Both of my boys went thru 3 rounds of chemotherapy for testicular cancer, 9 and 3 years ago. 3 x (one week in the hospital with 24 hour IV drip, then 2 weeks off to recover blood counts). They were pretty well wiped out by the 3rd round and the hospital got better about infection protection as time progressed. Staff did things like posting a warning outside the hospital room about infections and looking for better hygene (hand washing) from all who entered the room. Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:14 AM, AlunFoto <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/9/11 Bob Sullivan <[email protected]>: >> Again be careful. MRSA deaths are an old people & nursing home problem, >> after significant hospital stays and treatment. >> I expect germs and antibotic are each 100X the typical occurence. >> Regards, Bob S. > > Fortunately, it's still mostly true that the so-called superbugs are > only successful at infecting people with already reduced immune > systems. So they're only "super" in their resistance against common > ABs, not in infectiousness. It's irony that the environments most > suited to their propagation is where people go when they do have > reduced immune systems. Whether of old age, injury or other diseases. > > IOW, it's where you would expect such bugs to thrive. It's their habitat. > > BTW, it's also a serious problem that their existence can undermine > people's confidence in the healthcare system. :-( > > Jostein > > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
