Fighting an infection that antibiotics could not kill

Really interesting article. Thanks for sharing!

No, this is using actual science to solve medical problems.

Eating dirt or passive exposure is one way of building immunity. This is actively using one organism against another.

Unfortunately, the use of antibiotics inherently leads to antibiotic resistant bacteria. There's not much we can do about it -- there are a number of bacteria strains that are resistant to every known antibiotic. It's interesting that Alexander Fleming discussed it in his Nobel lecture, and has been proven correct. Natural selection in action.
LOL, I just finished writing a lab about it. I'm glad to see some possible treatments coming up the pipelines. The World Health Organization considers antibiotic resistance to be one of the biggest threats to public health around the world.

I love this!

I do think that we have created some of these super-bugs by overuse of antibacterial use in our kitchens, bathrooms, hand soaps at home, etc.  There is something to be said for letting kids develop their immune systems by coming in contact with everyday viruses and bacteria found in dirt. 

When I was in nursing school, we learned hiw to use sugar to heal bedsores.

Unfiltered honey can do the same thing.

I just wanted to say that I always love reading your posts.  I rarely comment on them, but I love reading them!!

On one of the medical tv shows they used tilapia skin to cover burns.

This is a practice in South America. It works and has to be a lot better than debriding a wound.

I'm so sorry about your husband, that's so exhausting and difficult. Basically this is the type of problem we get for blithely using so many antibiotics in non-serious cases and for fattening livestock -- the bacteria become resistant and we don't have any other antibiotics strong enough to treat the really serious infections when we need them.

My DH had sepsis, and the only antibiotic that worked left him almost deaf. He's lucky it worked at all, and lucky to be alive.

I hope your husband is able to find something to work to allow him to heal.

Manuka honey produced from the from the mānuka plant (Leptospermum scoparium) which grows in New Zealand is used a lot for wound treatment. It has amazing healing and antibacterial properties. 

We can now buy Manuka Honey infused wound dressings at our drug stores here.  They are very soothing for burns. 

Thanks for sharing librarylady & sleepingbooty !

I've heard of sugar/honey before but I don't think I've ever tried them.

Guess I may as well add that apple cider vinegar is fantastic for burns in the kitchen. I had one burn that should have left a really nasty scar, but because I immediately applied cold running water, apple cider vinegar and ice on it, you can't even tell there was ever a burn.




Also - if you live in an area where fleas are in the grass and one travels inside with you, maybe on a pant leg or however else it may find its way inside, you need to set a trap as soon as you find it. I've done this for 30 years easy and never not gotten my man flea.  Take a low dish or aluminum pie pan and put a drop or two of dish washing/hand soap in it, then add maybe an inch or so of water. Take a tea candle (any candle will do) and place it in the soapy water in the pan and take it to the area you suspect the flea is lurking. Take care that you place this on a level spot on the floor where it will not get bumped, darken the room a bit if you can, light the candle and leave the spot. The flea, attracted to the flame, somehow ends up in the water and the soap breaks its surface tension and the flea drowns.

Obviously, you need to take proper precautions to prevent a fire. Check on the trap after a few minutes to see if you've caught the flea yet. You'll see a black speck in the water when you have. It's good to leave it a little longer after you do catch one flea just in case it wasn't alone. 

Voila!

If you've ever been in a home that has just been flea-bombed, you'll understand why I encourage trying this simple, effective method first.

We rarely go out to eat and if am extra paranoid during the winter. I am in fear of getting somebody's super virus/ bacteria, that can't be cured.

You can do this with a lamp instead of a candle, I think the fleas are attracted to the heat? I've done it several times using a small desk lamp. Safer that way!

Also the honey thing...ALL real honey is antimicrobial because it is hygrophobic and absorbs moisture. So if it is put next to bacteria it will kill the bacteria by drying it out. It's amazing! (It's also why honey ferments if you leave it open because it absorbs moisture from the air.) There's lots of research going on into honey from different plants to see what other properties they have but the antimicrobial thing is true of all of them.