Researchers have found an alarming increase in the number of children’s ear, nose and throat infections nationwide, which are caused by dangerous drug-resistant staph germs, nicknamed MRSA. These infections can include ear and sinus infections, and abscesses that can form in the tonsils and throat. Other studies have found the number of skin infections in adults and children has also risen due to MRSA, though the recent study of ear, nose and throat infections is the first to find how common the germ is in deeper tissue infections of the head and neck. MRSA can cause life-threatening invasive infections and because of the germ not responding to penicillin-based antibiotics, doctors are scared it is becoming resistant to other antibiotics as well. Doctors believe the inappropriate use of antibiotics has contributed to the rise.
MRSA head and neck infections most often develop in MRSA carriers, who become susceptible to the germ because of ear, nose or throat infections caused by some other bug. The germ can be picked up in normally healthy people through direct skin-to-skin contact or contact with surfaces contaminated with the germs from cuts or other open wounds. Unlike cold and flu bugs, MRSA germs are not airborne and do not spread through sneezing. Symptoms that it could be MRSA include ear infections that drain pus, or swollen neck lymph nodes caused by pus draining from a throat or nose abscess.
The study, which took results from a national electronic database collected from more than 300 hospitals, found 21,009 pediatric head and neck infections caused by staph germs from 2001 to 2006. The percentage that was caused by hard to treat MRSA bacteria more than doubled during that time from twelve percent to twenty-eight percent. While MRSA infection were once limited to mostly hospitals and other health-care settings, almost sixty percent of the MRSA infections are believed to have been contracted outside of a hospital setting.
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Hello everyone, Our family was viciously attacked by MRSA and we nearly lost all of our lives. We almost lost our oldest son to it within 72 hrs. MRSA also attacked my youngest son and myself. The boils that my son's had grew to the size of small grapefruits and destroy the flesh in the surrounding area. As you can imagine we were horrified. We sought out medical intervention and antibiotics failed to help. our doctor threw several antibiotics at my son's infection. The antibiotics failed to keep the infection from coming back. After speaking to an infectious disease doctor, doing my own research and networking with others struggling with MRSA, I came to the conclusion that MRSA is rapidly evolving and becoming resistant to all antibiotics. At that point we decided to run from this vicious cycle of throwing antibiotics at an antibiotic resistant infection. We prayed and researched until we found something that would save our family. MRSA was literally eating away at us and what we found stopped MRSA from killing us. It is called Allimed, stable allicin. This is the first time in history that allicin in garlic has been stabilized. Since we used Allimed we did not need further medical care though we informed our doctors of our decision and continued under their observation. We dealt with MRSA ourselves and have not had it return for any of us in 3 years. Before using Allimed the boils were coming every few weeks. If we are to survive this era of resistant bacteria, then we will have to think outside the box. What once saved us from infections (antibiotics), is now killing us. The very nature of antibiotics encourage bacterial resistance. Shortly after Penicillin was discovered, bacteria became resistant and now we find ourselves in the vicious cycle of throwing more and more antibiotics at resistant bacteria. More ... We must see that the era of antibiotic success is now leaving us. If we don't have our eyes wide open, mankind may not survive this pandemic. I hope our story will help to save lives as our family was saved. Since our family's recovery, we have been helping others to recover worldwide. I welcome emails from anyone who wants our help. God bless, Cathy Cathy@optimalhealthusa.com Our MRSA recovery and more info: More ... Scientific Research Files: Current news reports regarding stable allicin: 250 people recover from MRSA using stable Allicin: More ... ,2933,365884,00.htmlCurrent news reports regarding stable allicin: More ... files/ALLICIN_MRSA_DRCutler_Paper_1_.pdf
Cathy,Thank you for that incredible story! That is amazing how your family overcame MRSA infections. With Allimed. How widely used is this product in the U.S.? Who is the manufacturer? Were there any side-effects?GregP.S. - I have not yet checked out the links you attached (thank you for that), and some of those may answer my questions.
Talk about thinking outside the box: Check out this mom-invented, safe and drug-free program out called Germy Wormy Germ Awareness for Germ Transportation Vehicles ages 2- 7! It teaches children to cough or sneeze into their elbows, a recommended manner of cutting down on the spread of germs. This could in turn cut down on the spread of serious infections or illnesses. More ... Give kids a PLACE to give their germs to – instead of you!
Ms. Brown,Thank you for commenting and for providing a link to the Germy Wormy site. Greg
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