According to “Antibiotic resistance now 'global threat', WHO warns,” WHO reported that bacteria resistance to antibiotics is a major global threat in every part of the world, described as "post-antibiotic era," people began to suffer and die from a simple infection that used to be treatable.
In case you don’t know, this is the very very bad news. Antibiotic resistance problems are so serious that they're comparable to threat of global warming. Imagine that the simple disease such as diarrhea could kill you easily without
any drugs being effective. One of the most important reasons that the bacteria
become more resistance to antibiotic drug is misuses, especially in Thailand.
Taking antibiotics has and lot of cautions, it has to be taken exactly as prescribed.
You can’t skip it or stop taking it before the doctor say you can. But a lot of
people just stop taking it when their symptoms stop. They don’t know that the bacteria
are not fully wiped out from their body yet, and it become the selection of the
strongest strain of bacteria in their body. That’s why they become resistance to
drugs.
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Reference
Stephens, P. (2014, April 30). Antibiotic resistance now
'global threat', WHO warns. BBC News Health. Retrieved May 5, 2014 from http://www.bbc.com/news/health-27204988
I think I'll leave Petch to suggest solutions. She is much better informed on this than I am.
ReplyDeleteAs I was reading her post, I thought that this was a great example of evolution in action, especially Petch's comment in paragraph 3 that it's the strongest strain that survive when people misuse antibiotics. It seems our fellow human beings are helping to breed diseases that can more efficiently kill us off.
I had herd my mother said about that for years. She said that more and more of her patient infected by Drug-resistance bacteria, make cure more harder and expensive . She also added that Ministry of Public Heath must do something nationwide.
ReplyDeleteYour post let me think that “have I ever used the antibiotic without the need”. And, I think my answer might be “No”. For my “No” answer, I believe that it was influenced by the doctor who treat me since I was young. Thanks to my doctor, he always told my family that No, No, No, it’s still not time to use the medicine. That’s true. After diagnosed by my doctor four or five days later, I generally got better without the medicine.
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