Beware: bacteria that eats flesh

A drug resistant flesh eating bacteria is spreading. This is called MRSA or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Research suggests that the disease was spreading through the homosexual community. A team of investigators were tracking the rise through the number of infections from drug-resistant staph germs. Emergency department visits due to MRSA rose from 1.2 million in 1993 to 3.4 million in 2005. This is said to be the number one cause of abscesses in healthy emergency room patients. MRSA is typically through skin to skin contact. There is no suggestion however that it was a sexually transmitted disease. This is really a matter of simple hygiene. If you notice any infection you should see a doctor immediately. Please do not take anything for granted.

Let me tell you a sad story. In October 2006, my officemate Teddy Chua discovered a lump in the right side of my neck. That lump happens to be a lymphangioma. It was a kind of lymph node but not cancerous. His transfer saved my life but it was a great sacrifice for him because he lived far the new branch assignment. What are the lessons we learn from the story? Sometimes there are sacrifices we bear that saves lives. We just don’t know it but yes it was a great sacrifice on his part too. Everything happens for a reason. I did not experienced any symptoms with the lymph nodes. It was nothing for me that I took for granted when I found out through him. I was not aware it was growing. He kept on pushing me to go to the doctor because he was fully aware of the negative consequence of the growing lymph node. I took it for granted but sense that it is some kind of urgency that the roots of the growing lymph node will be extracted. The doctors were extra careful with my feelings and they scheduled the operation immediately. I was operated March 28, 2007. I retired June 2007 because of my herniated discs and of the pain that I sometimes feel at my neck.

My second story was also an officemate who died about four or five months ago, maybe October or November 2007. The disease was the same. Earl was not aware of the growing lymph node at his chest. Maybe he took it for granted like mine. He only went to the doctor when he found it impossible to breathe even if he walks at little distances. Earl had an operation immediately and a week after that went into chemo therapy. That was the story I got. But he went home to his father and died there. It was sad losing him.

Never take anything for granted. When you see any infection even if it is just a small bulge, please see your doctor immediately.
reference: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Germs/Story?id=4172257&page=4

Virtual Assistant