Sunday, November 29, 2009

Staphylococcus Aureus

Hey again today I will be talking about a bacteria/infection named “staphylococcus aureus”. Now before I tell you what the bacteria/infection is I will tell you were you can get the bacteria from. You can get it in foods with high protein, custards, cream filled backed goods, ham, poultry and meat products, potato and other salads. The bacteria/infection staphylococcus can cause many diseases. There are over 30 different types of staphylococcus infect humans. Anyone can get the staphylococcus infection, although there are certain people who are more at risk of getting the infection. Those people are newborns, breastfeeding women and people who have diabetes, cancer, vascular disease, and lung disease. The symptoms of the infection are severe nausea, vomiting, cramps, sometimes diarrhoea, prostration. There is no vaccine for the infection because it causes so many different diseases. If there is a minor skin infection, staphylococcus infection can sometimes be diagnosed by looking at the skin infection. If it is a serious infection, the doctors must do some special test in there lab. To treat the infection there is a special antibiotic that you put in your mouth. The symptoms may last 1 - 8 h but usually 2 – 4 hours. I took my information from a book and the website www.medicinenet.com/staph_infection/article.htm

1 comment:

  1. Hi Nick,

    Great blog, I just discovered it. Do you have a recipe for home-made perogies? I've always wondered how to make those.

    ~V

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