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Cross-infection for those with Cystic Fibrosis, what it means and how to prevent it.

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Cross infection control in dentistry (Few basic points)

Cross infection control in dentistry (Few basic points)

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another cross-contamination post... go figure.

Now that I'm getting to the age where people my age are getting in serious relationships, getting engaged, getting married, and starting families (even though I find it all insane, since I'm still a little over a month shy of turning 20) I've started seriously thinking about weddings. 

Let me set this straight really quickly. I am not dating anyone currently, nor do I see myself getting involved in a relationship anytime soon. I am also someone who doesn't really believe in or see the point in getting married young. Your early twenties should be about exploring your life, yourself, the world, and truly discovering yourself and your passions in life. How can you devote yourself to someone else if you don't truly know who you are yet? That being said, I do enjoy watching wedding shows, organizing my wedding board on Pintrest, and dreaming about the perfect wedding, like most girls do. 

Then came the thoughts of who I would want to attend and be my bridesmaids. It hit me right then that I won't be able to have my best friend in my wedding, because we both have Cystic Fibrosis. Then everyones names started rushing through my head of CF patients who I love and have made an impact on my life. Mariah, Louis, James, Morgan, Melissa, Holly, Casey, Arielle, Kaitlin, Alex, Jack, Nick, and so many others that I realize they won't be able to attend my wedding one day. That also means I will never be able to go and celebrate with them on their wedding day.

Although I am so grateful to have met all these amazing CFers along the road, it still is the harsh reality that if we were to hang around each other, we would be putting both of our lives at danger. Being "internet friends" is fine for the most part, until something big and exciting happens in one of our lives and we can't get together to celebrate. 

I wish scientists and doctors would start to focus a bit more on limiting cross infection and make it where it is no longer an issue. That would surely make a lot of things easier on a lot of us. 

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cross infection.

Probably one of my least favorite things about Cystic Fibrosis.  Unlike cancer and so many other serious illnesses, we can't have support groups or hang out with other people with CF.  Why? Because we carry and grow certain bacterias in our lungs that aren't harmful to non-CFers, but can be easily transferred to other CF patients and can be fatal.  I absolutely despise cross infection. I've always hated it and everything that comes with it, since the first time I found out about it during a hospital admission just before I turned 14. I had met and made friends with another CF patient around my age in the hospital named Louis. We ended up going out of our way to sneak around the hospital to hang out together- always got in lots of trouble from it. A few months later, we were admitted at the same time again, and did the same thing again. He was actually my first kiss ever, in our hospital elevator when I was 14.  We've gotten together and ran into each other a few times over the years, obviously not listening to the "stay 6 feet apart" rule the CF Foundation has. 

Today, my best friend has CF. I met Mariah on twitter and we absolutely hit it off as soon as we started talking. I want nothing more than for us to be able to go on beach trips together, have sleep overs, and just do everything normal best friends should be able to do. No, she doesn't live too close to me, but I know for a fact that if the cross infection wasn't a problem, then neither one of us would mind making the drive or flight to see each other.  There is also another boy. I met James on twitter I think last summer. Not positive. However, we didn't start getting really close until recently. This boy is perfect in my books- very attractive, really nice and caring, funny, has tattoos, and he's Scottish. So his accent is on point. However, since he has CF I know we will probably never get to be together. We always talk about how great it'd be to be able to be together, talking about "one day", but it sucks knowing it'll never happen. If distance was the only issue, we could save up for a plane ticket, but I can imagine how my parents would react. 

I really wish the CF research scientist could start looking at a way to contain cross infection, to where it's no longer an issue and we can all get together and hang out together. 

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Hey Dan, what did you mean by this: "although face to face contact now a days is a lot harder due to segregation"? Soz if I'm being ignorant xx

Nah it's all good, I'd say you'd be more ignorant by not asking. Knowledge is power and all that...

I might ramble slightly, but I'll try nail it for you. There's a TLDR version at the bottom.

Basically a number of years ago (maybe about 9 or 10) some dudes in white coats did some research on bugs and cross contamination, and that if one CFer talks to another CFer would there be any danger if they were carrying different bugs, could they catch them.

They worked out after how ever long their study went on for that if CF kid A with bug 1 talks to CF kid B with bug 2, that there is a chance that they could cause cross infection. IE: Kid A now has Bug 1 and 2.

Now, I'm not sure how much you know about CF or cross infection and bugs in general, so I'm not wanting to insult your intelligence. But basically in CF terms the more bugs we have in our chest the greater the chance of chest infection, which causes scarring (anyone, from CFer to norm that gets a chest infection will be scarring) Scarring in lung tissue causes irreversible damage, and basically kills that small section of the lung.

So the less bugs in my chest (and other CFers chest) the better, we'll be less susceptible to chest infections, and over all require less treatment.

So once this study came to light the CF center I attend implemented a 'segregation rule' where if you were receiving treatment on the ward you couldn't mix with other CFers. (Our ward was well decked out, we already had private bedrooms so cross infection from sharing a bay of beds wasn't an issue) and basically if you broke the rule the ward had the right to refuse you treatment or even kick you off the ward. Stern but fair, they are only trying to look after us.

So now you can see by what I mean with "face to face contact now a days is a lot harder due to segregation"

Saying that though, the segregation/cross infection rule is only in effect when you're as hospital, so if you want to mix with other CFers in your own time, you can do. We have been informed of the risks and as adults it's up to us how we lead our lives.

One of my best friends, (infact I think you met him at my b'day party, Andy) has CF, but we grow the same bugs so theres no risk of cross infection, but we do keep each other in the loop about that shit, so if we find out that were growing something different, we won't have face to face contact.

When segregation came in on our ward there was quite an uproar about it, we used to have a 'living room' with a 52" TV w/Sky and a pool table in there so we could hang out with other CFers. Then suddenly this rule came in and we couldn't talk to each other any more.

Which yeah was a shock, but overall it's better for us, and I swear my ward was like a spazzy version of Hollyoaks, CFers sleeping with each other, talking about each other behind people backs, plenty of other drama too etc....

TLDR SEGREGATION RULES: CF kid A with bug 1 talks to CF kid B with bug 2, that there is a chance that they could cause cross infection. IE: Kid A now has Bug 1 and 2. So the doctors put a stop to us 'mixing'