Indiscriminate Medication Can Trigger Antibiotic Resistance
In Indonesia, the rules for taking antibiotics have not become a big problem. According to a study by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia in 2013, around 10% of people still keep antibiotics at home.
Still from the same study, about 86% of people can buy antibiotics without a doctor's prescription. This is certainly worrying, given the dangers of antibiotic resistance that can be life threatening.
What is antibiotic resistance?
Antibiotic resistance is a condition when bacteria that cause disease become resistant to the ingredients contained in antibiotic drugs. This makes bacteria more difficult to eradicate and continues to grow, making the disease more difficult to cure.
The rules for taking antibiotics are actually quite clear. Purchases must be made on the orders of the doctor and must be completed. Shopping for a prescription from a doctor is useful for limiting excessive antibiotic consumption. Meanwhile, instructions must be used for treatment to completely eliminate the bacteria that causes the disease.
If you don't follow these two rules, the bacteria will become stronger. Pathogenic bacteria are microorganisms that can adapt to their environment.
The more bacteria exposed to antibiotics, the more they will learn, over time, to survive antibiotic attacks.
In addition, if you do not use antibiotics as directed by your doctor, the remaining bacteria will survive and learn to avoid the antibiotic component.
As a result, if you suffer from the same disease again and you take the same medicine, bacteria have evolved and are looking for ways to survive with this drug. So you will be more difficult to recover.
Further track the dangers of antibiotic resistance
Antibiotics are only needed to treat diseases caused by bacteria. So far, the medical world still urgently needs the role of antibiotics in treating serious bacterial infections, such as pneumonia and sepsis.
Sepsis is an infectious condition that has spread to the bloodstream which causes inflammation in the body, and disrupts the functioning of vital organs. This condition is a medical emergency and can cause death.
Imagine, if someone is in a state of sepsis and bacteria in the body have antibiotic resistance. These bacteria will continue to eat away at the body until the body is no longer able to fight it.
At present, some bacteria are resistant to antibiotics. This bacterium can cause serious health problems. The following types of bacteria are involved.
• Clostridium difficile (C. diff)
When it grows excessively in the body, this bacterium causes infections in the large intestine and small intestine. This bacterial infection usually occurs after treating someone with several types of antibiotics for various types of bacterial infections.
C.diff bacteria are naturally resistant or resistant to many types of antibiotics.
• Enterococci is resistant to vancomycin (VRE)
This type of bacteria usually infects blood flow, urinary tract or surgical scars. This infection is more common in people undergoing hospitalization.
Giving antibiotics for vancomycin can actually be used to treat enterococcal infections. However, VRE is already immune to this type of drug.
• Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) which is resistant to methicillin
This type of infection is immune to traditional antibiotics commonly used for staphylococcal bacterial infections. MRSA infections usually affect the skin, and most often occur in people who are hospitalized as well as people with weak immune systems.
Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteria (CRE)
This type of bacteria is already immune to many types of antibiotics. CRE infection usually occurs in hospitalized patients and uses a ventilator or catheter.
Follow the rules for taking the right antibiotics
Antibiotics are only needed to treat diseases caused by bacteria. So far, the medical world still urgently needs the role of antibiotics in treating serious bacterial infections, such as pneumonia and sepsis.
Sepsis is an infectious condition that has spread to the bloodstream which causes inflammation in the body, and disrupts the functioning of vital organs. This condition is a medical emergency and can cause death.
Imagine, if someone is in a state of sepsis and bacteria in the body have antibiotic resistance. These bacteria will continue to eat away at the body until the body is no longer able to fight it.
At present, some bacteria are resistant to antibiotics. This bacterium can cause serious health problems. The following types of bacteria are involved.
• Clostridium difficile (C. diff)
When it grows excessively in the body, this bacterium causes infections in the large intestine and small intestine. This bacterial infection usually occurs after treating someone with several types of antibiotics for various types of bacterial infections.
C.diff bacteria are naturally resistant or resistant to many types of antibiotics.
• Enterococci is resistant to vancomycin (VRE)
This type of bacteria usually infects blood flow, urinary tract or surgical scars. This infection is more common in people undergoing hospitalization.
Giving antibiotics for vancomycin can actually be used to treat enterococcal infections. However, VRE is already immune to this type of drug.
• Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) which is resistant to methicillin
This type of infection is immune to traditional antibiotics commonly used for staphylococcal bacterial infections. MRSA infections usually affect the skin, and most often occur in people who are hospitalized as well as people with weak immune systems.
Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteria (CRE)
This type of bacteria is already immune to many types of antibiotics. CRE infection usually occurs in hospitalized patients and uses a ventilator or catheter.
Follow the rules for taking the right antibiotics
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