The Biggest News Story this Year NOT BEING REPORTED!

RadagastZ · Oct 2, 2003, 05:56 PM

Staph.

I don't know if it's just in Oklahoma and north Texas, but I've seen more cases of antibiotic resistant staph infections than I've heard about my entire life.

Cases I've heard about in the last few weeks:

My best friend had a staph infection randomly come up in the place where he was bitten by a brown recluse a few years ago that was previously completely healed. The staff infection was horrible, it even caused cell death, which was bad for him since he already had a cavity there from the spider bite. He spent a week in the hospital and almost died. He lives in Stillwater, a three hour drive from me. He said the doctor there has seen more cases of bacterial resistant Staph this year than he's seen his entire career. The doctor there in stillwater at the university has seen over 100 college students with resistant staph in the months of august and september. They've yet to determine where people are getting it.

Hy dad is a girl's fastpitch softball coach. Half of his team came down with staph on their legs (about 7 girls all told). One of them has a very bad case and was in the hospital a few days. A few other kids at school have come down with staph infections as well. This happened in Davis, where I live.

A man I work with's daughter came down with one on her side and outer thigh. He's told me about ten to fifteen kids in the town of Ada where I work, which is about 45 miles from where I live, who've all gotten Staph infections.

I spoke with my company's medical director and he knows about the increase in staph infections as well. He's told me that this is such a huge problem, that the media isn't going to touch it because panic might insue. There are some new types of antibiotics that are being administered that seem to clear up the infections, but they are so strong that some people have to be hospitalized because the medicine makes them very sick. Sometimes the medicine can make people sick like they were taking chemotherapy.

I was just wondering if any of you guys have similar stories. What worries me most is that in a few years, after the bacteria mutates a few more times, we won't be able to stop it and we'll have a lot of people die from something that usually only caused the very young and the very old problems.

scottweil4nd · Oct 2, 2003, 06:00 PM

TOO LONG, NO READ

Oscar1613 · Oct 2, 2003, 06:03 PM

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Originally posted by scottweil4nd
TOO LONG, NO READ

then dont reply jackass

Java Cool Dude · Oct 2, 2003, 06:11 PM

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Originally posted by scottweil4nd
TOO LONG, NO READ

I applaud your lameness

chramcow_daniel · Oct 2, 2003, 06:12 PM

he´s right man..

xCLAVEx · Oct 2, 2003, 06:12 PM

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Originally posted by Oscar1613
then dont reply jackass

Aphex242 · Oct 2, 2003, 06:31 PM

For the record, it's "Staph"... it's an abbreviation for (and I know I'm going to spell this wrong) Staphylococcus. It's one of those goofy medical names for a specific bacterium.

And yeah, it's nasty.

**Trunks0** · Oct 2, 2003, 06:35 PM

weird. I hate it when things such as this are not reported

JungleFreak · Oct 2, 2003, 07:18 PM

It just goes to show how censored the media really is.

Beidomon · Oct 2, 2003, 07:24 PM

Yup. Bacteria are getting more and more resistant to antibiotics. This is largely due to people taking medication too often and aiding the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. I read that by 2010 or 2015 it is estimated that some infections will not be treatable by any of our current methods. Even new antibiotics are becoming ineffective quicker than before.

Just wait until it becomes more than just Staph aureus. Pneumonia, tuberculosis, anthrax, botulism, gonorrhea (which is already resistant to many highly used antibiotics), plus many many more problems are caused from bacteria.

Have a nice day.

_leech_ · Oct 2, 2003, 07:27 PM

What's a brown recluse?

Jackl · Oct 2, 2003, 07:40 PM

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Originally posted by _leech_
What's a brown recluse?

Spider, when biten by a B.R. permanent damage is quite possible, and possibly even death.

Heymanyo · Oct 2, 2003, 07:54 PM

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Originally posted by Jackl
Spider, when biten by a B.R. permanent damage is quite possible, and possibly even death.

Thought it was an African-American homeless guy

RadagastZ · Oct 2, 2003, 08:49 PM

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Originally posted by Heymanyo
Thought it was an African-American homeless guy

LOL!

Has anyone else heard of people getting random bacterial infections in their area, or is this just an isolated situation? The fact that people who live 200 miles from me have experienced the same increase in these cases, makes me think this might become widespread, if it isn't already. I figure we'll hear something about on dateline or something here in about two months if this keeps up.

DorXtar · Oct 2, 2003, 09:11 PM

In all seriousness, the brown recluse has begun the extermination of mankind.

_Kosh_ · Oct 2, 2003, 09:37 PM

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Originally posted by JungleFreak
It just goes to show how censored the media really is.

