Shifting gears I have been watching the show “House” lately on USA and Fox. (Great Show) One of the episodes I was watching there was a guy that was extremely sick, and it seemed that they used every type of antibiotic they could think of, that may be able to fix this problem. Also at one point House, Hugh Laurie mentions something about antibiotics, and how when anyone gets a cold and they can’t get rid of it and they think it is the end of the world. Therefore they go to the doctor and prescribe for some fancy antibiotic, that some doctor just prescribes to get the patient out of there.
“Antibiotic resistance is a widespread problem, and one that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls "one of the world's most pressing public health problems." Bacteria that were once highly responsive to antibiotics have become increasingly resistant. Among those that are becoming harder to treat are pneumococcal infections (which cause pneumonia, ear infections, sinus infections, and meningitis), skin infections, and tuberculosis.” (This information is from Kidshealth.org )
4 comments:
Totally agree with you Josh, antibotic resistance is a huge problem in the United States. People need to realize that if they are sick, they need to seek help to get rid of it, if it is a serious illness or problem, not if you have been sneezing and coughing for 2 days! I can see why teh doctor told the patient to get out of there...I think I would do the same!
Theres been some sort of story in the newspaper a few days ago about this. If I remember correctly one of the strands of Flu has become completely resistant to a type of antiviral medication. However you can still lower the severness of the symptoms by taking other drugs. Anyway antibiotic resistance is a huge problem and people need to stop useing antibiotcs for non sever ilnesses.
josh, this is really intersting information about anti-biotics. sometimes i watch house too. it's a good show.
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