we kept a list of the drug resistant forms of Staph. (MRSA is what they are refered to Methacillin Resistant Staphalococcus Aureus. There are...

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Does any one here have MRSA? I have MRSA

oscarbartoni @oscarbartoni (2581) • United States 25 Jun 07

I have the super bug known as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Areus. I had gone to the hospital because of cellulitis and wound up in the hospital with MRSA. The first time in the hospital was on December 26 for three days...

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Have you heard of MRSA?

seamonkey @seamonkey (1976) • Ireland 23 Mar 07

MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) is a strain of the bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, which has become resistant to conventional antibiotics. Here in Ireland, it is rampant in our hospitals. This is what...

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Dirty Hospitals. Go In To Get Well And Catch A Deadly Bug!!!

ItTakesAllSorts @ItTakesAllSorts (4096) 23 Feb 07

The UK has the worse hospitals in Europe. The MRSA bug is spreading throughout so many hospitals. Each year, at least 100,000 people who go into hospital gets an infection there. A friend of mine's brother went into hospital and...

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cellulitus blood tests

becauseuneedtoknow @becauseuneedtoknow (45) • United States 3 Jan 07

I had a condition they said was cellulitus, I have had nausea, vomiting, pain, dizziness etc. Has anyone had this condition. They have also switched my antibiotics 3 times. Do I need to be concerned about menengitis? Has anyone...

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Has anyone had a skin condition like cellulitus? MRSA

becauseuneedtoknow @becauseuneedtoknow (45) • United States 20 Dec 06

I currently have a very bad skin infection. It starts with a build-up of fluid under the skin. It is very painful, and once it breaks it starts to spred. I have been diagnosed with cellulitus. That was 2 weeks ago. I have since...

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Have you ever aquired MRSA ?

ThePrimaDonna @ThePrimaDonna (26) • United States 25 Nov 06

I got it from a spider bite that went really fast. I thought I was going to lose my whole foot, but mostly just the muscle. This disease is showing up more and more in sport injuries too. Have you ever had it eat you up ? It's a...

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