....Diabetes can affect every part of the body, including the skin. As many as one third of people with diabetes will have a skin disorder caused or affected by diabetes at some time in their lives....
...Several kinds of bacterial infections occur in people with diabetes. One common one are styes.
These are infections of the glands of the eyelid. Another kind of infection are boils, or infections of the hair follicles.
Carbuncles are deep infections of the skin and the tissue underneath...
...But even today, people with diabetes have more bacterial infections than other people do. Doctors believe people with diabetes can reduce...
Your Skin and Diabetes
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Monday, February 27, 2006
Stronger Staph Infects Its Way Into The Open
...More than 30 percent of Americans carry some kind of staph infection in their noses. About 1 percent have the methicillin-resistant strain, and half of those have a newer strain that is less resistant but more damaging.
Many never develop a skin infection, either because they have immunity or the bacteria never have an opportunity ...
...Within 24 hours, the “bite” became a 6-inch welt with a bubble of pus that eventually ripened into a black wound. Over the next few months, scabs dotted her face. A hangnail...
...Recent studies have shown that this kind of staph bacteria have colonized hospitals in Egypt, Taiwan and South America.....
...inside the body, the bacteria can bloom into rashes, pimples and boils. Sometimes the bacteria cause invasive infections, such as pneumonia or meningitis.
In a few cases, staph infections can turn into a nightmarish necrotizing...
Stronger Staph Infects Its Way Into The Open..Read More
Many never develop a skin infection, either because they have immunity or the bacteria never have an opportunity ...
...Within 24 hours, the “bite” became a 6-inch welt with a bubble of pus that eventually ripened into a black wound. Over the next few months, scabs dotted her face. A hangnail...
...Recent studies have shown that this kind of staph bacteria have colonized hospitals in Egypt, Taiwan and South America.....
...inside the body, the bacteria can bloom into rashes, pimples and boils. Sometimes the bacteria cause invasive infections, such as pneumonia or meningitis.
In a few cases, staph infections can turn into a nightmarish necrotizing...
Stronger Staph Infects Its Way Into The Open..Read More
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Infection Fireman
...A Saucier firefighter who died from a line-of-duty injury died of a staph infection, Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove confirmed...
...He probably didn't even realize he was ill, and that was a problem.
He had gone to the hospital to be checked for a possible pulled muscle after responding to a fire and a couple of days later, he got real ill and was taken by ambulance to a hospital.
The infection had spread throughout his body....
...What it does: Enters the body through a cut or break in the skin, causing pus-producing sores such as boils, sties, infected hair follicles or impetigo....
Infection Fireman..Read More
...He probably didn't even realize he was ill, and that was a problem.
He had gone to the hospital to be checked for a possible pulled muscle after responding to a fire and a couple of days later, he got real ill and was taken by ambulance to a hospital.
The infection had spread throughout his body....
...What it does: Enters the body through a cut or break in the skin, causing pus-producing sores such as boils, sties, infected hair follicles or impetigo....
Infection Fireman..Read More
Legislation Would Help Hospitals Curb Deadly Bacterial Infections
...He said the hospital was where flesh-eating bacteria got into his father's leg, which later had to be amputated, and where his father caught an antibiotic-resistant strain of bacteria that eventually killed him five months later....
...MRSA is a strain of staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to a variety of powerful antibiotics, including methicillin and vancomycin. It is often found on the skin and in the noses of healthy people.
But when it gets under the skin through scratches or surgical wounds it can cause boils and deep tissue infections that persist for months. Infections that get into the blood stream or the lungs can be fatal....
...Sometimes patients improperly medicate themselves, taking antibiotic they were given for an earlier infection but did not finish - a behavior that also encourages antibiotic resistance.
But doctors also contribute to the problem by bowing to pressure from patients and...
Legislation Would Help Hospitals Curb Deadly Bacterial Infections..Read More
...MRSA is a strain of staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to a variety of powerful antibiotics, including methicillin and vancomycin. It is often found on the skin and in the noses of healthy people.
