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Honey is being used to fight Staph Infections

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Could Honey Beat MRSA?

Professor Molan recently researched an MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ) outbreak in a New Zealand's largest hospital, in which all victims were treated with manuka honey ApiNate Dressing (manuka honey which is impregnated into a calcium alginate fibre dressing). The results were astonishing.

"A couple of years ago, Waikato hospital took up my suggestion to use Manuka honey to try to prevent MRSA infections," he says.

"In one of the wards, where they had a long-history of problems with MRSA, the charge nurse tried putting honey dressings on all patients with wounds when they had an MRSA outbreak. As well as clearing up the wounds which were already infected, there were no cases of cross infections.

"Now, whenever they get a patient with MRSA, rather than putting them in isolation they just put honey dressings on everybody with open wounds and they've never had a case of cross infection since.

"We've since tested manuka honey against MRSA and other superbugs, and they are all very sensitive to it."…

"People don't realise just how much evidence there is and the reason why honey works - it's not just an antibacterial activity - there are other beneficial healing elements, so even if a wound isn't infected it's still the best thing to use to get the most rapid healing without scarring."…
Carmel Thomason, Manchester Evening News (UK), 6/18/2007
 
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Doesn't surprise me. My mom had a horrible diabetic ulcer in the 90's on a toe. Doc's wanted to take her leg off above the knee due to infection & gangrene. Local doc's dad was a butcher and mom was a vet & when asked said well if sugar works on keeping meat from bacteria growth and works on animals to help heal wounds....it should work on humans because well meat's meat. Mom was desperate to keep her leg, so was willing to do the epsom soaks, peroxide & pack it full of white sugar multiple times a day.

It worked. Healed up so well the fancy wound care docs accused the local doc of lying about it all together until they saw pics.
 
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