I need info on M.R.S.A. and if it can be cured weather it is in the bone or in the blood?
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MRSA, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, is a bacteria infection that is resistant to certain antibiotics. The organism, Staphylococcus aureus, is found normally on many individuals skin and seems to cause no major problems.  The problems start when that bacteria finds its way into the body.  \n\nMRSA infections can cause a broad range of symptoms depending on the part of the body that is infected. These may include surgical wounds, burns, catheter sites, eye, skin and blood. Infection often results in redness, swelling and tenderness at the site of infection. Sometimes, people may carry MRSA without having any symptoms.\n\nSome people can carry MRSA for days to many months, even after their infection has been treated.  It is usually treated with an antibiotic called vancomycin.\n\nCareful hand washing is the single most effective way to control spread of MRSA.  If basic hygiene precautions are followed, MRSA carriers are not a hazard to others including their family and friends.\n\nHere is a site that can tell you more about it than there is room to post here: \nhttp://www.mrsaresources.com/
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Get to a doctor, NOW!  He could have ruptured a vein or artery and disrupted blood flow.  He may have done nerve damage.  If bone was chipped, you could have a bone infection.
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Hi,\n\nSorry about the diagnosis; remember - MM can be treated and people live for MANY years with it.  \n\nI have had MM for 28 months (BMB of 28%) and personally know a couple people who have had it for over 10 years.\n\n treatment Will depend on a matrix of "findings" including results of BmB ,  other items can be number of  lytic lesions,  HGB, M spike, inverted Chromosome 13 , light chain amounts and types,  type of protien and amount,  bone issues etc.  \n\nMM is a really complicated cancer because it involves the stem cell.  Every patient is different and responds differently to treatment.\n\nYour "matrix" will point you to a treatment regimen - then you can narrow down the experiences.\n\nGood places to start:\n\nhttp://www.multiplemyeloma.org/\nhttp://www.myeloma.org/main.jsp\n\nThere are a lot of on line support groups also - if you are interested, I can send you (off line) the link.  You can correspond with people on the exact treatments you will be on.\n\nGood luck,\n\nJewells\n28 months and still here
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Hi,\n\nyou have brought up an "complicated" questions - pretty par with MM diagnosis.\n\nFirst question is:  how you doing?  I worry more about P.N. from  the Thal/Dex than Osteo from the infusion\n\nThere are a bunch of studies on Ostenecrosis going on at present.  The susceptibility to this is caused by the Zometa infusion.\n\n  Best way to avoid problem with Zometa (lots of other side effects) is to make sure you have long infusion times with plenty of hydration before and after \n\nMost important is VERY good dental support. \n\n Make sure your dentist has all the information and the studies - i make copies and give them to him every time I go in.  \n\nThere is a lot more information on this and the studies at the IMF website:   myeloma.org.  And you can call their hot line for more information (on the site)\n\nThis question has been going around the MMA support web group and the ACOR list too.  So check there for more information; some of our members are in studies around the question and could give you some "front line answers".\n\ngood luck\n\nJewells of AA\n27 month survivor and going strong
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Hi There, My dad had it, he was 81.  I had gotten a lot of info from the American Cancer Society.  Try this link: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp.  There is info there about trials and treatments.  On certain patients (not my dad) they can do chemo.  In Multiple Myeloma the symptoms can be treated, but there is no cure.  My dad received steroid treatment.  He had gotten radiation to a couple of really painful areas and it seemed to help him a lot.  Also he got blood transfusions when his blood count was off and that helped too.  He did end up going on dialysis because as the cancer eats the bone, calcium is released into the system and the kidneys can't handle too much calcium.  Sometimes patients receive stem cell transplants. Good luck to the patient & family.  My thoughts and prayers are with you.
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http://www.ask.com/web?q=can+ameobiosis+be+cured&qsrc=0&o=0
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The only thing available for it right now is surgery.\nMaybe other experimental treatments are on the way.
