Some Misunderstandings about Antibiotics


Posted July 23, 2019 by Amandababy

Antibiotics are a class of metabolites with antipathogen or other activities produced by microorganisms or higher animals and plants in the course of life, as well as chemically synthesized or semi-synthesized compounds.
 
Antibiotics are a class of metabolites with antipathogen or other activities produced by microorganisms or higher animals and plants in the course of life, as well as chemically synthesized or semi-synthesized compounds. The discovery and application of antibiotics is a great revolution in human history. But because of the unreasonable method, people use antibiotics to treat diseases at the same time, but also exercise the resistance of bacteria.

What are the misunderstandings about the use of antibiotics in our daily life?
1. Antibiotics are equal to anti-inflammatory drugs
Antibiotics do not directly treat inflammation, but kill the microorganisms that cause inflammation. Anti-inflammatory drugs are aimed at inflammation, such as commonly used anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs such as aspirin. Most people mistakenly believe that antibiotics can cure all inflammation. In fact, antibiotics are only applicable to bacterial inflammation, but not viral inflammation. There are a large number of normal and beneficial bacteria in the human body. If antibiotics are used to treat aseptic inflammation, these drugs will suppress and kill the beneficial bacteria in the human body after they enter the body, resulting in the imbalance of bacteria, resulting in a decline in resistance.
Antibiotics should not be used to treat congestion, swelling, pain, contact dermatitis caused by allergic reaction, drug dermatitis and inflammation caused by virus, which often occur in local soft tissues in daily life.

2. Antibiotics can prevent infection
Antibiotics are only suitable for inflammation caused by bacteria and some other microorganisms. It is harmful for patients with viral influenza, measles, mumps, typhoid and influenza to be treated with antibiotics. Antibiotics are aimed at the microorganisms that cause inflammation. They kill microorganisms and do not prevent infection. On the contrary, long-term use of antibiotics can cause bacterial resistance.

3. New antibiotics are better than old ones, and expensive antibiotics are better than cheap ones.
In fact, each antibiotic has its own characteristics, advantages and disadvantages are different. Generally, individualized administration should be adhered to because of illness and individual choice. Erythromycin, for example, is an old-fashioned antibiotic with a low price. It has a fairly good therapeutic effect on Legionella and mycoplasma-infected pneumonia, while very expensive carbapenems and third-generation cephalosporins are less effective against these diseases than erythromycin. Moreover, some of the old drugs have stable efficacy, low price and clear adverse reactions. On the other hand, the birth of new antibiotics is often due to the resistance of old antibiotics. If old antibiotics are effective, old antibiotics should be used.

4. The more types of antibiotics used, the more effective the infection control will be.
It is generally not advocated to use antibiotics in combination. Because the combination of drugs can increase some unreasonable factors of drug , which not only can not increase the curative effect, but also reduce the curative effect, and easy to produce some toxic side effects, or bacterial resistance to drugs. Therefore, the more types of combined drug use, the higher the incidence of side effects and adverse reactions. Generally speaking, in order to avoid drug resistance and toxic side effects, two kinds of antibiotics should never be used to solve problems that can be solved with one antibiotic. Joint drug should be considered only if there is a serious infection or a clear indication.

5. Frequent replacement of antibiotics
There is a periodic problem in the efficacy of antibiotics. If the efficacy of some antibiotics is not good , the shortage of medication time should be considered first. In addition, inappropriate route of administration and systemic immune function can also affect the efficacy of antibiotics. If these factors are related, as long as they are adjusted, the curative effect will be improved. Frequent replacement of medicines can lead to confusion of medication, thus harming the body. Moreover, frequent drug changes can easily lead to bacterial resistance to a variety of drugs.

Now many people, once they get sick and hope to get better quickly, often choose the quicker way of infusion. In fact, many diseases do not need infusion, nor do they need antibiotics to achieve a very good therapeutic effect. Safe, efficient and Non-drug-resistant herbal medicine Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill and Fuyan Pill are the first choice.
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Issued By Amandababy
Country Canada
Categories Fitness , Health , Medical
Tags antibiotics , disease , herbal treatment
Last Updated July 23, 2019