Call the Moving Van!

Life in the brick and mortar world has people moving about every 5 years. Likewise, in the world of virtual real estate moves also occur.

That is happening to me. I am leaving the "rental" space of Blogger and am "buying" my own "house" to run and host my Blog.

The change of address notice will now read:

http://www.goodheartgroupinc.com/blog

Keep those cards and letters coming!!

Blessings,

Dr Jon

The Secret to Winning the Battle Against MRSA!!

A couple of days ago my dear friend and colleague, Chuck, in California told me that his adult son almost overnight showed up with a case of MRSA. My Doctor brain immediately went into "help him" mode.

I had to tell him about a solution that would

• protect his son from further damage,
• prevent him from getting into serious sequelae from taking the antibiotics prescribed, and
• even improve his overall health!

In other words he could get over the infection and be better than when he first started with it!!

Now I know, all of you think I am crazy and off my rocker (hence the title of the blog!) but hear me out.

First let's look at the scope of the problem with MRSA. Chuck called me today to say that a local news broadcast had a feature this morning about a high school football player who was just diagnosed with the dis-ease. Young people are supposed to be healthy enough to not get it.

In the words made famous by the excellent movie Apollo 13, "Houston, we have a problem!"

So what is MRSA?

The "SA" stands for "Staphylococcus Aureus," a strain of bacteria which is a normal inhabitant of human skin and nose tissue. [I can't resist putting in a plug here for the "environmental theory" of infection - the idea that bacteria only become problematic when the environment in a person's body is conducive for it's growth. In other words when a person does not have adequate immunity. But we digress; that discussion is for another time!] Normally this does not cause problems. In the instances where it might, usually a dose of a Penicillin type of antibiotic, Methicillin, will "take care" of it.

However, there has developed a strain of the Staph Aureus which in now Methicillin Resistant, hence the abbreviation/acronym MRSA or Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus. In other words, there is not a good choice of antibiotic out there in the pharmaceutical world that treats this bacterium adequately and effectively. That should trouble you!

Here are some facts from a Microbiology site on the internet¹:

Many commonly prescribed antibiotics are not effective against these bacteria.

It is no more dangerous or virulent than methicillin-sensitive S. aureus but it is more difficult to treat.

This bacterium is usually confined to hospitals and in particular to vulnerable or debilitated patients.

[Italics mine - Dr Jon]

In terms of treatment²,

Where infection is present, antibiotics commonly used to treat methicillin-sensitive S. aureus such as flucloxacillin, erythromycin and the cephalosporins, are not effective and the patient will require treatment with other antibiotics such as vancomycin or teicoplanin. These last two antibiotics are expensive, may be toxic and have to be given by intravenous infusion. Patients infected with MRSA must therefore be treated in hospital.

Doesn't sound so "benign" does it?

Fortunately there is a simple and effective and inexpensive solution.

A friend of mine, a nutritional expert, did the journal research and discovered a number of food substances that have effectiveness not only against MRSA but against a VERY WIDE spectrum of bacteria, viruses and fungi. He put these together in a capsule for his patients. With some urging from friends he has now made the remedy available to the general public. Now, the FDA hasn't put their stamp of approval on it; you have to know that.

However, if you would like to learn more about this simple solution to a serious problem and/or purchase some for yourself, you can do that here.

For your Improved Health and Blessing,

Dr Jon

¹http://www.amm.co.uk/files/factsabout/fa_mrsa.htm

²ibid.