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A 42-year-old male asked:
my kid bro for 5 years + got mrsa (staph infection), can i get drug/treatment recommendations ? thank you
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Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 46 years experience
Some basics: MRSA in not the plague or rare or as bad as many make it out to be. It can be found as the cause of most simple abscesses or pustules seen by doctors & those germs are everywhere. Many simple older drugs like bactrim kill it easily as do many others.
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A member asked:
What are the causes of ear infections?
4 doctor answers • 12 doctors weighed in
Dr. Anatoly Belilovskyanswered
Pediatrics 35 years experience
Ears are connected..: ...To the nose on the inside, with a tunnel called the eustacian tube. Anything that happens in the nose, can affect the ear.
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Dr. Brian Affleck commented
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 30 years experience
The most common cause of ear infection is that the Eustachian tube isn't working. This results in a negative pressure, like a small vacuum. The negative pressure can be strong enough to pull fluid from the delicate tissues lining the middle ear. Once there is fluid, bacteria from the nose can then infect it. There are several reasons for the Eustachian tube to not work, including colds/allergy
Aug 16, 2013
A 27-year-old member asked:
Can my diet in pregnancy have an impact on my child's food preferences?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Nicholas Fogelsonanswered
Specializes in Gynecology
No: There's no data to suggest this is true.
6.6k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 36-year-old member asked:
Can you have sex with a girl that has a urinary tract infection and not get it?
1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Martin Raffanswered
Infectious Disease 56 years experience
Yes: Vaginal penetration by the penis will not induce infection simply because your partner has a uti.
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A 29-year-old member asked:
What can I do to prevent bacterial infections?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Bryan Leveyanswered
Pediatrics 27 years experience
Good hygiene: The best way to prevent bacterial infections, or viral infections, is good hygiene. Wash your hand properly and often. Next come nutrition; your immune system works much better if you give it the proper tools to work with. Next comes sleep; not sleeping properly or enough has been shown to weaken the immune system and increase susceptibility to infections.
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A member asked:
What causes frequent throat infections?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Martin Raffanswered
Infectious Disease 56 years experience
Many possibilities: Inadequate therapy, re-exposure or frequent exposure to persons with causative organisms (like schoolteachers), changes in immune function, chronic tonsillar infection, and so on and so on.
5.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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