03 May 2011, 3:52 pm
AngelRho wrote:
ryan93 wrote:
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In the last 3 years, I've become terribly prone to staph infections (well, I'm assuming. I got the most horrible boils when I was living in the motel with my two kids and wife after we lost our house. If you want the full story, PM me some time). They still crop up from time to time, but NOTHING as bad as that flesh-eating plague I had back then. I JUST got one on my neck two weeks ago now, just to the left of my larynx. I've gotten very good at draining them by taking scalding-hot baths and rubbing them really good with hot bath cloths. After nearly two weeks, I FINALLY got it to drain yesterday. This one was unique in that the skin right there doesn't have much underlying muscle or bone to support it, just my jugular vein. I just happened to be doing something else and unconsciously casually picking at some dead skin surrounding it when I noticed a tiny amount of fluid on my fingers. I went immediately to the nearest restroom and finished the job. But nevertheless these things make my life miserable.
What about E.coli? You kill tonnes of them anytime you take any antibiotic, despite the fact they are mostly benign. In fact, only 1/10,000 of the cells in your body are human. If all life is sacred, then why not just take one for the team and let the majority thrive at your expense?
You make a good point. However, the best response I can give to that one is E. coli and human organism form a symbiotic relationship. When a human dies, an entire host is taken out that can never again support the bacteria. Taking antibiotics is not so much destruction of the innocent as it is (from the bacteria's perspective) a natural disaster. It is unfortunate, but at least the remaining E.Coli will have a chance to rebuild and recover.@BurntOutMom: I thought about that, but it's pretty unlikely I have MRSA. I RARELY take antibiotics for skin infections. The first time this happened to me, I had several small boils in and around my armpits. I've had shingles before, so I thought I was getting that again because of the swelling. The doctor prescribed antibiotics, which I took and the boils went away after a day or two. I think it might have been six weeks later when I got the boils again. It wasn't that there were so many as it was they were HUGE, one being the size of an orange. I didn't know how to drain them when this happened the first time, but I figured out it wasn't like popping a zit. My little girl, who was only a few months old when we moved to the motel room, got one on her butt. Common sense, we just washed it and hoped for the best until one day my wife noticed there was a lot of blood in her diaper. Sure enough, we found that since we were taking care of her, the boil had erupted on its own. That's how I knew when it was time to drain my grapefruit-sized boil. I stepped in the shower, turned the water as hot as I could tolerate, rubbed off the top few layers of skin with a bath cloth, and nearly passed out watching all the blood and sh!t shoot out every time I pressed down in it. This went on maybe half an hour. I think I lost 2 or 3 pints of blood doing that. I certainly FELT better, though! This place on my neck is pretty big, but it's not basketball sized like the other one. It's just big enough to be ugly and annoying.
It does sound like staph... especially since you got them from a pool and antibiotics made them go away so quickly, though they maybe have given you a heavy duty one... As for MRSA... there is community acquired MRSA which has nothing to do with how YOU take antibiotics, but because of improperly taken antibiotics through multiple hosts through multiple generations which cause it to be resistant to multiple antibiotics.
03 May 2011, 3:53 pm
AngelRho wrote:
ryan93 wrote:
If I could get people into paradise by having sex, I would. 
I've gotten women into paradise by having sex with them.
03 May 2011, 3:54 pm
AngelRho wrote:
ryan93 wrote:
If I could get people into paradise by having sex, I would.
I've gotten women into paradise by having sex with them.
Evidence, Please?
03 May 2011, 3:55 pm
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You make a good point. However, the best response I can give to that one is E. coli and human organism form a symbiotic relationship. When a human dies, an entire host is taken out that can never again support the bacteria. Taking antibiotics is not so much destruction of the innocent as it is (from the bacteria's perspective) a natural disaster. It is unfortunate, but at least the remaining E.Coli will have a chance to rebuild and recover.
But you miss the point
. e.Coli couldn't care less whether they die or not. You do. Thats the important distinction; unless the bacteria have a "self", they are just a lump of biochemistry Quote:
I RARELY take antibiotics for skin infections.
The resistant strain didn't have to grow in you. You could have caught it.
03 May 2011, 3:57 pm
AngelRho wrote:
ryan93 wrote:
If I could get people into paradise by having sex, I would.
I've gotten women into paradise by having sex with them.
Just because a woman cries out "Oh God!", that doesn't mean you're displaying supernatural talent...
it means she's afraid of miss-stating your name!
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03 May 2011, 4:25 pm
03 May 2011, 4:37 pm
My bad.. I thought you said something about a pool at the hotel... Probably my brain just made an association.. Folliculitis is often acquired in public hot tubs, and is often mistaken for boils... Sorry I guess my mind did some mental math without filling me in. 
Being that you've had shingles, which indicates a poor immune system which is often effected by stress (as you've mentioned).. It could be plain every day staph. If it were MRSA it wouldn't go away (easily) without antibiotics and would spread. Boosting your immune system, getting lots of rest, and de-stressing are a good place to start. You might also talk to your doctor or pharmacist about products such as Shur Clenz or pre-surgical washes to use on affected sites.
