Thread: A mate went into hospital to get seriously sick, been there for a couple of weeks now

Originally Posted by jx2mad

A few years back I had a multiple prostrate biopsy done under general anaesthetic. Weeks later I was feeling a bit off and went to my local community hospital. They admitted me and started the usual series of blood tests. After this I went on a series of antibiotics. They received all but one result. These came back clear. They then received the last blood test result which showed septicemia (blood poisoning) and belted me with a new stronger round of antibiotics. When I was eventually released I was told I had golden staff in the blood and if I had left it much later it would have been very bad for me.

I have had septicemia in my hand and the blood poising was traveling up my arm and it is a very painful experience, I went to Casulaity and was admitted straight away for an operation to remove the foreign object. It is life threatening if left untreated.

I had an ankle fusion operation 2 weeks ago( private hospital) and have just gone off the 4x daily antibiotic capsules. They were in addition to the daily injection.
Today we had the plaster replaced with fibreglass & my wife questioned the surgeon whether the hospital made a mistake issuing injections for another four weeks.
Now I know why he was insistent I continue with them...

I think many of us under-estimate just how many bacteria are on us. There are more bacteria on the average person than there are people in the world. Our mouths are the dirtiest parts of our bodies. Everyone should be using mouthwash in addition to regular brushing of teeth and drinking lots more water. Many people do not wash their hands and then transfer the bacteria to their mouths and eyes. Really, we humans are just a seething mass of bacteria. There are more bacteria on us than there are human cells in our bodies. It's no wonder that antibiotics fail to cope sometimes and super-bugs spread.

Humans Carry More Bacterial Cells than Human Ones - Scientific American

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

I think many of us under-estimate just how many bacteria are on us. There are more bacteria on the average person than there are people in the world. Our mouths are the dirtiest parts of our bodies. Everyone should be using mouthwash in addition to regular brushing of teeth and drinking lots more water. Many people do not wash their hands and then transfer the bacteria to their mouths and eyes. Really, we humans are just a seething mass of bacteria. There are more bacteria on us than there are human cells in our bodies. It's no wonder that antibiotics fail to cope sometimes and super-bugs spread.

Humans Carry More Bacterial Cells than Human Ones - Scientific American

Its normal part of us DiscoMick. When we are healthy and not injured it is not a problem. I fully agree re brushing and flossing our teeth as lots of indications for the number of illnesses possibly or probably linked to aural hygiene or lack. The super bugs are a huge issue once we get ill and especially if we have open wounds or need surgery.

It is a lot tougher to almost impossible to eliminate many bugs from our bodies and often many are vital for our lives. Like wise for virus except the ones we can vaccinate against. Norovirus is another bug bear for many( food poisoning) Just ask the crew of Sun Princess with the ship getting contaminated multiple times in a row and almost certainly being recontaminated shortly after it is sterilized. Hospitals and nursing homes cop Norovirus a lot as well.

Happily most of it is good for us

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I had a sinus op a few months ago where the work included incisions right up near the brain...makes you think about infection there and how quickly it could go bad.

Hope your mate gets better soon.

Cheers