Cultures

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Dear ,

I had 2 nasal polyp surgeries. Last one was in July 2003. Polyps are back and they found Staph in my nose culture, but they didn't seem too concerned. They didn't treat it. Everyone has some of it in their nose.

K (Michigan)

*Snotty-two-shoes*

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ENT can order a nasal irrigation containing Bactroban 2% ointment

added to a liter of 0.9% of normal saline. The quantity of

Bactroban to be added depends on the severity of the infection, and

differs from institution to institution. Refer to your ENT surgeon

for guidelines. ENT department at Univ of PENN writes for this

copounded prescription a lot.

Bactroban Nasal is currently the only topical antimicrobial FDA

approved for use in the nose. This is a comerically available

prodiuct for use in health care workers and adult patients as part

of infection control in hospital as part of a staph outbreak. You

can read the prescribing information on the product at

http://us.gsk.com/products/assets/us_bactroban_nasal.pdf

The compounded product mixes Bactoban 2% ointment with normal

saline. Bactroban ointment dissolves much better than Bactoban

cream in the saline. This product doesn't contain any

preservatives, so it must be stored in the refrigerator after

compounding then allowed to come to room temp prior to using as a

nasal irrigation. You can request the pharmacy to not compound the

product and to just give you the ointment and normal saline. You can

place the appropriate quantity of bactroban ointment in the

container of normal saline. I order smaller package size conatiners

of normal saline(250ml or 500ml instead of 1000ml. That way I can

mix it in the morning, instill it into the sinuses, then just allow

nighttime dose to come to room temp then apply.

Hope this helps-

Barb V (NJ)

> Dear ,

> I had 2 nasal polyp surgeries. Last one was in July 2003. Polyps

are back and

> they found Staph in my nose culture, but they didn't seem too

concerned. They

> didn't treat it. Everyone has some of it in their nose.

> K (Michigan)

> *Snotty-two-shoes*

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Bactroban irrigation is used if the ENT determines from cultures

that a staph infection present in sinuses. If you have fungal

sinusitis, they can order irrigations that contain antifungals in

the normal saline or administer oral antifungals. Oral antifungals

can cause liver damage, so routine blood work to monitor liver

enzymes is needed.

My surgeon orders the bactroban irrigations post op and after nasal

debridements.

Hope this helps-

Barb V

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Dear Barb V. (N.J),

Thank you for the e-mail. My doctor never mentioned this rinse. I have had an infection for many years now. I will ask my doctor about it.

K (Michigan)

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Brittany's cultures came back positive for group b strep AGAIN! Nothing is

getting rid of it. What are we to do? I called her specialest in Cleveland and I

am waiting for him to call me back:( Since the Gyn has no clue what to do

next )

Janet, mom to Brittany CVID

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Ursula, THANK YOU soooo much for replying! He is a immunologist.

I have been working with the hospital and a child Gyno. here. We are supposed

to go to Cleveland to see the ID DR. this Thursday, to find out results from

her pneumonia vax. I am awaiting his call now. To see what he says about this.

I am worried sick about her.

Thanks Again,

Janet, mom to Brittany CVID

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is the specialist in Cleveland an Immunologist or Infectious Disease? I

would think a consult with an ID doc would be warranted now.

Ursula Holleman

mom to (11 yrs old) and Macey (8 yr. old with CVID, Diabetes

Insipidus, colonic inertia)

http://members.cox.net/maceyh

Immune Deficiency Foundation - Peer Contact for GA

http://www.primaryimmune.org

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--- Janet- sound so thoroghly annoying. I hate it when they wont give results.

I

mean I am the mother for pete's sake! and all this HIPA bs....it drives me

crazy! I hope you get the anwers soon and that brit feels better.

hang in there

susan

In , BBsmart2@a... wrote:

> Brittany has been sick all week. We took her to the ER on Monday night.

They

> did cultures to see if she had strep or staph still. Well, I called her gyno

> (so young to have one) They said it usually takes a Week to get the info from

> the hospital. I said no way, she is still sick I need them now. SO I called

the

> hospital lab myself. They refused to give me the results, That is CRAZY! I

> told them I needed them NOW! They said sorry. I called DR back well, office

> worker of course not the DR. she said thats right they aren't allowed to give

them

> to ME just the DR.. I said make sure she calls them ASAP. Britt is sick and

> needs the results. Sorry, but right now I am sooo mad I could explode! The

> school is also making me mad, I'm about sick of them too. Thanks for the

listening

> ear I really need to get this out.

