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Melissa E. California
I began my health journey 11 years ago when I picked up Eat Right 4 Your Type.  It has... More
Sharon Naples, Florida
I am a math teacher at a middle school in Naples, Florida.  I was diagnosed with MS in Jan... More
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I was born on August 8th 1991. Two or more weeks premature. I spent the first three and a half... More
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I am 69 and go to the pool every day. I walk every where and am in good health. But I get this lip... More

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Proper wound cleaning key to treating MRSA infections in children by Dr. John Z. Medical Doctor -tech wound care, cleaning, draining and keeping the infected area clean, is what truly makes the difference between rapid healing and persistent infection.” Chen says that proper wound care...
Wound V.A.C Medical Device Helps Wounds Heal After Cancer Surgery by Medical Quack Patient ExpertHealth Maven reaching from his bladder to his breastbone. Then, he suffered a wound infection that required his entire... to the wound, removing fluids and other materials that might enable infection to progress. It maintains optimum...
It might be a good idea to see a GP doctor to examine the area and he can suggest a differant doctor if needed. Put a band aid on the wound to protect it. More on penis base wounds, infections
Tetanus, wounds and the wilderness by Dr. Erik McLaughlin Medical Doctor contaminated with soil or feces are at high risk of tetanus infection. The term “tetanus prone wound...-vaccinated in the last ten years and didn’t think the wound was dirty or likely to get infected. Now think...
Clean with soap and water, dry, apply Isopropyl alcohol, let dry, then OTC antibiotic ointment and cover with a band-aid to guard against infection. Check with a doctor to examine for a diagnosis.
How Your Diabetes Can Affect Wound Healing by Michael A. Zadeh Medical DoctorHealth MavenFacebook of pain we may discover the presence of infection, blistering, or opening of a surgical wound... of the surgical wound. The following are just some of the ways that uncontrolled diabetes can delay wound healing...
Extreme Wounds Heal at Northwest by Elizabeth Leis Patient Expert at Northwest Hospital. “This process assists in healing wounds, fights certain types of infections and helps... to treating chronic wounds. Through the Center for Wound Care at Northwest Hospital, hyperbaric oxygen therapy...
FDA Safety Communication: UPDATE on Serious Complications Associated with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Systems by FDA -term care facility. Wound infection occurred in more than half of these additional cases, the majority... open infected wounds or from pieces of dressing that remained in the wound, and 32 reports noted injury...
Healing the Wounds of Separation and Divorce by Brett - Sheer Balance Healthy Living ProfessionalHealth Maven tend to invoke our deepest wounds. We’re all the product of our life conditioning... and dysfunctional patterns into our relationships. Many of these patterns are like viruses, infecting our self...
Plastic Surgeon Performs Wound Repair Surgery-Approved by Health Insurance Company-Later Denied When Claim Data Clashed With the by Medical Quack Patient ExpertHealth Maven such as this one here with a patient who literally had a big gaping wound that required surgery to heal properly.  When you read below about the size where you could put 2 hands inside the wound?  This sounds...

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Allergic Reaction to Bactrim
I recently developed a rash after finishing a 7 day course of Bactrim for an infected wound. I'm currently on a tapering dose of prednisone to deal with it. (Currently cd4 560 vl 16,000 no meds). I'd had a couple questions: 1) how long is the allergic reaction likely to last 2) what might this episode...crap

Fingering and wound
Dr Wohl could you give us a firm answer about how a wound should be to be dangerous for infection during fingering? I read on the internet so many opinions but could you explain it? David Wohl, M.D. Fingering and wound Not dangerous. Really. DWcrap

what exactly is an open wound?
When one says blood getting into an open wound, what exactly does that mean. I know what a wound... is there some sort of a barrier against infection/blood from entering the blood stream or... have enough of a barrier to not worry? I am just very confused... Barbara McGovern, M.D. what exactly is an open wound...crap

South Africa Police Slammed for Firing on AIDS Activists
Today, 40 people were injured and ten treated for gunshot wounds after South African police fired on protesters at the Frontier Hospital in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape region, said Treatment Action Campaign.../AIDS and to treat those infected. Back to other news for July 14, 2005 ...crap

Could you have an infection that doesn't show up on a culture because you are taking a lot of antibi
My foot Puncture wound looked and acted infected, yet the tissue /blood cultures were negative... line and Vancomycin.  I did the IV drip by myself 2x daily for 10 days. Could the wound have been infected despite the negative culture?  I did have high monocytes, Eos, Baso%, etc.  The wound healed...crap

DESPERATE FOR ANSWER!
.2.How "small" your "small" open wound was.3.How "open" your small "open" would was.4.Whether or not infected semen actually got into the small open wound.5.The viral load in the infected semen... and had a small open wound on the underside of my penis.I got some of the other guy's semen into the open cut...crap

blood
wound and get a small drop of blood on a surface (assuming the person was hiv+) and then maybe 30... of transmission. Is that enough time for a small drop of blood to become non infectous? Would there be a need.... They concede that this study did cause some unnecessary alarm to the public regarding environmental infection...crap

Dr Bob or DJ
I was wondering if the risk from precum to an open wound is greater or less than the risk... cause of infection. So as you probaly already know, unprotected Anal high risk [both reciever and giver... DJ Chapter 3 , Page 35

Throughout the world, people can contract HIV infection in three...crap

Flesh wound-tested -
I was the one who posted the flesh wound post a few days back. To put my minds at ease, I decided to test at 7 and a half weeks. I guess I should have believed you guys all along that I was not infected.

**DONOTDELETE** Flesh wound-tested - Congrats

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Terribly upset with HIV+ boyfriend
, it seems he was trying to ease your mind and his... imagine the guilt he feels right now. Possibly infecting... never means automatic infection, especially when a person is undetectalbe.

You...crap