The media in general is unfortunately far from really understanding what it is reporting and what it is not reporting as well. All that counts to most of the media is what revenue it can get from what it decides to report and what it decides to ignore.

The media is more a disguised form of art for Jow Blow consumption than it is about information.

People vote on what they think they know from what they are told by the media. It's no wonder there is so much that begs for improvement. ../K

RadagastZ · Oct 2, 2003, 09:43 PM

Very astute, Klingon. You've figured out how this world REALLY works.

Deftones · Oct 2, 2003, 10:11 PM

There was a kid at my school that had a staph infection in his hip and was temporarily parylized. He had to have surgery. The doctors didn't think he'd walk again for months, but about a week later he could get up and walk. Now he goes to school but he carries a fanny pack with an IV that leads into his arm.

SlickChicFallen · Oct 2, 2003, 11:07 PM

ouch... that sounds kinda scary (the whole Staph infection thing)... hopefully it doesn't make it's way up into the PNW (we don't have the B.R. spiders up here)

CHIPS · Oct 2, 2003, 11:12 PM

Someone should make a antidote for that spider 's poison. Then the victims can do something to prevent further damage to their body before they arrive to the hospital.

Hyrax · Oct 2, 2003, 11:21 PM

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Originally posted by Oscar1613
then dont reply jackass

lol owned

roAm · Oct 3, 2003, 02:21 AM

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Originally posted by CHIPS
Someone should make a antidote for that spider 's poison. Then the victims can do something to prevent further damage to their body before they arrive to the hospital.

its been tried and tried and tried...

talk to any exterminator -- they may have seen ONE brown recluse in their entire life

the thing is...brown recluse venom can stay in the same spot for years
and only affect you years down the road...you may never even know you got bitten and then a few years down the road, you get massive cellular death around the area of the bite...sometimes other places as well

the brown recluse is one of the most damaging, if not deadly, spiders on earth -- its not something to just shrug off and hope for a cure -- there wont be one anytime soon

_leech_ · Oct 3, 2003, 02:23 AM

I'm scared

WyreTheWolf · Oct 3, 2003, 04:19 AM

I live in north west arkansas... I have been bitten by the dreaded "fiddle back spider" AKA Brown Recluse ... It is not a pretty thing... 3 months and a hole the size of a raquette ball was eaten out of my leg. Required hours of sugery, and it never did heal correctly. Stillwater is about 2 hours from where I live. And I have heard many stories of Staph popping up even here.

Raysusan · Oct 3, 2003, 04:26 AM

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Originally posted by Crazy Overclocker
I applaud your lameness

lol 2nd that

hugoboss · Oct 3, 2003, 01:24 PM

its not that bad ive had an infection of staph for 27 years and i still here

XSBagage · Oct 3, 2003, 01:35 PM

Any brown recluse in Europe? i thought there weren't any but I want to be sure.

Aphex242 · Oct 3, 2003, 03:32 PM

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Originally posted by roAm
its been tried and tried and tried...

talk to any exterminator -- they may have seen ONE brown recluse in their entire life

the thing is...brown recluse venom can stay in the same spot for years
and only affect you years down the road...you may never even know you got bitten and then a few years down the road, you get massive cellular death around the area of the bite...sometimes other places as well

the brown recluse is one of the most damaging, if not deadly, spiders on earth -- its not something to just shrug off and hope for a cure -- there wont be one anytime soon

Wrong, wrong, wrong. They're common as hell. Read some of the articles pointing off the recluse thread. The researchers who write for those websites find tens of them at any site where they exist... they come in huge numbers to localized areas.

Otherwise everything else you've said seems right, except the venom 'dormancy' thing. I've never heard of that, either. But that may be true.

Djinn · Oct 3, 2003, 03:50 PM

Well, if you have to die, at least "spider venom" sounds a hell of a lot more impressive than "monkey pox."

Shark · Oct 3, 2003, 04:39 PM

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Originally posted by scottweil4nd
TOO LONG, NO READ