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HI,\n\nHate to ask it but are you SURE you are still MGUS?\n\nReason I ask is that a "lot" of MGUS ends up being Multiple Myeloma and both those symptoms are part of MM [ I should know,  having gone from MGUS to MM and having those symptoms]\n\nWhen was your last blood test ?  Check to see if you are anemic (RBC and Ferritin on the test) if the body is making "lots" of MM white blood cells,  it is not making red blood cells so you get anemic.  \n\n I have "heard" that they think that the "extra buildup of calcium" in the blood stream (another side effect of MM) can cause the joint pain but can't remember the specifics right now.  Also some people think the pain is joint pain when it is really in the bone NEXT to the joint - osteoclast issues from the MM working on the bones.  \n\nIf you have MGUS and are having two "classic" MM symptoms - get checked out.  \n\nA SPEP test could also help see where you are but I am sure you have had those.  Only way to "be sure" is to have a bone marrow biopsy [BMB] and look for MM type cells.  The definitive test but REALLY painful (more than a spinal tap) but then you would be sure.\n\nGood news is that you don't necessarily have go direct to "full blow MM" , you could be "smoldering"  or "indolent" - having some of the MM symptoms but still not enough MM involvement to be Stage I.  Not a good conversation but better than "Stage 1 MM".\n\nGood luck and check out :\n\nhttp://www.myeloma.org/main.jsp\n\nJewells\n28 months and still here
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bone...got a problem with  someone
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it`s curable in stages I and II but not in III, so u need to check in with a doc asap..
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Unfortunately there is no cure for osteoporosis. Check out the following website, it may be helpful.\n\nwww.endocrineweb.com/osteoporosis/treatment.html
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How come you are not asking his doctors this question? Only doctors can give an answer on such a serious matter.\n\nHope he is cured.\n\nGood Luck
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Treatments for rheumatic diseases include rest and relaxation, exercise, proper diet, medication, and instruction about the proper use of joints and ways to conserve energy. Other treatments include the use of pain relief methods and assistive devices, such as splints or braces.\n\nAt this time, the only type of arthritis that can be cured is that caused by infections. Although symptoms of other types of arthritis can be effectively managed with rest, exercise, and medication, there are no cures.
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Time being we cant find the cure but there are ways of slowing down the process and lessen the inflammation..usage of steroids help in reducing the damage....the main reason we cant find the cure is because we cant find the main cause of this particular disease...\nMultiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS). MS lesions, characterized by perivascular infiltration of monocytes and lymphocytes, appear as indurated areas in pathologic specimens; hence, the term "sclerosis in plaques." \n\nPrevent relapses or disease progression by using the “ABCR” immunomodulatory drugs (ie, interferon beta-1a IM [Avonex], interferon beta-1b SC [Betaseron], glatiramer acetate SC [Copaxone], or interferon beta-1a SC [Rebif]). These 4 medications have been approved by the US FDA and are currently used in the United States as first-line therapies for MS. As a rule of thumb, the ABCR medications tend to decrease the rate of MS relapses by approximately one third, with the highest efficacy demonstrated in clinical trials for the high-dose, high-frequency interferons (ie, Betaseron [34%] and Rebif [33%]).\n\nbut still there is no cure..only drugs to prevent the progression...
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it will eventually heal itself, but if damaged to severly (broken bones) it may never be quite right again. See a doctor before the bones mend improperly and need to be rebroken to reset.
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there are many ways to treat it but not cure it.\nhttp://www.arthritis.org/
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Bone marrow (or "medulla ossea") is the tissue comprising the center of large bones. It is the place where new blood cells are produced. Bone marrow contains two types of stem cells: hematopoietic (which can produce blood cells) and stromal (which can produce fat, cartilage and bone). Stromal stem cells have the capability to differentiate into many kinds of tissues, such as nervous tissue. Hematopoietic stem cells give rise to the three classes of blood cell that are found in the circulation: leukocytes also called as White blood cells responsible for body immunity, red blood cells (erythrocytes), and platelets (thrombocytes).\n\nThe tissue of bone marrow, where pluripotential hemopoietic stem cells form, is called "myeloid tissue".\n\n"Long bones" are tubular in structure, and the hollow middle is filled with yellow marrow. While the majority of long bones are formed of cortical ("compact") material; at the ends are the epiphysis, which are generally composed of cancellous ("spongy") material and red marrow.