Tracking the Spike in Boil / MRSA Outbreaks around the USA and World

March 17, 2007

Continued from PAGE 1 (Best Remedies to Cure Boils). Please make sure you read Page 1 if you came to this site from a search engine -- it has some potent and effective home remedies to treat MRSA.

Not sure what the difference is between a boil, abscess, staph infection and MRSA? Click here to read up.

THEORIESContrary to popular medical opinion (which touts a person-to-person spread of staph), we believe new outbreaks occur every time it rains in certain parts of the country (like Los Angeles, Florida, etc) due to contaminants in the sky that fall to the ground, trees, pets, people, etc. In the rain or snow. However, we need to hear back from a lot more people about whether or not an outbreak is happening after an intense storm before we can come to any conclusion!

READERS WHO AGREE WITH THE CONTAMINATED RAIN THEORY: Now located on a new page. Click here to read the fascinating feedback.

Click here to read two more theories from our readers further down on this page.

GET TESTED FOR MRSA11/23/2006: Kimberly form Sequin, TX writes, "I got several staph infections, but was never tested for MRSA. January of 2004, I got one on my forehead and one on the hairline near my neck. I chose to lance them at home, which was the biggest mistake I could have made. The infection on my neck got into my bloodstream, traveled into my spinal cord and festered for nearly three months. When my back pain began, doctors could find no cause for it, so they admitted me to the local hospital after three trips to the ER in agonizing pain, and treated me for five days for Kidney infection and Kidney stones. Turned out it was MRSA in my lungs, blood, spinal cord, pneumonia and bronchitis. By the time they realized this my blood pressure was dangerously low, as well as my blood oxygen level. I had about six hours to live at this point. Thankfully a rather risky back surgery saved my life, as well as 2 months of severe antibiotic treatments, where I was given Vancomyacin through a groshong catheter directly into my aorta. Lesson here, if you get more than one staph infection, get tested for MRSA. I didn't, and the result is life long pain. My son was only six months old when this happened. He is two now and I can still barely carry him for long."

GET A CORRECT DIAGNOSIS1/17/2007: Anonymous from South Orange, NJ writes, "Hi, As I have been reading the comments on your site regarding boils it seems to me that a lot of these people, especially those suffering from boils in the armpit, groin area, or breast area that are recurrent actually may have a condition called hidradentis supperitiva or acne inversa. This is also known as an orphan illness because it is forgotten and a lot of people don't really know about it. For many like me it is misdiagnosed and antibiotics may or may not help. At present I am taking antibiotics to help control my acne but it is also helping out my recurrent boils which come up every now and then."

1/18/2007: Jan from Perth, Australia writes, "Several people have mentioned cures that did not work for their boils - particularly those people who had a number of boils in their armpit, breast or groin area. They may want to check to see if they have Hidradenitis Suppurativa which presents like boils in those areas but is not curable. There is a lot of information about HS on the web and it seems to be often misdiagnosed so it may be worth seeing a dermatologist for a second opinion."

Earth Clinic Note: Hidradenitis is a chronic disease of the apocrine glands (sweat gland found on certain parts of the body). These glands become plugged or clogged. The condition causes chronic scarring and pus formation of the underarms, groin and/or inner thigh areas. In women it can also occur under the breasts. Hidradenitis begins with a red, tender, swelling in the groin or armpit. Over time the lesions enlarge and burst open at the surface, draining clear to yellow fluid.

CONTACT US:Please continue to write us and let us know if you (or people you know) are having an outbreak of boils. It is important that we continue to track this outbreak.

Cure Boils, Staph Infections and MRSA

Boil Cures: The Best Natural Remedies to Cure Boils

We never would have created these 8 pages devoted to MRSA and boils had it not been for the weird winter '06 in Los Angeles. Within a matter of 2 weeks last January, 50% of everyone we know was breaking out in a terrible series of boils: on the face, arms, legs, back, neck, etc. Etc. We're talking about some very healthy, very active people! We too got boils on our face for the first time in our lives. After talking to our friends, we decided something really odd was going on. So we talked to several health professionals, from doctors to facialists to acupuncturists, all of whom likewise reported a surge in boils during this same period of time. Once we heard that, we immediately set up this page on Earth Clinic. One year later, the evidence is growing and alarming.

One theory of why that particular boil spike happened in '06 has led us down our current path of blaming environmental toxicity and rain. It was a holistic doctor friend of ours that theorized the first big rain of the season brought down a lot of toxins from the air, which everyone inhaled. This same doctor recommended the natural cure you will read below, which has been a life saver (literally) for many folks.

3/4/2007: Well, once again it has been raining in Los Angeles and once again we are receiving another spike of reports about new MRSA infections in Southern California. This may not be the case in other parts of the USA and world, but in Southern California, MRSA seems to be triggered by contaminants in the rain.

Please read our READER FEEDBACK page with emails from around the USA regarding the boil spike. Please write us and let us know if you (or people you know) are having an outbreak of boils. It is very important that we continue to track this outbreak!