Connection between humans and animals and MRSA infections

[tcmgpt13]

I just found this article today which may interest those who have animals in their homes. It has long been suspected that MRSA infections may be passed from animals to humans or vice versa.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23580386/

Yet another case, this time from the Netherlands, in the year 2000. I wonder why this is now just being brought to the public’s attention--eight years later.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no12/04-0387.htm

An article discussing the MRSA connection between people working with animals in veterinary hospitals and animals (scroll past the bid to join the service to see the abstract of this article):

http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0...onization.html

The overuse of antibiotics is apparent in every area of medicine, human and animal. These antibiotics are also found in low amounts in the foods people eat which is discussed in the next two references:

http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003132.html

http://pennsylvania.sierraclub.org/P...ntibiotics.htm

To top it all off, here is an article which discusses the antibiotics which are probably in most everyone's drinking and bathing water:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1025120141.htm

[Natalie]

Hi, nice to meet you and hope we can continue to talk! Its good for us to share all that we know. Most people Im finding, are mad to hear this casue they think we are BLAMING our pets. Our poor pets have gotten this from somewhere and we are the secondary hosts to verbalize it, thats all!!!

Man I love animals and am pissed beyond belief that they have to suffer!

But its true, they do have bacterias now that are comprimising our immune systems. I know its true. My daughters dog begs me to take him home cause I will treat him with a sliver of emycin, a flea bath and a GOOD bathroom run if you know what I mean. I also think animals have a bacteria called Gardnerella, but thats something I cant get into because I have no scientific facts to support it. My sons snake has this bacteria, I just know it.

Good topic, thankyou. What are your ideas on how they may have gotten sick? I have an idea. will post again. Love Nat

[tcmgpt13]

Well, hi Natalie, and welcome to the forum here. I have read some of your posts and do hope you will like it here. I think most folks are very supportive and also share thoughts on what might be going on with morgellons and other issues which may also effect us, especially as we have weaker immune systems. A weaker immune system is something which I do not think is our fault. It is all the exposure to antibiotics which weakens us, along with our environment which weakens us by exposures to toxins and heavy metals.

I think animals, as we, are exposed to numerous antibiotics for treating illness. Sometimes with no real reason to use them. I also think that antibiotics could wind their way into the food they eat, since most of them eat some meat and it seems to be a given that most meat will have antibiotic residues. All of this weakens the effectiveness of antibiotics and leads to bacteria which become resistant to these antibiotics. It seems we are also getting antibiotics in the water we drink. Even if it is distilled one wonders if all antibiotics will be removed from water.

So overuse of antibiotics is weakening their effectiveness IMHO, leading to MSRA. Would love to hear your opinion too.

tcmxxx

[Natalie]

Hello and thankyou for the wlecome! I do love being her although it does bring alot of sadness and anger up within me. Im learning to read, pray and let go of the awful emotions I feel. I just think we are all passing stuff back and forth. And I do have my ideas where some of these organisms came from but I wont say cause people already think Im way too OUT there! LOL! But you are right about the over use of antibiotics, our food chain being screwed up by chemicals, the meat having antibiotics. I totally agree with you and everyones opnion on how this started. Its so complicated! I thought I was a genius with my ideas and could save the world! Yeah right!! Im just like the rest of us, just struggling and helping and listening. Hopefully with a humble heart. MRSA has been going around here in my community and funny thing, it all leads back to the families who have Morgs.!! At there place of work and so on...again, noone is listening to me here. When enogh people get sick then they'll listen ya know? Hopefully! Have a good day. Talk soon, love Nat

[niecy]

Hey everyone, I got this in an email today. I have personally had MRSA several times.

The horses that we had to die all had sores all over them, the vet said it was fungus, the autopsie reports said STREPPTOCOCCUS in huge letters, and said the particular strain was contagious from and to humans!!!

