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Shower after swimming to avoid MRSA
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by LotusFlower | February 15, 2009 at 11:42 pm
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Shower after swimming - that's what scientists are saying after a rise in 'community acquired' infections of MRSA has been noted.
In the UK we are used to seeing headlines about 'hospital acquired' MRSA but health experts are warning that it's possible to catch it in the sea and so highlighting the importance of showering after swimming.
Around 20 to 40% of people carry the disease - often around the nose - but serious infections only generally arise if it gets into a deep wound.
Holidaymakers should shower after swimming in the sea to reduce their chances of picking up the superbug, MRSA, according to scientists.
The warning follows one of the first major studies into dangerous microbes that bathers might encounter during a trip to the seaside.
Researchers found that people who went swimming at a popular beach in Florida had more than a one-in-three chance of coming into contact with the Staphylococcus aureus microbe. A small proportion of these were the potentially life-threatening drug-resistant strain, MRSA.
The bugs get into seawater when they are washed off the skin of people who may be unaware they are carrying the infection
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at 07:46 on February 16th, 2009
After having worked for a Government contracted Lab in the 80s and checked out all the Restaurant, Pools and super markets I have stopped going to public pools and rather swim in polluted rivers, it is safer.