Enlightening article on how Normal Bacteria becoming deadly

[Guest guest]

And why they're so hard to treat:

http://www.totaljoints.info/BACTERIA_information.htm

This article is speaking particularly about joint & knee replacement

infections. But truly, this condition is affecting many of us who

don't have replacement joints. Our bugs have just found another safe

haven (eg. necrotic bone or sinuses that cannot protect themselves

against the bacteria, much like an artificial joint can't) and goes

undetected by docs.

This quote below really tells it all. As far as why we can't get the

treatment we really need:

" The total cost for the 3500 - 4000 postoperative wound infections

after total hip and knee replacements that occur annually in the USA

is about 200 millions $$ " . (Spangehl 1999)

4,000 patients - $200 million dollars.

Can you imagine what would happen if the knowledge were made public

that a significant portion of the population were suffering from

similar, but hidden infections?

[Guest guest]

Bacteria win, we lose. That's sure what it sounds like to me. Unfortunately, the people who end up needing hip replacements, are probably the ones that already have infections and compromised immune systems. The article's statistics on how rapidly and extensively one's bacteria get replaced by abx-resistant bacteria in hospital are really terrifying.- KateOn May 9, 2006, at 1:06 PM, penny wrote:And why they're so hard to treat: http://www.totaljoints.info/BACTERIA_information.htm

[Guest guest]

Yeah, if a hospital's bad, can you imagine the dental office? Almost

every one of us is subjected to that environment regularly, and are

treated by dentists who have no clue about these bugs. Dentists

should be held to even higher standards than regular docs, but the

opposite is true.

Think about how many of us have had a minor fracture and go straight

to an emergecny room for treatment? Even our doctor's office? Right

there, we're giving the bugs an opportunity to get a head start.

It's scary but we CAN win.

Tony's proof that we can get better.

It's just a matter of getting it right. And we can't really do that

until we know what we're up against.

We need better and more THOROUGH testing so we know what we're

fighting exactly. It really comes down to that.

Right now, we're kind of out here in the wilderness on our own.

But eventually (sooner than later) we need to do what these guys are

doing.

http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/index.html

Just broaden it to cover all infectious agents, not limit it to one.

In the meantime, let's keep trying to wake as many people up as

possible to the damage being done by common organisms.

penny

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