New Delhi, November 18 (IANS). Antibiotic Awareness Week is being celebrated across the world by the World Health Organization from 18th November to 24th November.
The purpose of celebrating Antibiotic Awareness Week is to make people aware about the use, disadvantages and benefits of antibiotics, and also to tell how antibiotics can be made effective by using them properly.
On Antibiotic Awareness Week, Dr. Meera Pathak, Senior Medical Officer and Gynecology Expert, has talked about the myths and precautions related to it and has openly talked about its correct use.
Talking about what antibiotics are and under what conditions they should be taken, Dr. Meera Pathak said that antibiotics are given when there is a bacterial infection in the body, such as fever of more than 100 degrees, fever lasting three or more days continuously, difficulty in breathing, swelling in the throat or pain in coming out, continuous phlegm from the throat for 10 days and pain in the ears.
Dr. Meera Pathak further said that antibiotics are also given in problems like healing of body injuries and burning sensation during urination, but they should be taken only after consulting the doctor, because not every antibiotic works the same in every problem. This myth persists among people that antibiotics work for every disease, but it is not so.
Giving information on the conditions under which antibiotics should not be consumed, Dr. Meera Pathak said that in case of viral fever, cold, flu, diarrhoea, and body fatigue, antibiotics should not be consumed without doctor’s advice, because these are symptoms of viral infection and not of bacterial infection. Consuming antibiotics without doctor’s advice or not completing the antibiotic course is harmful.
Dr. Meera Pathak told that by doing this, the effect of the medicine on the bacteria spreading the disease in the body gets reduced and the next time fever occurs, a higher dose of antibiotic has to be given to the patient. Apart from this, the good bacteria present in the stomach are destroyed and the immunity is reduced. In such a situation, every small infection makes the body sick.
–IANS
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