The Mould That Saved/Saves Many People
The story of the mould that saved many people began like this.
It was back in September 1928, somewhere is London, a scientist left a petri dish with bacteria open to air by accident.
Then a Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming, noticed that mould had contaminated the samples, AND that the bacteria couldn't grow around the mould!
Then the scientist extracted and stabilized the compound, and thus Penicillin was born.
Through the decades, Penicillin and other antibiotics that were discovered, saved millions (if not billions) of lives, treated the previously untreatable diseases. It's no wonder that antibiotic is hailed as a hero in modern medicine.
But instead of treating this hero with glory and honour, it is currently more like this...
Like the poor Cinderella, doing every chores in the house, abused for every single reason, used to the max even in unneeded circumstances.
We are like the evil stepmother and the ugly stepsisters, calling Cinderella for every single task under the sun and moon.
This needs to be stopped!
Have you seen the dying patients in ICU with low immunity, doomed to death because the antibiotics no longer work?
The previously treatable problem, no longer treatable.
Antibiotic resistance! We have created a class of super bugs!
Sigh............
Maybe you have not know this: most of the upper respiratory tract infections (fevers, runny nose, coughs, sore throat, etc..) are caused virus and not bacteria. Albeit antibiotics do have a small degree of effects on reducing the symptoms, but really, antibiotics have zero effect on virus itself.
So, how do you decide whether you need antibiotics?
No, you don't decide.
Go to your doctor. Let your doctor/doctors decide for you.
When will doctors prescribe antibiotics?
1. When one has a strong enough bacterial infection. (UTI, pneumonia etc)
(No you don't need antibiotics for most cases of diarrhea and upset stomach also, except Salmonella, Shigella, other infective diarrhea, etc.)
2. To prevent from a secondary bacterial infection.
3. Before certain procedures (to prevent infection also)
4. Etc. Etc.
Antibiotics are not used for symptomatic treatment, that means you don't take it when you have symptoms and stop when you don't and keep the rest for other people or future use.
Please follow the advices and complete your whole course of antibiotics and to let your doctor have a look if you think you may need more or if you think you should stop.
Do not share (share this post, but not the antibiotics)
Do not keep for future use.
Do not take it whenever you like
Follow instructions.
Together we can slow down the rise of antibiotic resistance.
And let us stop from treating our hero like the poor Cinderella anymore.
Through the decades, Penicillin and other antibiotics that were discovered, saved millions (if not billions) of lives, treated the previously untreatable diseases. It's no wonder that antibiotic is hailed as a hero in modern medicine.
But instead of treating this hero with glory and honour, it is currently more like this...
Like the poor Cinderella, doing every chores in the house, abused for every single reason, used to the max even in unneeded circumstances.
We are like the evil stepmother and the ugly stepsisters, calling Cinderella for every single task under the sun and moon.
This needs to be stopped!
Have you seen the dying patients in ICU with low immunity, doomed to death because the antibiotics no longer work?
The previously treatable problem, no longer treatable.
Antibiotic resistance! We have created a class of super bugs!
Sigh............
Maybe you have not know this: most of the upper respiratory tract infections (fevers, runny nose, coughs, sore throat, etc..) are caused virus and not bacteria. Albeit antibiotics do have a small degree of effects on reducing the symptoms, but really, antibiotics have zero effect on virus itself.
So, how do you decide whether you need antibiotics?
No, you don't decide.
Go to your doctor. Let your doctor/doctors decide for you.
When will doctors prescribe antibiotics?
1. When one has a strong enough bacterial infection. (UTI, pneumonia etc)
(No you don't need antibiotics for most cases of diarrhea and upset stomach also, except Salmonella, Shigella, other infective diarrhea, etc.)
2. To prevent from a secondary bacterial infection.
3. Before certain procedures (to prevent infection also)
4. Etc. Etc.
Antibiotics are not used for symptomatic treatment, that means you don't take it when you have symptoms and stop when you don't and keep the rest for other people or future use.
Please follow the advices and complete your whole course of antibiotics and to let your doctor have a look if you think you may need more or if you think you should stop.
Do not share (share this post, but not the antibiotics)
Do not keep for future use.
Do not take it whenever you like
Follow instructions.
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| Here's Cinderellomycin doing the chores |
Together we can slow down the rise of antibiotic resistance.
And let us stop from treating our hero like the poor Cinderella anymore.
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