Truly the dumbest article on the topic I’ve ever read.
If this is the apex of modern medicine’s knowledge, I’d like to know where to get the doctorate I deserve for knowing more.
I used to be a “don’t take antibiotics” guy. Still kinda am, but, when you think about it all.... Say your sick, you have a virus... And you take a full course of antibiotics, it won’t do anything to the virus. You didn’t have a bacterial infection, so how could that bacterial infection (that you don’t have) mutate to into a resistant strain?
Now, if you had a bacterial infection you would take antibiotics to kill it off, and yes maybe there might be a resistant couple of bactiurm there.
So I don’t know how taking antibiotics when you don’t have a bacterial infection causes antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Guess I need to read the article again.
I would rather let my body’s miraclus immune system do what it was programmed to do and then build up some antibodies.
What’s the height of medical malpractice is the use of antibiotics to treat a viral infection. If you have viral pneumonia and you are given antibiotics it is as useless as a placebo. Doctors should give an intiviral medication to inhibit the spread of the virus. Such medications are oseltamivir (Tamiflu), zanamivir (Relenza), or peramivir (Rapivab).
You can lower your risk of viral infections by healthy health practices and vaccines. One important step is washing ones hands:
Before, during, and after preparing food
Before eating food
Before and after caring for someone who is sick
Before and after treating a cut or wound
After using the toilet
After changing diapers or cleaning up a child who has used the toilet.
After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
After touching an animal, animal feed, or animal waste
After touching garbage
Another step is not engaging in practices that compromise your immune system. Smoking cigarettes, excessive use of alcohol or being undernourished adversely affects ones immune system. Picking up HIV from lifestyle practices destroys the immune system.
Finally, stay away from people who have colds, the flu, or other respiratory tract infections.
I got really sick from a pneumonia shot called Prevnar 13. The same doc who pushed the shot on me said it could not make me sick and my illness shortly after the shot was just a coincidence prescribed an antibiotic for 10 days. When that one didn’t work he prescribed another for 10 days which didn’t work either.
I finally went to an ENT specialist who found the one that worked and he was open to the fact that the shot caused the problem
Here is an article about the dangers of the Prevnar antibiotic: https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/05/22/pneumonia-vaccine-shown-to-actually-increase-bacterial-infections.aspx
When an anti-biotic is proscribed you are supposed to take the full course as directed, all of them and not stop taking it when you feel better. Stopping taking it as soon as you feel better may mean that the bacterial hasn’t been completely killed and therefore has an opportunity to mutate into a strain that is more resistant to the anti-biotic – that which does not kill it makes it stronger.
A lot of people do this and they save them and take some or the rest of the Rx at the first sign of a sniffle, not understanding that 1) an anti-biotic is not to relieve symptoms but to kill bacteria and 2) does nothing against viruses.
Any doc that prescribes antibiotics for a runny nose is an idiot. Viruses are not treated with antibiotics.
Having a runny nose? Odds are it’s fungal, so have a few drops of Mediterranean Oregano oil. Beats catching a cold. My favorite brand is North American Herb and spice P73 brand.
The natural anti fungal components that grow in spicy oregano are it’s fungal defense and are concentrated in an oil extract.
It is best taken when you first notice that scratchy throat/runny nose feeling. 9 out of 10 times it stops right there.
Also works great on mild food poisoning cases, commonly called a stomach flu. I don’t travel without it.