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Here is a place to start http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/01/29/the-race-to-reverse-antibiotic-resistance/#.V8YW15MrLOQ http://blogs.discovermagaz

Here is a place to start http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/01/29/the-race-to-reverse-antibiotic-resistance/#.V8YW15MrLOQ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/01/29/the-rac... And given that you can use sugar to help heal wounds http://www.drwhitaker.com/sugar-on-wounds-for-healing/ http://www.drwhitaker.com/sugar-on-wounds-for-healing/ what if you inject a sugar syrup into the bladder every time after you pee. Might work. Research is needed.

Mz 10y ago
Um, not a fan of your sugar syrup in the bladder idea. Stuff I have read indicates that antibiotic resisatant infections basically terraform the body, like an alligator making swamps in the American South. One of the things they typically do is making the body more acid. So, if you can reverse the acidity, the biofilm starts breaking up and the infection becomes treatable again.
- giardini 10y ago
  Mz: "...like an alligator making swamps in the American South..." Alligators don't make swamps - they live in swamps. They do dig "alligator holes" but that is hardly swamp-making. Perhaps you're thinking of beavers, who _do_ very significantly modify waterways and lakes by building dams and nests?
  - Mz 10y ago
    Finally, they alter the hydrology of wet areas in which they live, connecting existing water sources and separating others depending on their seasonal movement patterns. https://bioventures.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/keystone-species-american-alligator/ https://bioventures.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/keystone-specie... From what I have read, swamps tend to fill in over time and turn into solid land -- unless there are alligators.
    - giardini 10y ago
      Mz: "From what I have read, swamps tend to fill in over time and turn into solid land -- unless there are alligators." Swamps abound in lands with no alligators whatsoever. In places where there are alligators, they can serve as an indicator species or keystone species for ecological studies. Certainly they alter their environment and create niches for other species, but they aren't necessary for swamps and they don't create swamps. Removing all the alligators from a swamp would not get rid of the swamp. Putting a bunch of alligators into an area will not result in a swamp being created in that area.
      - Mz 10y ago
        Certainly they alter their environment Yes, that is what I meant. They alter their environment. I didn't intend to suggest that if you stick alligators in a non-swampy area, they create swamps by their very presence. Removing alligators from certain swamps would, in fact, significantly impact the swamp and make it much more likely to revert to solid land over time. Here are a few things my son looked up for me just this morning because we were discussing the topic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator In 'Habitat' we have: "When [Alligators] construct alligator holes in the wetlands, they increase plant diversity and provide habitat for other animals during droughts." "Further west, in Louisiana, heavy grazing by coypu and muskrat are causing severe damage to coastal wetlands. Large alligators feed extensively on coypu, and provide a vital ecological service by reducing coypu numbers." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_alligator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_alligator At the very top of the page we have "They play an important role as ecosystem engineers in wetland ecosystems through the creation of alligator holes, which provide both wet and dry habitats for other organisms." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem_engineer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem_engineer Down in "ecology and behavior" for American Alligator, we have "Alligators modify wetland habitats, most dramatically in flat areas such as the Everglades, by constructing small ponds known as alligator holes. This behavior has qualified the American alligator to be considered a keystone species. Alligator holes retain water during the dry season and provide a refuge for aquatic organisms. Aquatic organisms that survive the dry season by seeking refuge in alligator holes are a source of future populations. The construction of nests along the periphery of alligator holes, as well as a buildup of soils during the excavation process, provide drier areas for other reptiles to nest and a place for plants that are intolerant of inundation to colonize. Alligator holes are an oasis during the Everglades dry season, so are consequently important foraging sites for other organisms. In the limestone depressions of cypress swamps, alligator holes tend to be large and deep, while those in marl prairies and rocky glades are usually small and shallow, and those in peat depressions of ridge and slough wetlands are more variable." and "Alligators also may control the long-term vegetation dynamics in wetlands by reducing the population of small mammals, particularly coypu, which may otherwise overgraze marsh vegetation. In this way, the vital ecological service they provide may be important in reducing rates of coastal wetland losses in Louisiana. They may provide a protection service for water birds nesting on islands in freshwater wetlands. Alligators prevent predatory mammals from reaching island-based rookeries and in return eat spilled food and birds that fall from their nests." So basically, alligators dig holes, and this does a bunch of important things, and also they eat one of the main animals that would otherwise destroy wetlands.
labster 10y ago
This sounds like a brilliant way to cause a bladder infection, and probably a kidney infection too.
dogma1138 10y ago
Sugar doesn't "heal wounds" like salt it creates an environment that prevents bacteria from surviving if the concentration is high enough. Honey, Sugar, Salt all have been used on wounds but this can also go pretty damn wrong easily. You however do not want to inject sugar or anything like that into the bladder. P.S. As a general rule of thumb you should probably avoid using "home remedies" from imadoctor.com sites.
astrodust 10y ago
Research into where you got this idea is desperately needed to avoid others making the same mistake. Sugar is a good 'last resort' anti-biotic but it's certainly not the best option.
S_Daedalus 10y ago
There are less painful and ridiculous ways to kill yourself.

