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Potent antibiotics treat infections caused by bacteria

Date Added: December 06, 2009 11:48:14 PM

Category: Health

The word "antibiotic" is derived from the Greek anti which means "against" and bios which means "life" (a bacterium is a life form). Antibiotics are effective medicines taken to treat bacterial infections. If used as prescribed, antibiotics can save lives. They either kill off microorganisms outright or stop their multiplication. Your body's natural defenses can commonly take it from there. Most antibiotics have two names, the brand name created by the pharmaceutical company that manufactures the drug, and a generic name based on chemical properties of antibiotics. Antibiotics do not fight off viral infections, such as colds, influenza, most coughs and bronchitis, sore throats unless brought on by streptococci. A broad-spectrum antibiotic can be taken to treat a huge number of infections. A narrow-spectrum antibiotic is only efficient against a few types of microbes. There are antibiotics that attack aerobic bacteria, while others work against anaerobic microbes. Aerobic bacteria require oxygen, whereas anaerobic bacteria do not. Antibiotics may be given beforehand, to prevent an infection, as might be the case before surgery. This is called 'preventive' use of antibiotics. They are usually used before bowel and orthopaedic surgery. Antibiotics can bring on many more medical problems, if not taken in the right way. Extensive use and misuse in the ill over time have jeopardized antibiotics' ability to kill microbes. Today, almost all bacteria are resistant to these medicines, so that more recently invented antibiotics are sometimes required to fight infections that were once easily cured. Antibiotics can also lead to complications, for example vaginal yeast infections and diarrhoea. If you take antibiotics, observe the instructions. Your dose has been measured to fight off microbes throughout the course of the disease. So, if you do not conclusion, you risk leaving enough bacteria in your system to restart the infection - even if you are feeling good. The leftover drug will not be sufficient to kill off the bugs the next time, and it may even make them resistant.

Potent antibiotics treat infections caused by bacteria

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