Hundreds of years ago, a simple bacterial
infection was often fatal, because there were no antibiotics to cure it. These
infections may again be a threat to the bacteria become resistant to our
antibiotics because of overuse.
Each year, your family may have a share of
the common cold, sore throat, and viruses. When you bring your child to the
doctor for this disease, do not automatically expect a prescription for
antibiotics.
Many old people do. And they’re was
surprised, maybe even angry, if they leave the room empty-handed practices of
doctors - after all, what parents want their children to heal as quickly as
possible. But the doctor will take you and your child does not get help with
the prescription pad.
When sneezing, coughing, runny nose, sore
throat and pain becomes too much for many people to beg the doctor for
antibiotics. If they feel enough pain to drag himself to a general
practitioner, antibiotics, it seems necessary to help them win this error. But
that requires antibiotics might actually harmful to their health.
Unfortunately, antibiotics will not work as
the common cold treatment - antibiotics and too much can cause serious problems
worldwide.
How Antibiotics
Work
An antibiotic, first used in the 1940, is
certainly one of the great advances in medicine. But the prescription that
resulted in the development of resistant bacteria is bacteria that do not
respond to antibiotics that can be worked in the past. Also, every time that
children taking antibiotics is a risk of side effects such as upset stomach and
diarrhea or even a possible allergic reaction.
To understand how antibiotics work, it helps
to know about two main types of germs that can make people sick: bacteria and
viruses. Although some bacteria and viruses cause diseases with similar
symptoms, the ways in which the two organisms multiply and spread illness are
different:
Bacteria are living organisms existing as
single cells. Bacteria are everywhere and most are harmless, and in some cases
may be useful. Lactobacillus, for example, lives in the gut and helps digest
food.
However, some bacteria are harmful and can
cause disease by invading the human body, multiplying, and interfering with
normal body processes. Antibiotics are effective against bacteria because they
work to kill the organism’s life by stopping their growth and reproduction.
Viruses, on the other hand, are not living
and do not exist on their own - particles containing genetic material wrapped
in a coat of protein. Viruses "live," grow and reproduce only after
they invaded other living cells.
Some viruses can be rejected by the body's
immune system before they cause disease, but others (colds, for example), just
run its course. Viruses do not respond to antibiotics at all.
Why do antibiotics
not work against cold
The answer is simple: antibiotics are
effective only against bacterial infection. The common cold isn’t a bacterial
infection."Colds and flu are caused by viruses, not bacteria.
"Viruses are completely different types
of organisms, there is no good drugs to fight viruses." There are
antiviral medications used for colds. The body can heal itself without any treatment
at all. "Your body can get rid of that and you will do fine without the
antibiotic.
Many types of bacteria living on and within
the body without making the person are sick. When given antibiotics for a cold
or flu virus, the virus is not dead - but some bacteria are normal. After
repeated exposure to antibiotics, the bacteria become resistant to antibiotics.
So when your body is exposed to an antibiotic repeatedly by the overuse of
antibiotics, the bacteria in your body learns to fight and antibiotic
ineffective.
If you catch a bacterial infection from
another person who is infected by a strain resistant to antibiotics, which now
also has an infection that does not respond to antibiotics. No strong antibiotics
to kill bacteria, your health are at serious risk and could result potentially
fatal complications.
Here's some more food for thought: If you are
sick with a bacterial infection and the first line of defense common
antibiotics (which tend to be cheap) does not work, the doctor will pass the
second and third line drugs. The antibiotics may be more expensive - some even 10-20
times the price of first-line drugs.
Taking Antibiotics
Safely
What
should you do when your child gets sick? To minimize the risk of bacterial
resistance, keep these tips in mind:
·
Treat
only bacterial infections. Seek doctors advice and ask questions.
·
Use
antibiotics as prescribed.
·
Do
not save antibiotics for next time.
·
Never
use the prescription of another person.
Educating yourself about when antibiotics are appropriate to use and
when they're not, can help you protect yourself, your family, and people around
you from the threat of antibiotic resistance from antibiotic
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