MRSA

January 22, 2009

Thanks to Dory for sending me this link about natural drugs for healing MRSA.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is indeed a serious problem,

and one that is getting progressively worse. It actually exacts a greater death

toll than " modern plagues " like AIDS.

According to a study published in October, 2007 in the Journal of the American

Medical Association (JAMA), there were close to 100,000 cases of invasive MRSA

infections in the United States in 2005, which lead to more than 18,600 deaths,

compared to HIV/AIDS, which killed 17,000 people that same year.

In order to effectively combat this epidemic problem, it's important to realize

that antibiotic-resistant disease is a man-made problem, caused by overuse of

antibiotics. It is not merely a lack of hygiene or proper disinfection

techniques that have brought these super bugs to the point of being impervious

to nearly all medications we have at our disposal.

With many conventional antibiotics being rendered useless against these super

bugs, more and more research is being conducted to evaluate natural solutions,

and effective alternatives have already been discovered.The rest of the article

is quite interesting, also. Click here:

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A study has found that copper fittings rapidly killed bugs on hospital wards,

succeeding where other infection control measures failed. It is believed that

the metal 'suffocates' germs, preventing them from breathing. It may also stop

them from feeding, and destroy their DNA.

Lab tests show that the metal kills off the deadly MRSA and C difficile

superbugs. It also kills other dangerous germs, including the flu virus and the

E coli food poisoning bug.

During the ten-week trial on a medical ward, a set of taps, a lavatory seat and

a push plate on an entrance door were replaced with copper versions. The copper

items had up to 95 percent fewer bugs on their surface than non-copper versions

whenever they were tested.

Sources: Daily Mail October 29, 2008, ABC News November 3, 2008

a.. Blessings, Lottie

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