ANTIBIOTICS:-
Antibiotics are medicines that fight bacteria. Antibiotics can save lives, if used properly. Antibiotics either kill bacteria or keep them from multiplying.
Antibiotics do not fight virus infections. For example:
Cold
Flu ANTIBIOTICS:
Most coughs
Sore throats (Exception: strep throats)
If you use antibiotics against viruses you will get more harmed than helped.
When you take antibiotics, you need to follow the instructions carefully. You should not stop in the middle of your treatment even if you feel better because some bacteria may survive and re-infect you.
Antibiotics saved lives in the united states for several years:
Antibiotic resistance:-
Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to resist on effects of antibiotic (which is very dangerous). This happens when bacteria eliminates the effectiveness of antibiotics. This gives time for the bacteria to multiply causing more harm. This can easily spread to your family member, co-workers, friends, and any other people you see
This is a world wide problem.
Not only does antibiotic resistance happen to humans, it also happens to animals, which increases the problem.
How did antibiotic resistance occur?
Antibiotic resistance occurred because the overuse of bacteria.
How to stop antibiotic resistance…
Don’t take antibiotics unless a doctor tells you. If you are told to take antibiotics for a specific number of days, don’t take antibiotics for a shorter or longer period of time.
Antibiotic Resistance *ANIMALS*
Animals have bacteria inside of them just like we do. So they take bacteria so they can kill the harmful bacteria. But they take to much and instead of helping they harm themselves. Not only does the animals get effected, they spread the bacteria into the food we eat and they harm humans. They also harm the environment because when animals get out wastes they also get out harmful bacteria which can spread to people and harm the environment.
The most harmful antibiotic resistant
Long before humans discovered antibiotics, they existed in nature. So naturally, after penicillin was introduced, some germs were already naturally resistant to the drug. As we used more and more of the antibiotics, we incidentally caused drug-resistant germs to progress. So, even if you’ve never misused antibiotics, you could still become infected by bacterium most drugs won’t kill. For each drug, there are germs genetically programmed to survive- some w/ outer walls tough for antibiotic to cross, others with ways to dump the drugs back out before they can work, and yet others can inactivate the antibiotic. Even worse, by passing tiny packets of genetic material to other bacteria, these survivor germs sometimes also pass the formula for resistance to the other bacteria. The best way you can protect yourself and your family against drug-resistant bacteria is by using antibiotics correctly. Taking them when they’re not needed encourages the takeover of drug-resistant strains in your body. (Redbook, pg.95) That’s because when antibiotics are given, the normal bacteria in your body are killed off, leaving lots of bacterial “parking spaces'; open. And the germ left to fill them is the drug-resistant ones. (Redbook, pg.95) So far, antibiotic resistance has not been a big problem with streptococcus A, the germ familiar to all of us for causing millions of cases of strep thr...
Throughout history disease has run rampant taking many lives with every passing day. Finding a cure or even just a tool in the battle has been the main focus of scientist throughout time. This focus is what brought us the discovery of antibiotics. Over the years antibiotics have been misused by patients, over prescribed by physicians and have led to resistant strains of bacteria.
Overtime, improvement and modernization of the medical field through research and performance has led to revolutionary improvement. One of the more predominant findings was the accidental discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), antibiotics are defined as drugs that fight infections caused by bacteria in both humans and animals by either killing the bacteria or making it difficult for the bacteria to grow and multiply. Unfortunately, antibiotics have become a victim of their own success which has ultimately resulted in an epidemic: antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance is the ability of bacteria to become immune antibiotics.
Resistance arises from mutations that are not under the control of humans, but the evolution of bacteria has been sped along by the overexposure of antibiotics to both people and animals. The number of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria in an area is closely related to the frequency that antibiotics that are prescribed (Todar, 2012). Patients often unnecessarily demand antibiotics to treat common colds or simple illnesses that are not caused by bacteria. Instead, these infections are caused by viruses which, unlike bacteria, are unaffected by antibiotics. Incorrect diagnosis can also lead patients to using unnecessary antibiotics, which can sometimes be even more dangerous than otherwise left untreated. Besides the fact that antibiotics kill off beneficial bacteria in the intestines, misuse of antibiotics provides an opportunity ...
• Take your antiparasitic medicine exactly as told by your health care provider. Do not stop taking the medicine even if you start to feel better.
First, we are going to talk about what does drug resistance exactly means. Drug resistance is when the effectiveness of the medicine that has been used to treat the infection is reduced. According to the WHO (World health organization), drug resistance occurs when microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change into different ways in order to render the medications that were used to cure infections that they have caused and make it ineffective. Drug resistance has been a major health problem since the 1990’s (1), because of the occurring of different kinds of drug resistance, it makes it even harder to treat all the different kinds of infections or microorganisms. Thus, because of drug resistances it makes it even harder to find new treatments to cure diseases and infections.
