MRSA

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Ashauna,

Well you asked the right person about MRSA, because I am now an unofficial

expert. When goes to the doctor I end up having to call family and

friends and interpret for then what the dr. said. So here is what I found out

about MRSA. I have the web links if you would like them too! ( I'm really not as

organized as I sound)

Do you remember hearing about bacteria that were immune to penicillin? It caused

a big hoopla in the early '90's. That is what this is. It has been around for

about 40 years and is mainly found in hospital settings. People who are at risk

of staph infection ( post op, etc) have the risk of getting MRSA. When this

happens, an alternative to pencillin based antibiotics needs to be used. MRSA

does not typically infect the entire respiratory system, but rather it tends to

colonize in the upper airways. This means that it can go away and either stay

gone, or re-occur periodically, or never go away. According to my dr., Europe

has found a way to erradicate it from the body. Ok, so what happens to a CFer

who gets this? Another test is usually done in 3 weeks to determine what is

going on. It does not have any adverse effects on the lungs. It can effect

growth in children and x-rays tend to look worse than what they are. A person

with MRSA is encouraged to stay away from others who

have any kind of chronic disease as it is infectious. So if my daughter was

playing with your cfer, the chances of her passing MRSA is high. However, this

does not mean that your child will become sick. Hmmm, I think thats about it.

Oh, 's doctor said that if she becomes sick, then they would have to use a

different kind of antibiotic to make her better. I think thats really all there

is to it. We are a bit dumbfounded as to how/where she got it as she has not

been in the hospital lately. So it becomes another one of those " why me "

questions.

Hope that helps,

e