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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 87669" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Don't be too spooked by staph. We all carry staph on our skins. The problem happens when the staph gets into the tissues and instead of growing in an oxygen-rich environment, it changes and prefers no oxygen. That's why peroxide is so effective - it reacts with the protein in the tissue fluid (and pus) and bubbles of oxygen surround the staph and kill it off.</p><p></p><p>But peroxide alone isn't enough, here. You need to remove the irritant (either pressure form the earring back, or the metal in the post) and replace it with something safe (like a metal that you can tolerate - hence silver or gold). Like OTE, I can't wear much in the way of other jewellery either. A watch with a metal back - I have to put adhesive bandage ono the underside of the watch, to keep the metal away from my skin. Surgical steel is OK, but most metals are not. I currently wear a medallion (SOS) as a medical history/allergy alert, which is on a surgical steel chain. I can tolerate that. Before that, I wore my medallion on a leather strap.</p><p></p><p>back to staph - MRSA (multi-resistant staph aureus) is still fairly rare, it is found mostly in hospitals where an infection gets out among other patients. In such cases, strict infection control guidelines kick into place. MRSA in the community is restricted pretty much to those who were recently in hospital. But people hear 'staph' and panic. I had a chronic staph infection in my toe, I had a community nurse's aide visiting who saw me soaking my foot in hot water (my favourite non-antibiotic treatment - it works). When I mentioned 'staph' she panicked and said I should have notified hr office, they were told to not attend if there is staph in the house. I said she must have problems then, since every person has staph on their skins. I think her office meant MRSA, not the common garden variety staph.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 87669, member: 1991"] Don't be too spooked by staph. We all carry staph on our skins. The problem happens when the staph gets into the tissues and instead of growing in an oxygen-rich environment, it changes and prefers no oxygen. That's why peroxide is so effective - it reacts with the protein in the tissue fluid (and pus) and bubbles of oxygen surround the staph and kill it off. But peroxide alone isn't enough, here. You need to remove the irritant (either pressure form the earring back, or the metal in the post) and replace it with something safe (like a metal that you can tolerate - hence silver or gold). Like OTE, I can't wear much in the way of other jewellery either. A watch with a metal back - I have to put adhesive bandage ono the underside of the watch, to keep the metal away from my skin. Surgical steel is OK, but most metals are not. I currently wear a medallion (SOS) as a medical history/allergy alert, which is on a surgical steel chain. I can tolerate that. Before that, I wore my medallion on a leather strap. back to staph - MRSA (multi-resistant staph aureus) is still fairly rare, it is found mostly in hospitals where an infection gets out among other patients. In such cases, strict infection control guidelines kick into place. MRSA in the community is restricted pretty much to those who were recently in hospital. But people hear 'staph' and panic. I had a chronic staph infection in my toe, I had a community nurse's aide visiting who saw me soaking my foot in hot water (my favourite non-antibiotic treatment - it works). When I mentioned 'staph' she panicked and said I should have notified hr office, they were told to not attend if there is staph in the house. I said she must have problems then, since every person has staph on their skins. I think her office meant MRSA, not the common garden variety staph. Marg [/QUOTE]
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