http://www.sfgate.com/flat/archive/2008/01/15/chronicle/archive/2008/01/15/MNI5UE0L8.html?tsp=1
From this article the epic center maybe the Castro district but the ER's and
IC's in hospitals are now becoming the hot beds.
The Reuters article points out that this has hit the general population out
side of hospitals and the drugs of choice... anti biotic are either limited
in effect or very marginally effective. This is killing people and we should
not be expecting another wonder cure to appear.
For prevention just plain soap and water knocks it way down.
It is inclined to lodge in the nostrils so not touching the nose would seem
prudent.
And what they are NOT saying is that all of these virus diseases will
multiply with an increase in the global temperature.
I have also talked with two nurses who are both very knowledgeable regarding
MRSA though somewhat from different vantage points due to their own
experiences.
One nurse has worked a very busy ER in San Jose and seen lots of it come in.
Drug users are very subseptical and he contacted MRSA himself from the ER
exposure.
The treatment for him was a course of anti biotic, a nostril suave and soap
and water.
The other nurse had also worked in Asia and is very seasoned concerning
infections and was now inclined to use specific alternatives.
Right off she stated that Singapore high end medicine is using sophisticated
flushing of the nose and even sinus as needed. For the sinus it takes a
skilled physician and is done in some specialist practices. This is
expensive and she is not seeing it here in the U.S. because she assumes the
cost and the physicians are not trained in the procedure though for the
sinus it is very effective.
They also use a steam inhalant called Friars Balsam in very hot water twice
a day.
And the last though not usually used just alone is a flushing of the
nostrils with a weak warm saline solution.
One pt sterile (boiled 3 mins) water and one tsp salt. This is poured into
the hand which of course is washed. and then sniffed into the nostrils a few
times a day.
The last two take no skill and the first is usually done by an ear, eye and
nose specialist with some sedation for the patient. They flush with just a
saline solution.
Results are apparently achieved with this approach. Though they are also
still using anti biotic but the results are diminishing because they are
becoming less effective.
She emphasized that cleanliness was important but also she didn't think the
OTC anti bacterial hand or household cleansers was the way to go since this
also killed all the good bacteria aswell.
If this is the wave of the future i think reading this know maybe of
significance. Friars Balsam which is a brand name for a very effective herb
or root preparation is available in the U.S. and a bottle on the shelf
seems prudent.
Though this is not mentioned in the news articles MRSA can be painful and is
generally debilitating.
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