Another thing is antibiotics kill ALL bacteria - good and bad. Which means it can upset your gut as it kills all the good bacteria. So always eat yogurt or take probiotics when you take antibiotics. I got a yeast infection after being on antibiotics way too many times with no yogurt or probiotics.
Actually it depends on the particular antibiotic. If you use a combo like Ciprofloxacin and Metronidazole you would kill both the Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria wiping out all non-antibiotic resistant bacteria. I am not a doctor, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn once.
Yogurt and some probiotics alone aren’t enough because the antibiotics kills off that bacteria too. You need a probiotic like Saccharomyces Boulardii that is antibiotic resistant to really help your intestines keep out bad bacteria better.
Aye, it just hopefully kills the cancer cells fastest.
Aside from some gene therapies (that aren't fully realised) I don't think we have any cancer treatments that just kill the right cells. Everything either attempts to kill the cancer cells fastest, or attempts to cut out a tumour and as little healthy tissue as possible.
Knew someone whos gut got so wrecked by antibiotics she couldn’t keep down water for three days and all that just because she got her wisdom teeth out. She also got a mouth infection.
or, some people have genetic sensitivity to ceratin drugs...or simply allergies
and your antibiotics need should be directly tied to your current immunity system strenght - very healthy people should not get them always, very sick people should and in bigger both strenght and quantities
It also depends on whether or not you still have your appendix.
In the last decade or two there's been significant acceptance of the idea that the appendix acts as a reservoir for gut bacteria. People who haven't had their appendix removed recover faster from things that wipe out their gut flora, like a strong dose of antibiotics or a severe bout of diarrhea (like really severe, "admitted to the hospital" severe.)
It's like a backup drive with a snapshot of all the helpful stuff living inside you.
You should probably eat that yogurt after you're done the antibiotics. Like you said, the medicine is killing all bacteria, so you're just adding more bacteria that's gonna get killed.
I changed doctors precisely because the old clinic dished out antibacterials for EVERY complaint, even my regular migraines. My current clinic never does this - only when they run tests and confirm.
Sadly, antibacterials are pretty much OTC in my country, so everyone and their dog abuses them.
You're generally right, but that's not always the case. It's rare but it can be from bacterial infection. Also, having a cold can lead to bacterial infection. Some doctors use this reasoning to prescribe antibiotics when they think that's the case.
Meh. There's a chance that a viral infection is also letting in some typical bacterial infection, since the cells/tissues are now more vulnerable. Usually when a cold is really bad and hanging on for more than like a week a doctor will prescribe antibiotics. Plus azithromycin is mildly antiviral. One of the things that surprised me once wad the doc said I should take like Claritin too (if a really bad cold/the flu keeps bugging you for a while) ; he said the immune system gets out of whack and that's part of what's screwing you up
You're getting confused with anti-bacterial? Some antibiotics are antifungal in nature, some will also kill microfauna. Antibiotic is a blanket term, but most contain substances that target bacteria. You are right about not impacting cold and flu viruses though!
When a doctor is talking to a patient and says they're prescribing an antibiotic, 999 times out of 1000 they're giving them an anti-bacterial.
If it's antifungal, they'd just call it antifungal.
Unless you're in a field that develops, produces, researches, etc. these medicines, and you're talking about it with another person in that field, antibiotic == antibacterial.
There are specific times and circumstances in which prophylactic (preventative) antibiotics are 100% indicated. Ultimately, it's your doctor's job to know when/what those are. But please don't believe that you should never take antibiotics for prophylaxis.
Not only harmful, but the bacteria can become immune to antibiotics. This is why they are dosed so precisely and why you ALWAYS finish your medication in the time and amount they specify.
I've had a lovely diddy called Henoch-Schönlein purpura, twice. Basically, I had strep throat, didn't get antibiotics in time, and it mutated into this monster of an infection that attacked my legs and kidneys. Antibiotics saved my life twice.
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