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The regular consumption of salicylic acid, or its consumption in higher doses, could unexpectedly promote and prolong bacterial colonization, as shown by a joint study conducted by Monika Ehling-Schulz's group from the Institute of Microbiology, Vetmeduni Vienna, together with the research group of Fernanda Buzzola from the University of Buenos Aires. The research stays were in part funded by the Mobility Programme for Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Austria and Argentina.
Iron is an important trace element for the human body and plays an essential role in blood formation. The metabolism of many bacteria, including S. aureus, also depends on the availability of iron molecules. Salicylic acid forms complexes with iron ions in the blood and so deprives not only us but also the staphylococcal bacteria of this element. S. aureus modifies its metabolism if it obtains no or only insufficient iron. The microorganism reacts to the changed -- from its perspective, negative -- conditions through the intensified formation of a biofilm, a sort of layer of slime formed by the aggregation of individual bacteria, as Tom Grunert of the Institute for Microbiology at Vetmeduni Vienna explains. The accelerated biofilm production allows the bacteria to survive for an even longer period under unfavourable living conditions.
This increased biofilm formation is promoted by the regular or increased consumption of salicylic acid. As pain relief medication, this compound is usually not taken regularly. However, it also is a component of anti-acne preparations and certain exfoliate products, which are often used for a longer period of time. Since salicylic acid is found in fruits and vegetables, people who follow a mostly vegetarian diet might also affected. "These people consume a small dose of the substance virtually every day," says Grunert. The use of certain medications further increases the iron limitation. Taken orally, salicylic acid enters the blood circulation and forms there complexes with the iron ions.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 06 2017, @03:44AM
Hypnosis/Hypnotherapy is effective for pain relief. I suggest you look into it. It's also really cheap. Basically you train your brain to not focus on the pain, just like your brain doesn't bother reminding you how your bellybutton skin feels unless there's something wrong with it. The brain can only focus on so much data at once, the rest is ignored and forgotten. So you train your brain to see the pain as normal and then you forget about it. It'll always be in the back of your mind, but it'll no longer be in the front if your mind.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 06 2017, @10:31AM
I used opposite approach: attention depletion.
It is based on my conjecture that the pain is a push-back signal from your nervous system to your consciousness that says "you are trying to ignore this, and you shouldn't".
When in pain, concentrate on pain, put all your attention into it and try to intensify your sensation, try to "see" it in more detail. After a short time, it should "bleach out", just like a picture of a dot you intensively stare at starts to vanish.
Meet it without fear, embrace it, and extinguish it. Should work on all sorts of unwanted sensations and feelings. Let them in, trough, and out again.