Guest guest Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 > That's why I'm pushing to raise awareness about infections in general. Start with the ones that there's no question about. Tell docs that we will not accept a box of antibiotics until we know our organisms have been identified and tested for their susceptibilities. That we do not want to contribute to antibiotic resistance in ourselves or the greater community by guessing blindly on antibiotic treatment. There are at least some situations where at least some studies have shown sensitivity testing isnt useful. I forget which, so I cant name names. But its not always irrational. > It boggles my mind. The pediatric association came out a couple of years back with an emergency warning about the huge increase in MRSA resistant staph showing up in school children. They were clamoring for something to be done. Why can people not see what's happening here? The docs are creating these monster bugs with horrible testing and treatment decisions, and it's completely unnecessary. And we become the victims of chronic, resistant infections due to laziness and incompetence. But do you think MRSA comes from lousy treatment of staph infections? I dont know. That paper I cited said 1/3 of people were colonized with S aureus in the nose. That means any time any person takes abx for anything, theres a 1/3 chance they have S aureus to which they are teaching a new trick. Now, they may have less S aureus, and hence less chance of selecting a mutant, than people with a staph infection of the finger, etc. Still its hard not to think that this is a contributer to the amount of MRSA thats out there. Isnt this maybe why there is the attempt to cut down on overprescribing abx for upper respiratory infections? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 I'm not saying sensitivity testing is useful 100% of the time. But the problem is, we're like robotically programmed to say that. Rather than getting tested and seeing what happens. If treating with the identified abx has a positive effect, rather than guessing. Something's causing the increase in MRSA. The pediatricians at this press conference were freaking out about the rise to, what they were calling, " epidemic proportions " , of resistant staph infections in school children. penny --- <usenethod@...> wrote: > > > That's why I'm pushing to raise awareness about > infections in > general. Start with the ones that there's no > question about. Tell > docs that we will not accept a box of antibiotics > until we know our > organisms have been identified and tested for their > susceptibilities. That we do not want to contribute > to antibiotic > resistance in ourselves or the greater community by > guessing blindly > on antibiotic treatment. > > There are at least some situations where at least > some studies have > shown sensitivity testing isnt useful. I forget > which, so I cant > name names. But its not always irrational. > > > > It boggles my mind. The pediatric association > came out a couple > of years back with an emergency warning about the > huge increase in > MRSA resistant staph showing up in school children. > They were > clamoring for something to be done. Why can people > not see what's > happening here? The docs are creating these monster > bugs with > horrible testing and treatment decisions, and it's > completely > unnecessary. And we become the victims of chronic, > resistant > infections due to laziness and incompetence. > > But do you think MRSA comes from lousy treatment of > staph > infections? I dont know. That paper I cited said 1/3 > of people were > colonized with S aureus in the nose. That means any > time any person > takes abx for anything, theres a 1/3 chance they > have S aureus to > which they are teaching a new trick. Now, they may > have less S > aureus, and hence less chance of selecting a mutant, > than people > with a staph infection of the finger, etc. Still its > hard not to > think that this is a contributer to the amount of > MRSA thats out > there. > > Isnt this maybe why there is the attempt to cut down > on > overprescribing abx for upper respiratory > infections? > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Please excuse if I have written this before. I just read an article that finally helped me understand MRSA and how it happens. My husband who has almost never been on antibiotics has staph colonization in his nose that is resistant to 8 antibiotics while mine is only resistant to 6. I am the one who has been on various antibiotics for months to years at a time. So what is going on? Well, the article explained that we pass these staph infections from hands to nose to vaginal areas. It made a point that women need to wash their hands after urinating and before touching their noses. But I think that is absurd and not going to work. So why is my husband colonizing something worse than I? I can see why we are both carrying the staph. The article goes on to explain that the HEALTHIER person will destroy all but the most resistant staph. So they healthy partner has the worst staph. My conclusion: I am going to forget about staph and try to improve my immune system. I don’t have a staph infection, just a colonization. I want to keep it that way. a > That's why I'm pushing to raise awareness about infections in general. Start with the ones that there's no question about. Tell docs that we will not accept a box of antibiotics until we know our organisms have been identified and tested for their susceptibilities. That we do not want to contribute to antibiotic resistance in ourselves or the greater community by guessing blindly on antibiotic treatment. There are at least some situations where at least some studies have shown sensitivity testing isnt useful. I forget which, so I cant name names. But its not always irrational. > It boggles my mind. The pediatric association came out a couple of years back with an emergency warning about the huge increase in MRSA resistant staph showing up in school children. They were clamoring for something to be done. Why can people not see what's happening here? The docs are creating these monster bugs with horrible testing and treatment decisions, and it's completely unnecessary. And we become the victims of chronic, resistant infections due to laziness and incompetence. But do you think MRSA comes from lousy treatment of staph infections? I dont know. That paper I cited said 1/3 of people were colonized with S aureus in the nose. That means any time any person takes abx for anything, theres a 1/3 chance they have S aureus to which they are teaching a new trick. Now, they may have less S aureus, and hence less chance of selecting a mutant, than people with a staph infection of the finger, etc. Still its hard not to think that this is a contributer to the amount of MRSA thats out there. Isnt this maybe why there is the attempt to cut down on overprescribing abx for upper respiratory infections? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Great a. Conventional wisdom reins supreme. --- a Carnes <pj7@...> wrote: > Please excuse if I have written this before. I just > read an article that > finally helped me understand MRSA and how it > happens. My husband who has > almost never been on antibiotics has staph > colonization in his nose that is > resistant to 8 antibiotics while mine is only > resistant to 6. I am the one > who has been on various antibiotics for months to > years at a time. So what > is going on? > > > > Well, the article explained that we pass these staph > infections from hands > to nose to vaginal areas. It made a point that women > need to wash their > hands after urinating and before touching their > noses. But I think that is > absurd and not going to work. > > > > So why is my husband colonizing something worse than > I? I can see why we are > both carrying the staph. The article goes on to > explain that the HEALTHIER > person will destroy all but the most resistant > staph. So they healthy > partner has the worst staph. My conclusion: I am > going to forget about staph > and try to improve my immune system. I don't have a > staph infection, just a > colonization. I want to keep it that way. > > > > a > > > > > > That's why I'm pushing to raise awareness about > infections in > general. Start with the ones that there's no > question about. Tell > docs that we will not accept a box of antibiotics > until we know our > organisms have been identified and tested for their > susceptibilities. That we do not want to contribute > to antibiotic > resistance in ourselves or the greater community by > guessing blindly > on antibiotic treatment. > > There are at least some situations where at least > some studies have > shown sensitivity testing isnt useful. I forget > which, so I cant > name names. But its not always irrational. > > > It boggles my mind. The pediatric association came > out a couple > of years back with an emergency warning about the > huge increase in > MRSA resistant staph showing up in school children. > They were > clamoring for something to be done. Why can people > not see what's > happening here? The docs are creating these monster > bugs with > horrible testing and treatment decisions, and it's > completely > unnecessary. And we become the victims of chronic, > resistant > infections due to laziness and incompetence. > > But do you think MRSA comes from lousy treatment of > staph > infections? I dont know. That paper I cited said 1/3 > of people were > colonized with S aureus in the nose. That means any > time any person > takes abx for anything, theres a 1/3 chance they > have S aureus to > which they are teaching a new trick. Now, they may > have less S > aureus, and hence less chance of selecting a mutant, > than people > with a staph infection of the finger, etc. Still its > hard not to > think that this is a contributer to the amount of > MRSA thats out > there. > > Isnt this maybe why there is the attempt to cut down > on > overprescribing abx for upper respiratory > infections? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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