Deadly Super Bug Spreading...

Started by U_Kay, February 09, 2011, 07:49:23 PM

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U_Kay

and it is called C- Diff

Quote: "
C-diff is highly contagious and is spread through contaminated stool, usually by health care workers who don't wash properly. What makes this bug particularly tricky is those alcohol-based hand sanitizers often used in hospitals don't work on C-Diff. Doctors and nurses need to wash with soap and water before and after they visit a patient's room. The microscopic spores can also survive for weeks on hard surfaces like a counter, a phone or a handrail.

Kathleen believes hospitals need to do more to educate and protect their patients. "You don't think you're going to go in (to the hospital) and come out with something deadly," she said.

"I just want people to be aware that this C-Diff is out there and it's devastating," she said.

Certain antibiotics can actually increase a patient's risk of developing C-Diff."


to read more about this disease...

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/02/08/cdc-deadly-superbug-c-diff-spreading/

Starring_Emma

...and what does this C-Diff do to you?  Is it like the the flu?

U_Kay

Another Quote from the article~~~

"Tests confirmed Kathleen had C-Diff which is short for Clostridium Difficile. It's a bacterium that attacks your intestines."

Kathleen described it as feeling as though she was dying.

Now, basically what I understood is often Drs. give people antibiotics thinking it will solve what ever the virus (etc) may be and that is often the wrong thing to do.