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ETrainer
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 Posted - 10/27/2008 : 6:45:32 PM
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As a Certified Athletic Trainer, I am always bombarded with information regarding MRSA, the prevention, evaluation, treatment, etc. My concern is if there is any known information regarding MRSA infections amongst nudist resorts and events? I suppose I'm looking for percentages or any other data.
For more information about this skin infection visit:
http://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/mrsa_initiative/skin_infection/
Be safe! Be bare!
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pilot
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Posted - 10/28/2008 : 12:36:28 AM
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There is little information on MRSA in nude resorts. The conventional etiquette of bringing one's own towel to sit on is probably a substantial suppressor to the spread of MRSA. Casual contact (hand shaking, hugs) is likely not a substantial risk factor for spread. The data are that about 1/6 visitors to an ICU are asymptomatic carriers of MRSA, and I expect that a nude resort is similar in carrier rates. However, the likelihood of getting a clinically signficant infection is much lower.
I would worry more about a runway incursion at ORD, regardless of adherence to LAHSO.
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bornnude
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Posted - 10/28/2008 : 07:21:14 AM
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Originally posted by pilot
I would worry more about a runway incursion at ORD, regardless of adherence to LAHSO.
Too many acronyms!
I have nothing but questions or suggestions to look into on this as well... No answers.
1) Would the additional sun (and as a result Vitamin D) have any effect?
2) What about the spread in pools or hot tubs?
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pilot
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Posted - 10/28/2008 : 09:21:08 AM
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(laughs)...a bit of gentle humor from a pilot to an air traffic controller....
The additional sun has little effect. Even after intense de-germing of the skin, the bacterial populations restore themselves within hours.
Pools that are properly maintained carry little excess risk for transmission of microorganisms. The water in your bathtub or shower is hardly sterile. Provided there is a source of an antibacterial chemical (added chlorine, chlorine generated from a salt system) in a quantity adequate to deal with the size of the pool and the swimmer load, no problem.
Hot tubs are another matter entirely. Warm water that is aerated (what the 'jets' do) is an ideal breeding ground for bacteria. I have cared for a half dozen or so patients with life-threatening infections that started with a minor cut or scrape and a hot tub. I have cared for many more minor hot-tub related infections. MRSA does not show up here. The organisms are typically a different class that thrive in water. If you have cuts/scrapes, pass on a hot tub until they are healed. Even in the absence of cuts and scrapes, be thoughtful about entering hot tubs that do not have adequate strategies for keeping the bacterial counts in check.
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ETrainer
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Posted - 10/28/2008 : 11:25:12 AM
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Thank you Pilot and bornnude for your insights and everyone else please continue to add your infectious input.
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balataf
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Posted - 10/28/2008 : 11:32:38 AM
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What appears to be left out here is that not all people have the same risks and susceptability factors.
I, too, have seen repeated warnings in materials for diabetics about avoiding all hot tubs. Unfortunately, I saw them too late to avoid the amputation of my left leg.
I also have known a diabetic lady who stepped on a very tiny splinter of sea shell at a beach, causing her to lose half her foot. All advanced diabetics are repeatedly advised in the literature to avoid beaches and any similar activity that exposes the feet to infections.
Bummer! But sitting in a wheelchair and missing one leg is worse, and permanent.
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ETrainer
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Posted - 10/30/2008 : 11:11:37 AM
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Balataf, was it that "they" didn't know how hot tubs can effect diabetics and cultivate a potentially fatal army of infection at the time of your amputation?
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balataf
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Posted - 10/31/2008 : 12:27:54 AM
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Well, such warnings I as I had seen stated that "under New Jersey law, anyone with an open sore or skin break" is barred from entering the pool or hot tub. I had no visible cuts, scratches or lesions and thought that I should have been safe. This was in March 2006, with the amputation, finally, after heroic battles, in January 2008. I am now fighting serious infections in my right leg, and may never be able to use even a pool, ever again.
Part of the problem, too, is the emergence of much more infectious strains due to the overuse of antibiotics, (particularly taking them when coming down with a cold, which is a virus anyhow, so that antibiotics are useless.) As the "bugs" get nastier, including MRSA, the danger increases exponentially.
More and more, diabetics are being counseled against using both hot tubs and beaches.
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pilot
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Posted - 11/01/2008 : 12:39:22 AM
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Unfortunately, advanced diabetes affects small blood vessels making it difficult to heal many wounds. Tight control of glucose, avoidance of tobacco, meticulous foot care and (depending on individual situations)blood thinners and even vascular surgery can be helpful.
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