We in particular, because most of us have open sores at any given time, need to be very careful. Too much antibacterial soaps are just as dangerous as not enough. We have to keep a balance both on our skin, and in our bodies. This is very serious, and as a secondary infection could very well claim our lives.

I for one would like to hang out here for awhile, and see my children established in life, not to mention my precious little gbabes.

http://www.douglassreport.com/dailyd...20071102a.html

I don't know how to get the "link" to an article that is open in my email, so I am just going to have to post the rest, sorry. Please read this, it is a life threatening condition.

Niecy



Death toll rises from antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Dear Friend,

I'm not usually one for statistics, but this one caught my eye: According to the CDC, the strain of common staph bacteria called MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is now responsible for more deaths throughout the U.S. than the AIDS virus.

Research reveals that in 2005, MRSA infections caused 18,650 deaths nationwide. Meanwhile, the far more publicized scourge of AIDS killed 12,500 in the same time period. It's thought that nearly 32 out of 100,000 U.S. residents get MRSA infections each year – that's 94,360 infections — more than meningitis, bacterial pneumonia, and flesh-eating strep combined.

Now, the last time the media made a big stink about MRSA (back in November, I believe), I told you that this "new" superbug wasn't new at all. But the fact that it's so high on the "This Could Kill You List" should finally make people sit up and take notice. Without treatment, these infections can cause the death of skin tissue, which leads to excruciating and often disfiguring abscesses. And when the bacteria spread to bones, joints, vital organs or even the blood, it can cause complications that result in fatalities. Naturally, this makes immediate treatment critical.

Ultimately, the big problem here isn't just the growing number of people infected – it's that these bacteria can so easily shrug off first-line antibiotic treatments.

The problem is, there isn't yet a foundation or lobbying group for MRSA. There's no one knitting a MRSA quilt, or making movies about MRSA victims. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria aren't quite as sexy as a politically charged ailment that affects only a small percentage of the population (the spread of which is completely behavior based and could be stopped cold if some people could manage to keep their pants on or stop sticking needles into their arms). I think you know where I'm going with this.

But while you're not likely to see a Tom Hanks movie about a man's struggle and alienation from his deadly bout with MRSA, let me tell you this: the ramifications of a runaway form of antibiotic resistant staph bacteria are a lot scarier and more far-reaching than AIDS could ever hope to be.

MRSA is certainly nothing you want to mess around with, but you don't have to live in fear of it, either. To find out how to stay protected against this deadly superbug, read my article, "Your best protection from MRSA."

[Kritters]

Hi Niecy,

I get that newsletter also and what I do is click to that article ONLY and at the top is their newsletter article link you can copy from.

I was just talking to a friend in San Diego yesterday morning, discussing Morgs, etc. and she was telling me MRSA is BIG problem in California.

xoxo
Kritts

[medifix]

Prof John Crown wrote an article in Irish Independent, "We're the clear losers in the latest round of germ warfare" Please read this, it helps.
He writes "Future generations will laugh at the sheer arrogance and hubris that the medical profession exhibited with respect to infection in the 20th century.
Millions died due to Staphylococcus aureus infections in post war era and before Penicilline was invented in 1950s women feared childbirth because of the chance of dying of "puerperal sepsis". My generation were raised on stories of healthy young farmers who had pricked their finger on thorns, got "blood poisoning" and died.
Advances in public health, anti-sepsis, vaccination and antibiotics led to an apparent "conquest" of infection, and to the disappearance of some of the most dread diseases known. Soon medical students survived university, and maternal death in childbirth became mercifully rare. People could now elect to have sex or surgery without the fear of deadly consequences. Or could they?
Our apparent victory over the bugs was illusory, short-lived and ultimately pyrrhic.
He talks about the arrogance of doctors, I do agree becuase doctors forgot what their role in life is and talk about ethics when they need to use it for their advantage.
Tiny invisible thing you had to worry about was the Progressive Political party think again. Germs are everywhere, and an informed microbiological bookie would give huge odds that if only one of "us or them" survives, it won't be us.