In Russia, as in many other countries of the world, antibiotics are sold without a prescription. On the one hand, this simplifies treatment, and on the other hand, due to human carelessness, it strengthens the immunity of bacteria to drugs.
What is an antibiotic?
This word is of ancient Greek origin and consists of two roots: "anti" - against, and "bios" - life. An antibiotic is a substance that can be synthetic, semi-synthetic, or naturally occurring. Its main function is to suppress the growth of pathogenic bacteria or to inhibit their reproduction.
Antibiotic drugs for children are mainly prescribed as a preventive measure for any disease. In no case should you abuse antibiotics, as the baby may develop thrush.
Broad-spectrum antibiotics can be given by injection, i.e. intravenously, intramuscularly, or into the cerebrospinal fluid. An abscess on the skin or wound can be smeared with an antibiotic ointment. You can take oral medications - syrups, tablets, capsules,drops.
It must be reiterated that antibiotics do not work against viral infections. That is why it is not advisable to use them in the treatment of diseases such as hepatitis, herpes, influenza, chicken pox, measles and rubella.
Broad spectrum antibiotics
List of antibiotics of this series: Tetracycline, Streptomycin, Ampicillin, Imipenem, cephalosporins, Levomycetin, Neomycin, Kanamycin, Monomycin, Rifampicin.
The very first known antibiotic is Penicillin. It was opened at the beginning of the 20th century, in 1929.
What is an antibiotic? This is a substance of microbial, animal or plant origin, which is designed to suppress the vital activity of certain microorganisms. They can either inhibit their reproduction, that is, have a bacteriostatic effect, or kill them in the bud, that is, have a bactericidal effect.
However, not everyone knows that modern broad-spectrum antibiotics are powerful enough not only to neutralize all pathogens, but also to harm the beneficial microflora of the gastrointestinal tract. For example, dysbacteriosis can be caused by too high a dosage of antibacterial agents. Even in a hospital, this disease is treated quite difficult and long.
It must be recalled that, in addition to medical antibiotics, there areand alternative antibacterial agents. These include garlic, radish, onion and green tea.
These antibiotics should be addressed first of all for colds and flu.
List and action of antibacterial agents
1) Penicillin prevents the synthesis of proteins in the walls of bacteria.
2) Erythromycin is effective against Gram-positive organisms.
3) Excellent bactericidal drug - "Tetracycline".
4) Metromidazole - effective against Trichomonas, Amoeba, Giardia and Anaerobes.
5) Quinalons help to cope with pneumonia and various infections.
6) Levomycetin is often used to treat an infection that is resistant to penicillin.
Generations of antibiotics, of which there are five, can help with various infections. Popular drugs often used by doctors are broad-spectrum antibacterial agents.
What are the rules for taking antibacterial drugs
What is an antibiotic? Based on the name, it can be assumed that the main purpose of medicines is to suppress the growth or destruction of bacteria and fungi. Medicines can be artificial or natural. The peculiarity of the use of an antibiotic is a directed, and most importantly, effective, effect on the bacteria that cause the disease. However, it is absolutely harmless to viruses.
Each antibiotic, the instructions for which are individual, canonly be effective if a set of rules are followed.
1) Only a doctor will make a correct diagnosis, therefore, at the first symptoms of the disease, you should consult a specialist.
2) What is an antibiotic? Medicines that target specific pathogens. For each disease, you should take the necessary and prescribed drugs that will be effective in this diagnosis.
3) Never skip your prescribed medications. It is necessary to complete the course of treatment. Also, do not stop treatment at the first sign of improvement. Moreover, many modern antibiotics provide only a three-day course of treatment, requiring taking pills once a day.
4) You should not copy the drugs prescribed by the doctor or take antibiotics for similar (according to the patient) indications. Self-medication can be a life-threatening step. Symptoms of diseases can be similar, while the correct diagnosis can only be made by a specialist.
5) No less dangerous is the use of medications that have not been prescribed to you personally. Such treatment significantly complicates the diagnosis of the disease, while delaying the start of the necessary treatment may have undesirable consequences.
6) Parents should be especially careful. They should not insist that the doctor prescribe antibiotics for the baby. Also, in no case should you give your child antibiotics, unless the attending physician has prescribedsimilar drugs.
When are antibiotics not effective?
Antibacterial agents are used when the disease is caused by bacterial bacilli. This means that in some cases antibiotics are not prescribed.
So, when antibacterial agents are powerless? When the cause of the disease is a virus. It should be noted that even an ordinary viral cold can pass with various bacterial complications. The question of which antibiotics to take, in this case, is taken by the doctor.
For viral diseases such as flu or colds, antibacterial agents are powerless.
What is an antibiotic? A substance that prevents cell reproduction. Therefore, antibiotics will not relieve the inflammatory process, since it is not associated with a bacterial infection.
Antibacterials will not reduce fever or relieve pain as they are not antipyretics or pain relievers.
Cough can be caused by anything from a virus to asthma. Antibiotics rarely help, and only a doctor can prescribe them.
What antibiotics to drink if the temperature has risen?
Often, doctors are asked what antibiotics to drink at a temperature. Let's find out.
To begin with, fever is not a disease. On the contrary, it is a protective reaction of the body to the invasion of pathogenic microbes into it and helps to increase the protective functions of the body. Therefore, it is necessary to fight againsthigh temperature, but with the bacteria that provoked it. Therefore, antibiotics are drunk at a temperature, depending on which microorganisms caused its increase.
Antibiotics for sore throat
Angina is a disease caused by a viral or bacterial infection. It is most common after the flu and colds.
So, what antibiotics to treat a sore throat?
If we are talking about a bacterial infection, then it is mainly treated with drugs such as Penicillin and Amoxicillin. Since these drugs effectively fight bacteria, in addition to them, you can drink a course of "Erythromycin", "Sumamed", "Benzylpenicillin" or "Klacida".
Listing what antibiotics to treat angina, doctors often call other drugs. For example, such as Flemoxin Solutab, Amosin, Hikoncil and Ecobol.
What is antibiotic sensitivity?
The sensitivity of various microorganisms to antibiotics is a property of microorganisms when they die or stop their reproduction in response to the action of the drug.
In order for antibiotic treatment to be successful, especially if the infection is chronic, you must first determine the sensitivity to antibiotics of the microbes that caused the disease.
The minimum concentration of the drug that inhibited the development of infection,is a measure of the sensitivity of microorganisms to an antibiotic. In total, there are three categories of microbial resistance in medicine:
a) Highly resistant microbes that are not suppressed even if the maximum dose of the drug is injected into the body.
b) Moderate resistance of microbes is when they are suppressed if the body has received the maximum dose of the drug.
c) Microbes with weak resistance die when moderate doses of the antibiotic are administered.
What are the side effects of taking antibiotics?
Nausea, rash, diarrhea, constipation are all possible consequences of taking antibiotics. The side effect of the drug can be very diverse, but in different cases it can vary in strength.
The consequences of taking antibiotics depend on such factors as the properties of the drug itself, its form and dose of administration, the duration of administration, as well as the individual properties of the organism.
