Monday, March 28, 2011

Is it safe for a heart disease patient to be exposed to someone with MERCER

Is it safe for a heart disease patient to be exposed to someone with MERCER?

Infectious Diseases - 2 Answers
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No I would stay away, I have a daughter with heart disease and she just got out of the hospital with staph infection and that was bad enough, she spent 4 days in the hospital. I had mrsa and spent 15 days in the hospital and 2 1/2 months iv antibiotics at home.
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I'm assuming you're referring to MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; commonly pronounced like "mursa")? MRSA is a type of bacteria that is resistant to a number of antibiotics commonly used to treat infection. While it used to be a rare organism found mostly in hospitals (do to the high volume of patients being treated with antibiotics and the selective evolutionary pressure such antibiotic use exerts on rapidly dividing organisms), MRSA is increasingly common in the general community. We normally have bacteria that inhabit various places on our body--one such bacterium is Staphylococcus aureus. With the increasing prevalence of community-acquired MRSA, some individuals have been found to be "carriers" (i.e. those patients whose Staphylococcus aureus is resistant to methicillin--MRSA--but does not cause disease in the host). There is no way of knowing if an individual is colonized (i.e. the bacteria is present but not causing disease) with MRSA or not just by looking at him or her. In the hospital, though, patients with known MRSA infections are put in "contact isolation" (in other words, we have to wear a protective gown and gloves to help limit the spread of the bug because it is harder to treat and we employees see many patients each day). So to answer your question, if an individual has MRSA, it has most likely been diagnosed because it is causing infection--as such, it would be treated with the appropriate antibiotics. Avoiding close contact with the individual during the active infection is most certainly advised. Generally, though, long-term avoidance may be impractical, especially if the individual is someone with whom you are socially quite close. In this case, practicing good health hygiene (HAND WASHING, HAND WASHING, HAND WASHING!) becomes a vital means of preventing the spread

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

do you know about chelation therapy for coronary heart disease

do you know about chelation therapy for coronary heart disease?
its natural and also gets rid of or decreases toxic metals besides cleaning out your blood vessels... Dr I i am sure medical doctors do not want their patients to be ill treated however your schools are funded by drug companies so you are deceived like the rest of us down on the totum pole ... you have put much money time ... into your profession ... it is a money making thing and some sob is getting rich off the backs of the sick...
Heart Diseases - 6 Answers
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There has been no PROPERLY documented research on this. It's all marketing and hype. These companies are worse than the drug companies that make Lipitor, Crestor etc... They'll show you TONS of research done to prove that ETDA or whatever the current-chic chelation is, works. But if you examine the research, it's completely bogus. It's just another way for you to lose your money. You want to fix CAD? Eat right, exercise... Us doctors do NOT want our patients to get sick... we don't need the "customers" as many conspiracy theorists would have you believe. We have more than enough work as it is! If I had a miracle drug that would stop CAD, I would give it to EVERY patient I had, INCLUDING my father who's had bypass surgery. Why would we hold these things back from humanity?
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It may be effecatious in some patients but political, economic and social pressures haven't allowed any 'believable' studies to surface.
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Doesn't work. Angioplasty does.
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Dear Empty, We must not forget that KEVIN TRUDEAU and the others have their own non-charitable spin on natural cures. As your brother in Congestive Heart Failure, I can tell you that there is no literature supporting chelation therapy. It does not look like it will do any damage but its efficiency and theory is dubious. In addition, I suffer from Atrial Fibrillation which similarly has no magic cure. I am not without belief and hope that there may exist in the Amazon rain forrest, a natural treatment that will give us the heart strength we had in our late teens. Just understand that we need continue looking and trying. Good Luck!
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This Patient Guide is written for the loved ones of heart patients who are dealing with the short-term stress that comes with a test, procedure or recent diagnosis of heart disease. It explains why support is so important to a loved one with heart disease. It also offers practical strategies on how to support a loved one while also taking care of yourself.
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The Doctor is correct. There are NO scientific studies that prove that chelation works. Medical professionals are leery about advocating treatments that have no evidence of effectiveness. I don't see the link between the supposed financing of med schools by drug companies and the reluctance to prescribe an unproven treatment

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Sunday, March 20, 2011

in blood test, does a high level of SGPT and SGOT in the blood means you have a liver or heart disease

in blood test, does a high level of SGPT and SGOT in the blood means you have a liver or heart disease?
i have SGPT which is over 100 U/L but im negative of Hepatitis A,B,C and my liver ultrasound is normal also together with the rest of my body organ. what's wrong with my Blood biochemistry then?
Other - Diseases - 1 Answers
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You should ask for an abdominal ultrasound as well. Also, what kinds (if any) supplements/ vitamins are you taking? Talk to your MD about them, she may want you to stop taking them for a few weeks and then have new bloodwork. They are often the cause for skewed lab results.

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