But when it gets under the skin through scratches or surgical wounds it can cause boils and deep tissue infections that persist for months. Infections that get into the blood stream or the lungs can be fatal....
...Sometimes patients improperly medicate themselves, taking antibiotic they were given for an earlier infection but did not finish - a behavior that also encourages antibiotic resistance.
But doctors also contribute to the problem by bowing to pressure from patients and...
Legislation Would Help Hospitals Curb Deadly Bacterial Infections..Read More
Thursday, February 16, 2006
MRSA Experts Move In To Stem Superbug
...Going into hospital is traumatic enough without patients facing the fear of catching this superbug.
"It's time to get back to basics and bring in more cleaners to make sure hospital wards and departments are kept clean and infection free.
We need cleaning staff to be part of the infection control team and give them the tools to do the job under the direct control of ward staff....
....MRSA can cause abscesses, boils, and it can infect wounds ( accidental wounds such as grazes and deliberate wounds such as those made for a drip or during surgery.
These are called local infections.
It may then spread to the blood and cause septicaemia or blood poisoning
MRSA Experts Move In To Stem Superbug
"It's time to get back to basics and bring in more cleaners to make sure hospital wards and departments are kept clean and infection free.
We need cleaning staff to be part of the infection control team and give them the tools to do the job under the direct control of ward staff....
....MRSA can cause abscesses, boils, and it can infect wounds ( accidental wounds such as grazes and deliberate wounds such as those made for a drip or during surgery.
These are called local infections.
It may then spread to the blood and cause septicaemia or blood poisoning
MRSA Experts Move In To Stem Superbug
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Staph Cases Cause Concern
....Some of the skin infections caused by staph include boils, folliculitis, sties and impetigo. In some cases, if staph works its way into the bloodstream the infection can ultimately lead to death....
...We use skin protector during practice and clean the mats every day," said Ritchie, who's been coaching the Knights since Howell North opened in 1987.
"Our kids shower after practice and meet — immediately after. Making sure they've got clean clothes...
..."Any room in the country, put 50 kids in it and one will have a skin infection," Hayes said. "For sheer numbers and odds kids will have something....
Staph Cases Cause Concern
...We use skin protector during practice and clean the mats every day," said Ritchie, who's been coaching the Knights since Howell North opened in 1987.
"Our kids shower after practice and meet — immediately after. Making sure they've got clean clothes...
..."Any room in the country, put 50 kids in it and one will have a skin infection," Hayes said. "For sheer numbers and odds kids will have something....
Staph Cases Cause Concern
Think It’s A Spider Bite? Better Get A Second Opinion About It
...The infection normally first appears as a skin rash or acne-like bumps, and can turn into skin boils in just a few days. Bettineski’s case was no different.
On a Friday in February 2004, Bettineski noticed a red bump no bigger than a bug bite on his right calf – not much of a red flag for someone who suffered worse scrapes and bruises throughout his wrestling career.....
That’s no spider bite
...It only takes the smallest skin opening for MRSA to infiltrate the blood stream. Although MRSA is almost always spread by direct physical contact, germs can spread by sharing towels, sheets, sports equipment or locker room facilities...
.... Pendleton High School wrestling coach and former Southern Oregon University wrestler, endured three surgeries in eight days after contracting MRSA in February 2004...
Think It’s A Spider Bite? Better Get A Second Opinion About It
On a Friday in February 2004, Bettineski noticed a red bump no bigger than a bug bite on his right calf – not much of a red flag for someone who suffered worse scrapes and bruises throughout his wrestling career.....
That’s no spider bite
...It only takes the smallest skin opening for MRSA to infiltrate the blood stream. Although MRSA is almost always spread by direct physical contact, germs can spread by sharing towels, sheets, sports equipment or locker room facilities...
.... Pendleton High School wrestling coach and former Southern Oregon University wrestler, endured three surgeries in eight days after contracting MRSA in February 2004...
Think It’s A Spider Bite? Better Get A Second Opinion About It
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