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MRSA
Treatment and Prevention
Most people haven’t been aware of MRSA, but it’s a growing problem, and you should be aware of the risk factors for your children. Even though most cases of MRSA at present only lead to painful skin eruptions, severe cases can lead to amputation or even death. There is fear that as the bacteria mutates, developing even greater resistance to the antibiotics used against them, the consequences of an MRSA infection will grow more serious over a short period of time.
MRSA treatments often involve long rounds of strong antibiotics. Several stories in the news tell of MRSA treatment requiring weeks or even months of hospitialization.
It’s important that you take whatever steps you can to prevent your children from contracting an MRSA infection. There are several things you can do to reduce the risk of your child contracting an MRSA infection:
1. If they have any cuts or wounds, make sure they are kept clean and covered until completely healed. Instruct your child about the dangers of coming into contact with cuts or wounds on other children.
2. Since hospitals are the most dangerous place for MRSA, it’s best when visiting someone in the hospital to leave very small children at home since their immune systems are especially vulnerable. Any time you do take your child on a visit to a hospital, make sure they thoroughly wash their hands immediately afterwards. Most likely children will not be allowed into patient rooms, but they are at risk in more than just patient rooms.
3. Should your child ever require hospitalization, ask (and insist) that every visitor thoroughly wash their hands before coming to your child’s room. The same goes for doctors and nurses. In England, many hospitals now require doctors and nurses to wash their hands after visiting every patient, no matter the nature of their illness. You should be sure your child’s health care providers know to do the same before they come into contact with your child.
4. Again, your children should be taught never to share personal hygiene items, such as towels, with friends or classmates, as this is a common method of MRSA transmission. I was reminded of this just recently as a member of a very close and healthy family myself. Two members unknowingly came into direct contact with poison oak leaves. Normal hand washing does not remove the highly reactive, highly concentrated oils that stay on the skin. The drying towels were the culprits to spreading it as all began to have the skin lesions within three days. We don’t normally “share” towels, but now all towels will be separate or laundered immediately after any suspect activity.
5. Any time your child engages in physical contact with other kids, or uses playground or other equipment used by others, they should scrub their hands immediately, and check themselves for scratches and cuts.
6. Talk with your older children about the real very serious health risks of getting a tattoo or body piercing. If you do decide to give your child permission for a tattoo or piercing, make sure that you personally inspect the premises where it’s done, and that the artist takes all required precautions to protect your child’s safety, although there is always some health risk with any tattoo or piercing.
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