>

> Janet, mom to Brittany CVID

>

>

>

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Sherry Upson wrote:

That being said, I have a dilemma. We are

big dairy consumers in this house. We love cheeses of all types, sour

cream, cottage cheese, cream cheese... and have been consuming the

stuff we get from the store. I recently had a "duh" moment where I

realized that we need to get away from that poison, too!

Does anyone know where we can get organic

"starters" (and directions) for some of the above items? I would

appreciate any help you could give.

You can use the following directions to make cultured buttermilk from

some of your raw milk. Then stir 2 Tb of the buttermilk into 1 cup of

cream, cover, and let sit at room temperature for about 24 hours to

make sour cream. He also has directions for making several types of

cheese.

http://biology.clc.uc.edu/fankhauser/Cheese/BUTTERMILK.HTM#buttermilk_from_scratch

I've used buttermilk to culture cream for about 12 hours, chilled it,

and made butter using my mixer. I'm using kefir to culture the cream

for my next batch.

Barbara

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> We love cheeses of all types, sour cream, cottage cheese, cream

cheese...

> Does anyone know where we can get organic " starters " (and

directions) for some of the above items?

Hi Sherry,

The cookbooks Full Moon Feast, Nourishing Traditions and Wild

Fermentation have instructions for some or all of these. I have made

creme fraiche (in lieu of sour cream) from Full Moon Feast by buying

some at the store (a health-food or gourmet store ought to have some;

I get it at Whole Foods) and putting a tablespoon or two in a fresh

pint of cream and leaving out for 24-36 hours in a warm place (I have

had this fail a couple of times; the cream didn't set up and it

smelled funny--it should come out smelling like the original starter

creme fraiche).

I know FMF also has a recipe for cottage cheese, but I loaned it out

and have never tried it so I can't tell you how at the moment. For

cream cheese, NT says to just let a bottle of milk go off for a few

days at room temperature until it separates, then draining off they

whey using a strainer lined with cheesecloth (or just start with

yogurt or kefir and you don't have to wait for the milk to sour). The

resulting curds can be used as cream cheese (I prefer to smooth it out

in a food processor or mixer, otherwise it's too chunky for my

tastes). It's not like storebought cream cheese, though--it takes a

little getting used to so you might want to mix in some chopped spring

garlic/green onions or any other flavor that strikes your fancy to

make the transition easier.

Good luck!

Barrie

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Dear ,

You are right, we seem to sense when something is not quite right. My ENT

always does a culture to find out what colony I am harboring and it has been

amazing to find out how many cultures I have harbored. I frequently have

cultures of my sputum, also for my cough. I think the pseudomonas is associated

with e.coli and of course that lives in our intestinal tracts. We have to be on

the alert, because the health care workers are not always so careful. I

keep all kinds of products for hand washing in the kitchen, laundry room and

bathrooms. In rooms other people use, I have paper towels on hand, so I don't

use their towels. Baby wipes are also good for personal body hygiene and your

hands. Health care professionals I have found are very lax and careless in

handling needles and gauze when drawing blood.

I use salt and vinegar in warm water to irrigate my sinuses. Both salt and

vinegar kill germs. My mother used to tell me that if you had sores on your

feet or legs, to go to the beach and swim or play in salt water. That's not

such a good idea today because of all the pollutants in the water. Ever see

what washes up on shore, sometimes hospital waste. It's up to us to do our

homework and spread the word. We didn't have antibiotics when I was a kid, so we

relied on the old fashioned things that you keep in your kitchen. Mother used

to grow horsetail plants and boil it in water to make a tea for her bladder

infections. She used peach leaves to treat athelete's feet. Just boil the

leaves and soak your feet. We used to get that a lot from using showers at

school in the gym.

Anyway, that's how I found out I had MRSA, from a culture and mycobacterium

chelonae, also. I kept going to the doctor telling them something was wrong and

I had a low grade fever. I finally went in and pounded on the desk and demanded

cultures for everything they could grow in a lab and then they went bananas

after they got the results. They tried to gloss over it and say they didn't

know and I didnt' have the symptoms. I knew I did, what knuckleheads.

To your good health,

Lottie