yet another question

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Just my .02 worth. Was reading an herbal book last night and came across

information about good old garlic. The memory got jiggled on how wonderful

it was for fighting many different infections and other problems. Can be

used many ways, both internally and externally. Have another handy little

book, pretty basic, called '10 essential herbs' by Lalitha Thomas which

describes the use of 10 various everyday herbs such as garlic and onion.

It's worth researching - garlic - to see if it would help in any way.

Angela

 

>> Sun, 21 Nov 2004 16:34:39 -0800 (PST)

>Jill McDanal <birthmamajill

>Re: Re: yet another question

 

>Hi Barbara,

 

" Flesh Eating Disease " is actually Streptococcus A. Strep A normally exists

in our bodies, as does many other undesirable bacteria - Strep B, E. Coli,

etc. and don't forget yeast or Candida which is a fungus. The problem with

Strep A is that it, when allowed to get out of control, rapidly spreads out

from the infected site. Strep A loves muscle tissue and literally eats it

off the bone. It progressess so rapidly that amputation is the only answer

as well as heavy doses of antibiotics to preserve other tissues and organ

systems. The antibiotics alone will NOT stop the infection once it has

begun. Strep and Staph both run rampant in hospitals. Problems exisist in

part because of the laxness of staff to not wash their hands, not wear

jewelry, fake nails, and not to clean day to day items that come in contact

with infected parties. For instance, when was the last time you saw a

stethescope being cleaned with alcohol prior to use on you? How many other

folks do you think it

touched? What were these folks at the doctor/hospital for? Then couple

that with immunosuppression that typically comes with illness, and boom,

Strep A. Plus now medical folks and hospitals are having to deal with

antibiotic resistant Strep A, and all the " antibacterial " stuff on the

market is contributing to the problem. Yes, we all have " bad " bacteria on

our skin, but we also have good bacteria. When we kill the bacteria with

antibacterial soaps, we indiscrimiately kill both the good and bad varities,

soooo that means we get sick more often and stay immunosuppressed. In my

home, we do NOT use antibacterial products. We use soap and water.

Researchers, which all of ya'll probably know, have found that antibacterial

products lose their effectiveness when used more than 3 times per day. That

means that we kill all our good stuff and let our bad stuff out of control.

 

I had a friend who also got a staph infection every time she took a bath and

shaved her legs. She lived with her grandmother who cleaned the tub

religiously each and every time it was used with simple

cleaners/disinfectants (bleach and Lysol). The gal also used a clean razor

every time she shaved her legs. It went on for years. I haven't talked to

her in quite a while, but it was inconvenient to say the least for her and

very troubling to her and her grandmother because they could not figure out

where the infection was coming from.

 

Tips to remember, TELL your care providers to WASH THEIR HANDS before they

touch you. TELL your care providers to CLEAN THEIR STETHESCOPES before they

touch you. Ask when the last time the equipment they are using was

disinfected (especially blood presure cuffs, O2 sensors, and the like) to

prevent infection. Lets face it, we pay a literal fortune in insurance and

health care costs. The last thing we need is to be sick due to negligence

of the medical establishment. But of course, that is just my .02! LOL

 

Jill Mc.

Alabama

 

sewingstorms <sewingstorms wrote:

 

, " Christine Ziegler "

<chrisziggy@e...> wrote:

> The fact that the doctor never even did a culture to find out this

was a

> staph infection and just wants to amputate

 

Yet another interesting thing I would like to read and keep up with

the posts. My husband gets staph all the time in the spring and fall

around his watch area. He just uses Javex Bleach on it. Now mind

you he is very much a man and would not say boo to the pain.

 

However, getting back to this. It was interesting that we were

talking about some of the patients he gets and he is seeing more and

more of the desease that is called that Fleshing Eating Disease. I

just forgot the proper term he uses. If it is not caught in time and

an extreme antibiotic regime is't used, the patient will die of it.

And again I only metion this because of the more frequent incidences

he is seeing now and the patient's own family physician usualy does

not pick up on it or dosent know it when he sees it.

 

Could it be that he is not saying something he already knows and

would probably get sued for if he now verbalizes what he should have

seen in the first place. If I remember correctly amputation is the

only way of trying to stop it from spreading to other parts of the

body.

 

Just food for thought.

Barbara