Sorta OT - Probiotics for people...

simka2 · #21 06/28/12, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mekasmom

MRSA is recurrent too. My husband picked it up on his leg when his Mom was in the hospital two years ago. Of course, we had no idea what that small sore was at first, but it got so big and so deep so fast! He was on cipro, bactrim, doxycycline, and other things for months until it went away. Then when it go to the size of a pencil eraser, it suddenly reflared and came back. He's been on bactrim for almost two years this time with either cipro or doxy added many times if his stomach can handle it. It is just an unbelievable, nasty mess to get rid of. Silver or silvadene from the wound clinic will get it almost healed, then suddenly there is a relapse.
I know he says his poo has been water for the last 6 months even when he takes probiotics. He won't take colloidal silver orally for over two or three days because, (his words), "it tastes nasty". I do think that would kill it if he took it at high enough dosages for long enough though.

Yes, it can colonize in the nose. Then you are a carrier. A Dr. friend of mine said there is some early studies suggesting that eating a carrot a day, alters the mucus membranes in such a way as to make them inhospitable to Staph.

Sorry, op for hijacking your thread. If you come down with it again it might be good to consult with an infectious diseases Dr. Some general practitioners are really good at dealing with this...some aren't. Some ID Drs. are wonderful, some think your wasting their time. ;(

The Tin Mom · #22 06/28/12, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by simka2

Yes, it can colonize in the nose. Then you are a carrier. A Dr. friend of mine said there is some early studies suggesting that eating a carrot a day, alters the mucus membranes in such a way as to make them inhospitable to Staph.

Sorry, op for hijacking your thread. If you come down with it again it might be good to consult with an infectious diseases Dr. Some general practitioners are really good at dealing with this...some aren't. Some ID Drs. are wonderful, some think your wasting their time. ;(

I am glad that the thread took this turn. I have learned a lot of good information and have learned a lot from everyone who has replied. You have shared a lot of important stuff that I was not aware of & I really appreciate it.

Sherry in Iowa · #23 06/29/12, 12:24 AM

If I had a wound and got MRSA..I would pack that baby with honey..Manuka Honey if I had it on hand. I keep one jar of Manuka just in case hubby, me or the animals get a wound. They use it in the hospitals in Europe for MRSA and some hospitals in the U.S. use it when nothing else helps.

Hey TIN MOM..I sure hope you get to feeling better soon!!

KrisD · #24 06/29/12, 12:35 AM

Jill,
Yes I use the GSE all the time works great. I use it on my animals too usually in their water.
Girl at my work supposedly got bit by a spider. Sr has had her on antibiotics for a month now and it looks awful. Her leg is swollen from her knee to the tops of her thigh hugs red super hot with a nasty infection in the middle. She seriously needs to go to the hospital for IV antibiotics now but with no health insurance she can't. Poor thing desperately needs an infectious disease specialist now.
Betsy do keep an eye on it and if doesn't heal up quick please go see a specialist.

KrisD · #25 06/29/12, 12:36 AM

Sherry I'm with you honey kills everything. It is awesome on infections of all kinds.

Cliff · #26 06/29/12, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mekasmom

MRSA is recurrent too. My husband picked it up on his leg when his Mom was in the hospital two years ago. Of course, we had no idea what that small sore was at first, but it got so big and so deep so fast! He was on cipro, bactrim, doxycycline, and other things for months until it went away. Then when it go to the size of a pencil eraser, it suddenly reflared and came back. He's been on bactrim for almost two years this time with either cipro or doxy added many times if his stomach can handle it. It is just an unbelievable, nasty mess to get rid of. Silver or silvadene from the wound clinic will get it almost healed, then suddenly there is a relapse.
I know he says his poo has been water for the last 6 months even when he takes probiotics. He won't take colloidal silver orally for over two or three days because, (his words), "it tastes nasty". I do think that would kill it if he took it at high enough dosages for long enough though.

Has he been checked for c. diff? It's a normal organism in the colon but when you're on antibiotics for a long time the other organisms in the colon are killed off and c. diff can take over. Causes watery diarrhea like you are describing. It takes a specific, different type of antibiotic to get rid of it. If that's what he has it needs to be treated, it can severely damage his colon.