Mz 10y ago

Um, not a fan of your sugar syrup in the bladder idea. Stuff I have read indicates that antibiotic resisatant infections basically terraform the body, like an alligator making swamps in the American South. One of the things they typically do is making the body more acid. So, if you can reverse the acidity, the biofilm starts breaking up and the infection becomes treatable again.

giardini 10y ago
Mz: "...like an alligator making swamps in the American South..." Alligators don't make swamps - they live in swamps. They do dig "alligator holes" but that is hardly swamp-making. Perhaps you're thinking of beavers, who _do_ very significantly modify waterways and lakes by building dams and nests?
- Mz 10y ago
  Finally, they alter the hydrology of wet areas in which they live, connecting existing water sources and separating others depending on their seasonal movement patterns. https://bioventures.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/keystone-species-american-alligator/ https://bioventures.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/keystone-specie... From what I have read, swamps tend to fill in over time and turn into solid land -- unless there are alligators.
  - giardini 10y ago
    Mz: "From what I have read, swamps tend to fill in over time and turn into solid land -- unless there are alligators." Swamps abound in lands with no alligators whatsoever. In places where there are alligators, they can serve as an indicator species or keystone species for ecological studies. Certainly they alter their environment and create niches for other species, but they aren't necessary for swamps and they don't create swamps. Removing all the alligators from a swamp would not get rid of the swamp. Putting a bunch of alligators into an area will not result in a swamp being created in that area.
    - Mz 10y ago
      Certainly they alter their environment Yes, that is what I meant. They alter their environment. I didn't intend to suggest that if you stick alligators in a non-swampy area, they create swamps by their very presence. Removing alligators from certain swamps would, in fact, significantly impact the swamp and make it much more likely to revert to solid land over time. Here are a few things my son looked up for me just this morning because we were discussing the topic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator In 'Habitat' we have: "When [Alligators] construct alligator holes in the wetlands, they increase plant diversity and provide habitat for other animals during droughts." "Further west, in Louisiana, heavy grazing by coypu and muskrat are causing severe damage to coastal wetlands. Large alligators feed extensively on coypu, and provide a vital ecological service by reducing coypu numbers." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_alligator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_alligator At the very top of the page we have "They play an important role as ecosystem engineers in wetland ecosystems through the creation of alligator holes, which provide both wet and dry habitats for other organisms." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem_engineer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem_engineer Down in "ecology and behavior" for American Alligator, we have "Alligators modify wetland habitats, most dramatically in flat areas such as the Everglades, by constructing small ponds known as alligator holes. This behavior has qualified the American alligator to be considered a keystone species. Alligator holes retain water during the dry season and provide a refuge for aquatic organisms. Aquatic organisms that survive the dry season by seeking refuge in alligator holes are a source of future populations. The construction of nests along the periphery of alligator holes, as well as a buildup of soils during the excavation process, provide drier areas for other reptiles to nest and a place for plants that are intolerant of inundation to colonize. Alligator holes are an oasis during the Everglades dry season, so are consequently important foraging sites for other organisms. In the limestone depressions of cypress swamps, alligator holes tend to be large and deep, while those in marl prairies and rocky glades are usually small and shallow, and those in peat depressions of ridge and slough wetlands are more variable." and "Alligators also may control the long-term vegetation dynamics in wetlands by reducing the population of small mammals, particularly coypu, which may otherwise overgraze marsh vegetation. In this way, the vital ecological service they provide may be important in reducing rates of coastal wetland losses in Louisiana. They may provide a protection service for water birds nesting on islands in freshwater wetlands. Alligators prevent predatory mammals from reaching island-based rookeries and in return eat spilled food and birds that fall from their nests." So basically, alligators dig holes, and this does a bunch of important things, and also they eat one of the main animals that would otherwise destroy wetlands.

labster 10y ago

This sounds like a brilliant way to cause a bladder infection, and probably a kidney infection too.

dogma1138 10y ago

Sugar doesn't "heal wounds" like salt it creates an environment that prevents bacteria from surviving if the concentration is high enough. Honey, Sugar, Salt all have been used on wounds but this can also go pretty damn wrong easily. You however do not want to inject sugar or anything like that into the bladder. P.S. As a general rule of thumb you should probably avoid using "home remedies" from imadoctor.com sites.

astrodust 10y ago

Research into where you got this idea is desperately needed to avoid others making the same mistake. Sugar is a good 'last resort' anti-biotic but it's certainly not the best option.

S_Daedalus 10y ago

There are less painful and ridiculous ways to kill yourself.