ANTIBIOTICS BIG TROUBLE TO COME

Monday 17 August 2015

ANTIBIOTICS BIG TROUBLE TO COME

When I was a small boy and had a sore or cut on my body, my mother would clean the infected area with a cloth. She would bathe in hot water with a tablespoon of Dettol and bind with a bandage and ointment.

There were times when an infection on the leg would bring a red line as the infection went upwards. My mother would spring into action with a bowl of hot water and Dettol. I would bathe my infected part until the red line went down. The water had to be painfully hot.

Those days are long gone. Now we reach for a packet of Amoxylin and take one tablet every six hours. The world has gone antibiotic crazy. I fear antibiotics as I know that the bacteria in the small intestine is being unnecessarily killed in large batches.

There are good and bad bacteria and all are killed by antibiotics. If we take too many too often, we are harming our bodies defence system. To take antibiotics, we have to take a full dose over several days. But many of us stop taking the dosage when the headache stops or the infection declines.

We are giving the bacteria the chance to be immune. I am sure that my bacteria is immune to Amoxylin and Septrin. There are now reports in the media on the problems to come with the overuse of antibiotics. Please click:

Most countries not protecting antibiotics, says WHO - BBC.com

www.bbc.com/news/health-32515967

Apr 29, 2015 - By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website

repeatedly warned that the globe is heading into a "post-antibiotic era"

The key to the report below is that we change the way we use antibiotics. New lines of antibiotics have been found. Please click: