Another question about MRSA?!


Question: how psycho do i have to go cleaning my house? (i was diagnosed today, and am on meds) i have scubbed the walls, washed all the bedding, and went crazy disenfecting the bathroom...anything i am forgetting.


Answers: how psycho do i have to go cleaning my house? (i was diagnosed today, and am on meds) i have scubbed the walls, washed all the bedding, and went crazy disenfecting the bathroom...anything i am forgetting.

Sounds like you have thoroughly cleaned your house very well. However, you should know that many people carry a small strain of MRSA in the nostrils. If someone who has weakened immunity (elderly, HIV+, someone on chemo) has a greater risk of infection and since it is resistant to antibiotics has a harder time fighting infection. Take your meds as prescribed and get some rest after all that cleaning so you can get better.

Don't forget to wash yourself as well.

there was an outbreak of that at my school a few motnhs ago..well have you cleaned the remotes and phones and keyboards.?

Matresses, bed pillows, couch cushions, and things of this nature collect bacteria and it is impossible to get rid of it in pillows even if they are washed. Replace them if they are old.

get a fresh duesch

You should be good...

Once my infection turned around and started getting better I just wiped down all surfaces in my room/bathroom with anti-bacterial sanitizer and washed all my clothes/bedding in hot water.

Problem with MRSA is that it colonizes in your nose and can therefore reinfect a bugbite/pimple/wound even months (or years) after your initial outbreak.

The only way to solve THAT problem is by a nasal cleansing process. Talk to a doctor if you're concerned I think they only recommend it after a second outbreak has occured.





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