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RadagastZ 12' Tall Reptilian Alien Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Davis, Oklahoma Posts: 1,378	The Biggest News Story this Year NOT BEING REPORTED! Staph. I don't know if it's just in Oklahoma and north Texas, but I've seen more cases of antibiotic resistant staph infections than I've heard about my entire life. Cases I've heard about in the last few weeks: My best friend had a staph infection randomly come up in the place where he was bitten by a brown recluse a few years ago that was previously completely healed. The staff infection was horrible, it even caused cell death, which was bad for him since he already had a cavity there from the spider bite. He spent a week in the hospital and almost died. He lives in Stillwater, a three hour drive from me. He said the doctor there has seen more cases of bacterial resistant Staph this year than he's seen his entire career. The doctor there in stillwater at the university has seen over 100 college students with resistant staph in the months of august and september. They've yet to determine where people are getting it. Hy dad is a girl's fastpitch softball coach. Half of his team came down with staph on their legs (about 7 girls all told). One of them has a very bad case and was in the hospital a few days. A few other kids at school have come down with staph infections as well. This happened in Davis, where I live. A man I work with's daughter came down with one on her side and outer thigh. He's told me about ten to fifteen kids in the town of Ada where I work, which is about 45 miles from where I live, who've all gotten Staph infections. I spoke with my company's medical director and he knows about the increase in staph infections as well. He's told me that this is such a huge problem, that the media isn't going to touch it because panic might insue. There are some new types of antibiotics that are being administered that seem to clear up the infections, but they are so strong that some people have to be hospitalized because the medicine makes them very sick. Sometimes the medicine can make people sick like they were taking chemotherapy. I was just wondering if any of you guys have similar stories. What worries me most is that in a few years, after the bacteria mutates a few more times, we won't be able to stop it and we'll have a lot of people die from something that usually only caused the very young and the very old problems. Last edited by RadagastZ : Oct 2, 2003 at 08:46 PM.

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Aphex242 Antagonist Extraordinaire Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 2,556	For the record, it's "Staph"... it's an abbreviation for (and I know I'm going to spell this wrong) Staphylococcus. It's one of those goofy medical names for a specific bacterium. And yeah, it's nasty. __________________ AMD Barton 2500+ (@2.2 Ghz), Asus A7N8X Deluxe Rev. 2.0, Kingston HyperX Cas2 PC3200 (2x256MB), Visiontek Xtasy 9500 Pro (381/317), Antec 330W TruePower PS.

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JungleFreak Radeon R420 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: A tiny spec of dust hurtling through the Cosmos Posts: 218	It just goes to show how censored the media really is. __________________ "He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignorant war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder." --Albert Einstein

Oct 2, 2003, 07:24 PM	#10
Beidomon Snaaaaake! Join Date: May 2002 Location: SLO, Cahleefornya Posts: 325	Yup. Bacteria are getting more and more resistant to antibiotics. This is largely due to people taking medication too often and aiding the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. I read that by 2010 or 2015 it is estimated that some infections will not be treatable by any of our current methods. Even new antibiotics are becoming ineffective quicker than before. Just wait until it becomes more than just Staph aureus. Pneumonia, tuberculosis, anthrax, botulism, gonorrhea (which is already resistant to many highly used antibiotics), plus many many more problems are caused from bacteria. Have a nice day.

Oct 2, 2003, 07:27 PM	#11
_leech_ Banned Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Lost in time... Posts: 16,787	What's a brown recluse?

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DorXtar SMILE! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: EVERYTHING IS FINE! Posts: 24,880	In all seriousness, the brown recluse has begun the extermination of mankind. __________________ Treat the cause, not the symptom.™JW.ORG “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” ― Daniel J. Boorstin

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RadagastZ 12' Tall Reptilian Alien Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Davis, Oklahoma Posts: 1,378	Very astute, Klingon. You've figured out how this world REALLY works.

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Deftones Boned Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Iowaaaaaaa Posts: 5,421	There was a kid at my school that had a staph infection in his hip and was temporarily parylized. He had to have surgery. The doctors didn't think he'd walk again for months, but about a week later he could get up and walk. Now he goes to school but he carries a fanny pack with an IV that leads into his arm.

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_leech_ Banned Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Lost in time... Posts: 16,787	I'm scared

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WyreTheWolf fuzzy ears Join Date: May 2001 Location: Dark cave; Ozark mountains Posts: 3,459	I live in north west arkansas... I have been bitten by the dreaded "fiddle back spider" AKA Brown Recluse ... It is not a pretty thing... 3 months and a hole the size of a raquette ball was eaten out of my leg. Required hours of sugery, and it never did heal correctly. Stillwater is about 2 hours from where I live. And I have heard many stories of Staph popping up even here. __________________ -= PROUDLY FOLDING FOR TEAM Rage3D! =-

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Oct 3, 2003, 01:24 PM	#26
hugoboss Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 11	its not that bad ive had an infection of staph for 27 years and i still here

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Oct 3, 2003, 03:50 PM	#29
Djinn Rage3D Fixture Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Warminster, PA USA Posts: 31,707	Well, if you have to die, at least "spider venom" sounds a hell of a lot more impressive than "monkey pox."

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