In the last decade, the number of prescriptions for antibiotics has increases. Even though, antibiotics are helpful, an excess amount of antibiotics can be dangerous. Quite often antibiotics are wrongly prescribed to cure viruses when they are meant to target bacteria. Antibiotics are a type of medicine that is prone to kill microorganisms, or bacteria. By examining the PBS documentary Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria and the article “U.S. government taps GlaxoSmithKline for New Antibiotics” by Ben Hirschler as well as a few other articles can help depict the problem that is of doctors prescribing antibiotics wrongly or excessively, which can led to becoming harmful to the body.
Alexander Fleming started the history of antibiotics in the 1920's with his discovery of penicillin.When penicillin was first discovered and used widely, it was touted as a wonder drug, and consequently was used as one.Though not necessarily harmful to the patient penicillin was used for much more infections than it was able to combat.Today the same practice is observed in the medical profession, however at this point it is due more to the detriment of an uneducated public.Studies have been carried out that show the huge over usage of antibiotics.In the seventies Soyka et al, concluded, "60% of physicians surveyed gave antibiotics for the treatment of the common cold."[3], and by common knowledge the common cold is a virus, something that cannot be treated by an antibiotic.Nyquist
The discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century was a major advancement in medicine. At the time of the discovery, war was taking place, which resulted in a plethora of infected wounds. Antibiotics can be described as a use, laboratory effect, or an action of a chemical compound (Clardy et al). Selman Waksman first used the term in 1941 when describing the small molecules made by microorganisms that prevent the growth of other microorganisms (Clardy et al). Antibiotics helped control the infection which allowed many who were injured a second chance to live. The antibiotic that was first discovered and used to cure war infections was penicillin. Since the discovery of antibiotics, controlling infections and diseases became easier, but it was also a medical pitfall. The effectiveness of any type of therapeutic agent is often times compromised by the formation of resistance or tolerance to that compound. This is particularly true for agents used to treat bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral infections; treated by antibiotics. Mechanisms that can be responsible for this phenomenon range from being biological to physiological. Many agencies have recognized this problem and have been taking steps to resolve it. To understand how antibiotics are successful or not, it is required to understand its history, and also the functions of bacteria in the human body. Also, it is important to know what a bacteria is and how it affects the human body. This will help doctors and researchers with solutions to prevent resistance. Though numerous resolutions and recommendations have been proposed, the bacterial resistance to antibiotics is relentless.
The discovery of antibiotics is attributed to Alexander Fleming who discovered the first antibiotic to be commercially used (Penicillin) in approximately 1928. An antibiotic, also known as an antimicrobial, is a medication that is taken in order to either destroy or slow the growth rate of bacteria. Antibiotics are integral to the success of many medical practises, such as; surgical procedures, organ transplants, the treatment of cancer and the treatment of the critically ill. (Ramanan Laxminarayan, 2013)
An estimated 70 percent of the antibiotics used in the U.S. are given to farm animals for non-therapeutic purposes. Using these antibiotics in this way can lead to drug-resistant bacteria; as a result, certain bacterial infections have already become untreatable in humans. Antibiotic resistant infections kill 90,000 Americans every year and 76 million people become ill from food poisoning (Mason,2014).
Take your antibiotic medicine as told by your health care provider. Do not stop taking the antibiotic even if you start to feel better.
It is estimated that over one-half of the antibiotics in the U.S. are used in food animal production. The overuse of antimicrobials in food animal production is an under-appreciated problem. In both human and veterinary medicine, the risk of developing resistance rises each time bacteria are exposed to antimicrobials. Resistance opens the door to treatment failure for even the most common pathogens and leads to an increasing number of infections. The mounting evidence of the relationship between antimicrobial use in animal husbandry and the increase in bacterial resistance in humans has prompted several reviews of agricultural practices by scientific authorities in a number of countries, including the US.
The most effective way to combat pathogenic bacteria which invade the body is the use of antibiotics. Overexposure to antibiotics can easily lead to resistant strains of bacteria. Resistance is dangerous because bacteria can easily spread from person to person. Simple methods for preventing excessive bacterial spread are often overlooked. Not all preventative measures are even adequate. Doctors and patients often use antibiotics unnecessarily or incorrectly, leading to greater resistance. Antibiotics are used heavily in livestock and this excessive antibiotic use can create resistant bacteria and transfer them to humans. In order to reduce resistant bacteria,
Take amoxicillin until you finish the prescription, even if you feel better. Stopping amoxicillin too soon may cause bacteria to become resistant to