I read somewhere that H2O2 is extremely effective against this bacteria. CS is probably as well, but H2O2 is instantous in stopping it from a report I read some time back. Unfortunately hospitals will not use it, but instead fill you with expensive drugs which have limited or no effectiveness. H2O2 is too cheap to be an acceptable protocol. :<
Marshall [email protected] wrote: > This is the 4th or 5th case of flesh eating bacteria in this area in a > short > time. Would CS, the hyperbaric system described by Brooks, or > anything else > we have talked about, have worked for this guy? He is the dad of a > friend. > suzy > > http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4788996/14655842.html > > Flesh-eating disease attacks Urbandale man > > >> A sudden attack of "flesh-eating disease" leads to amputation. > > By KATE KOMPAS > Register Staff Writer > 05/11/2001Joseph Rogers of Urbandale got out of bed about 6 a.m. on > April 21 > and couldn't feel his toes.Doctors removed his leg before noon.Rogers, > 76, > fell victim to necrotizing fasciitis, commonly known as the > "flesh-eating > disease."The disease is caused by a variation of the bacteria that > causes > strep throat and is as rare as it is deadly. The bacteria typically > enter the > body through a wound and immediately begin to devour muscle and fat. > It can > progress at a speed of three centimeters an hour, doctors say.The > Centers for > Disease Control reports there are fewer than 2,000 people infected in > the > United States each year. About 100 of them will die. Experts say the > chance > of contracting necrotizing fasciitis from another person is near > nonexistent."I've got a disease I can't pronounce the name of," Rogers > said > Thursday. "I don't understand why this happened to me."His was the > second > case of necrotizing fasciitis reported in Iowa in the past month. > Curtis > Benttine, a truck driver from St. Ansgar, was hospitalized earlier > this week. > Twelve pounds of infected tissue was removed from Benttine's leg.Dr. > Cort > Lohff of the state health department said statewide numbers on > necrotizing > fasciitis aren't kept, but the disease has shown up before:* Randy > Schabaker, > 51, of Des Moines died of the flesh-eating disease in March 1993.* > Bryan > Crawford, 12, of Independence lost part of his leg to the disease in > 1994.* > Ryan Johnson, 14, of Independence died in 1995. He also had leukemia.* > Stuart > Eliasen, a 34-year-old Plainfield farmer, died in 1997.* Matthew > Potter, 6, > of Amana died in 1998 from a streptococcus infection that later was > determined not to be the "flesh-eating" form.When his toes went numb, > Rogers > called to his wife, Mary, who thought he was having a stroke and > called 911.A > bruise appeared on his left leg by the time he arrived at the > hospital, > Rogers said. The discoloration spread, inching up his leg within a few > hours. > By 10 a.m., the doctors at Iowa Methodist Medical Center said they > should > amputate.Doctors still are puzzled over how Rogers contracted the > disease."I > cried for three days," Mary Rogers said Thursday. "But I've accepted > it."Mary, who's been married to Joseph for 53 years, has been reading > everything she can on the disease.The retired steel worker and World > War II > veteran will start rehabilitation soon and will be fitted with a > prosthetic > leg."There's no pain," he said. "The good leg feels good, and the bad > leg's > not there." Rogers said. "I guess I'm lucky I got through it." > >
