02. Basic Protocol

Ok, so let's say you suspect you have a Staph infection, what do you do now???

Well, here's the basic protocol in a nutshell:

1) Tea Tree Oil:

Apply tea tree oil regularly to the infection. Use a new square of facial tissue (Kleenex) each time and don't double-dip. Keep reapplying until it finally disappears (this may take an hour to days). This generally works well when the infection is still just a red dot or a whitehead. Another natural option here is manuka oil - but it's fairly pricier (albeit much stronger too).

2) Bleach Swab:

For something a little stronger, dip a Q-tip in bleach and you may (optionally) swipe or hold it very briefly it under a trickle of water to dilute it a bit. Then, swab this topically onto the infection site. You can lightly rub it into small folliculitis spots for a few minutes until they stop stinging (rather than just dabbing it on quickly once). Now, bleach is of course somewhat caustic to your skin, so you may not want to apply it more than 3 days in a row..

3) Body Washing:

You may try taking some warm, diluted bleach baths as an initial shotgun approach. Soak (for maybe ~3 days straight) about an hour each time to let the chlorine really absorb into your pores and follicles - where Staph loves to hide out the most. And obviously, don't make the bleach solution too strong or get it in your eyes.

You just have to find a balance between killing the germs and drying out your skin too bad. But do note that bleach breaks down into salts in about 24 hours, so it's not as harsh a chemical as one might think. Which also means that you must make a fresh new batch before each usage...

And to help osmotically "suck out" toxins, you may also want add some epsom salt, sea salt, baking soda, & borax into your bath as well.

But, "sniping" spots with Q-tips may be a more effective strategy in the long run - as it's easier and won't wipe out all the probiotics covering your body, too. A few initial "clean sweep" baths may still be a good idea, though.

4) Internal Medicine:

Take Bactestat (with Staph "vibe" added) homeopathic remedy, BellaVida Super "Angstrom" Silver and Allimed/Allimax caps daily. Also eat a lot of raw garlic (up to a clove) and a few tablespoons of tumeric powder per day. You can eat the garlic mostly at night to minimize bad breath and dissolve the turmeric in water for easier consumption. You can buy turmeric capsules, but it's much cheaper in the bulk foods section. For (internal) sepsis, you may want to try Dr. Paul Marik's HAT/ACTS cocktail or something similar. And there's also some additional herbs, supplements, and information listed in this section.

5) Decontamination:

You must also "decon" (disinfect) your personal environment to remove any Staph that migrated there. This includes any sports equipment, home & bath, car, office space, clothing, etc. Mainly, the key areas to focus on are dank, hard surfaces where biofilms tend to form best - like in particular, your bathroom. Diluted bleach spray, alcohol and Byotrol are some good options here. I would also wash your clothes, bedsheets and towels frequently with hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and borax added in.

6) Lance & Drain:

If the infection is a spider bite-sized boil and is not subsiding with the bleach or tea tree oil, you may have to go to a clinic to get it surgically-lanced & drained. Lancing, popping or squeezing any boil yourself runs a possible risk of causing cellulitis or septic infection, so I wouldn't recommend DIY operations here. In any case, after any boil has been lanced, be sure to keep it covered up as the pus leaking out is rather contagious.

For simple abscesses up to 5 cm, incision and drainage are just as effective as adding an antibiotic (Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2004;23:123-7). "If it's a simple abscess, do drainage,"

7) Wound Care:

I recommend holding any bandage in place with wrapping or a makeshift sling, rather than tape. The reason why is that tape left on the skin continuously for days may eventually rip the skin off in that area, leading to a secondary wound. But if you must use adhesive in an awkward area, be sure to use proper band-aids or medical tape. And if those are sticking too strongly, you might consider swiping the area down first with a little tea tree oil to weaken the adhesive bond.

8) Testing:

There is no foolproof test to tell if you have totally eradicated Staph off your entire body. You can take a nasal swab test for MRSA because it often colonizes there, but that does not guarantee there is none elsewhere on you. So, there could always be some false negatives. But, if you have gone for at least many months or a few years without any recurrences and all your skin and follicles look really clear (no dark or purplish spots), then you're probably Staph-free. Time is ultimately probably the best test here.

9) Time:

MRSA seems like Athlete's Foot or household mold. If you treat it properly and dilligently, it should keep diminishing over time until it eventually stops recurring at all. If successful, your outbreaks should be steadily decreasing in both severity (shrinking in size from boils to whiteheads to folliculitis and limited to more narrrowly confined areas) and frequency. Note that it may take 1-2 years (or even more or less) to totally peeter out to "zero" on this downward curve. (Of course, this duration is highly-variable depending upon many, many factors.)

I also suspect that your immune system may slowly build up some immunity to it meanwhile, as well. That may be 1 tiny bright spot to all this, if any, lol.

So, it is curable, given the right protocol and allowing sufficient time. :)

In the meantime, your goal is to progressively keep weeding it out from everywhere in your personal space!

Ok, well that was just the abbreviated version. The following pages contain additional options and more detailed instructions and information...

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