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 There is a story from the Infectious Diseases Society of America website that is written by a mother who lost her son Simon to a MRSA staph infection. Everly Macario, who has a doctorate in public health, admits that even she was ill-prepared to help her son face the horrible foe MRSA. She describes in the story how her healthy boy started exhibiting typical health problems like ear and throat infections, dehydration and allergy symptoms. Macario goes on to say that Simon was treated for a throat infection and was recovering nicely when she heard Simon make an unusual vocal sound one morning. She described the sound she and her husband heard as a "primal terrified shriek" that prompted them to get Simon to the emergency room. Macario describes in detail the harrowing experience at the hospital before Simon finally succumbed, and closes her absolutely heart-wrenching story with the following announcement. "Two months later, the autopsy confirmed that Simon died from 'methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus' (MRSA)."What is a Staph Infection?
Staph infections have been around forever. They come from the staph bacteria that many of us unknowingly carry around without any signs or symptoms. As a matter of fact, the CDC states that 25% -30% of the population carries staph bacteria in their nose at all times.One of the challenges of staph bacteria is that it can mutate and transform. As a result, bacteria have become resistant to the common antibiotics that hundreds of millions of Americans have used over the years. Methicillin resistant staph infections (MRSA) have been traditionally thought of as the infection you pick up in hospitals. Hospitalized patients are at risk because the doctors and nurses, as well as visitors, can carry the bacteria around on their clothing, skin and equipment allowing the infection to take hold of a person who had a recent operation. But the hospital acquired MRSA, known as HA-MRSA, is a different strain than the MRSA that is acquired in the community. These are referred to as community-acquired MRSA infections or CA-MRSA. Skin infections from antibiotic resistant germs, including MRSA, are growing at epidemic rates. These dangerous germs are of great concern to health professionals because they spread easily from person to person and can be misdiagnosed as spider bites and boils. MRSA is spread through close skin-to-skin contact, cuts in the skin, contaminated surfaces and equipment, and poor personal hygiene. Cuts, scrapes and abrasions are common entry points for the bacteria that cause staph infection. Commonly used topical antibiotics, including popular triple antibiotics, have not been shown to prevent MRSA infections and can cause skin irritation in nearly 10% of the population. This is where a new product called StaphAseptic can help. In vitro studies have shown that StaphAseptic kills over 99.9% of MRSA germs, preventing an infection without antibiotics. This new pain-relieving wound treatment should be used as part of a complete staph prevention program to protect your family from skin infections. Left untreated for too long, a staph infection can result in serious illness or even death. Parents should be extra careful because what may appear to be a boil or pimple on their child could be something much worse. All active skin infections should be looked at by a physician to see if it should be tested for MRSA. Best Treatment to Reduce Deadly Staph Infections A recent study performed by David Bearden, a clinical associate professor in the College of Pharmacy at Oregon State University, indicates that StaphAseptic kills common types of community associated MRSA bacteria better than other compounds. The other tested compounds included one containing neomycin and polymyxin, and the other contained polymyxin and gramicidin. The two other compounds tested are commonly found in "maximum strength" or "triple antibiotic" over-the-counter first aid treatments. According to Bearden, StaphAseptic was the only compound that had a genuine "bactericidal" effect against all four tested MRSA strains. This study was presented at the meeting of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists on December 3, 2007.High School Wrestlers Face Their Toughest Foe
What Can Parents Do? Kids are clearly subject to MRSA staph infections because they are getting scraped and scratched on a regular basis. Plus they can come in contact with staph bacteria from a host of places. "This is really scary to me. I'm more careful now than I used to be. I use StaphAseptic and apply it every time one of the boys gets a cut or whatever," says Peggy, a mother of two boys -- "I don't know why anyone would use anything else." You can protect your family with a complete staph prevention program:
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