How to Protect Yourself From SuperBug MRSA

What is MRSA it is a bacterial superbug infection
# Mrsa is MRSA is an acronym for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (and is sometimes referred to as MERSA), and it is an antibiotic resistant Superbug
# Resistant means that it does not respond well to antibiotics any longer due to the over use of these in our enviorment.

Difficulty: Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• What to look for
• Medical Attention
• Infectious Disease Doctor
• Clorox Bleach
• Vitamins
• bandages
• peroxide

1. What to look out for
   MRSA appears as a pimple or a spider bite
   It quickly turns painful and warm to the touch
   May look like a boil on the skin to an open wound
   Cover with bandage or band-aid if not sure what sore or cut is
   MRSA can enter the body through the smallest cuts or scrapes
   You may feel dizzy, warm with fever and headache
   Seek medical attention if you are unsure right away if infection is not going away
   There are only a few antibiotics that will heal resistant MRSA

2. Where MRSA is spreading
   In schools
   gyms
   locker rooms
   health spas
   tattoo parlors
   day care centers
   MRSA started out in hospitals and nursing homes and is spreading quickly through the communities and the world

3. How to prevent getting infections
   keep hands clean at all times
   do not go near anyone's open sores or cuts
   do not share any personal items clothes, cosmetics, makeup, hats, shoes
   If you have an open sore cover it as soon as possible, clean wound with peroxide till you get to the emergency room - band aids with silver work best as silver is a natural antibiotic
   tell nurses on staff that you may suspect MRSA
   if you suspect you have MRSA clean all things that you have touched
   sheets, bed covers, clothing, towels
   do not share towels with anyone

Tips & Warnings

• Try to stay with a good diet of fresh fruits and veggies and fish
• MRSA will attact a weak immune system quickly
• Get enough sleep
• If you have other family members in your home and you suspect MRSA keep the other family members' things separate, like laundry, bed items, dishes and silverwear
• MRSA is spreading quickly and becoming an epidemic in some areas
• MRSA can be and is deadly if it enters into your bloodstream and into body and spreads to lungs, liver, heart
• MRSA spreads through your body quickly a sore may turn to an open wound in just minutes to an hour.
• Be healthy, take vitamins, keep a strong immune system

Resources

• Child Models Advice

[Quickstar]

on 12/23/2008 Very scary!

[Elizabethknows]

on 6/20/2008 this is a much needed article. MRSA is becoming very commmon.

[meagan]

on 12/3/2007 You need to check for run on sentences.