Bacteria, microbes and fungi can mercilessly attack our body. To combat them, antibacterial, antimicrobial and antifungal drugs are used. These funds are able to block the spread of disease-causing agents or have a detrimental effect on them. But in order for the fight against them to be successful, it is necessary to establish exactly which bacteria caused the disease. In some cases, the diagnosis cannot be determined and broad-spectrum antimicrobials are the best option.
Features of the fight against pathogens
It is important to consider that many antimicrobial drugs have a powerful effect not only on foreign agents, but also on the patient's body. So, they have a detrimental effect on the microflora of the gastric region and some other organs. To cause minimal damage, it is important to start treatment immediately, because microorganisms spread at a tremendous speed. If you miss this moment, the fight against them will be longer and more exhausting.
In addition, if antimicrobials are to be used for treatment, they should be prescribed in the maximum amount so that the microorganisms do not have time to adapt. The assigned course cannot be interrupted, even if improvements are noticed.
It is also recommended to use different antimicrobials in the treatment, and not one type. This is necessary so that after the therapy there are no foreign agents left that have adapted to a particular drug.
In addition to this, be sure to take a course that will strengthen the body. Because many drugs can cause serious allergic reactions, they should only be taken as directed by your doctor.
Sulfanilamide drugs
It can be said that antimicrobials are divided into three types - these are nitrofurans, antibiotics and sulfonamides. The latter means have their detrimental effect in that they do not allow microbes to receive folic acid and other components that are important for their reproduction and life. But the premature termination of the treatment course or a small amount of the drug makes it possible for microorganisms to adapt to new conditions. In the future, sulfonamides are no longer able to fight.
This group includes well-absorbed drugs: "Norsulfazol", "Streptocid", "Sulfadimezin", "Etazol". It should also be noted that it is difficultabsorbed drugs: "Sulgin", "Ftalazol" and others.
If necessary, for the best result, the doctor may recommend combining these two types of sulfa drugs. It is also possible to combine them with antibiotics. Some antimicrobials are described below.
Streptocide
Basically, this drug is prescribed for the treatment of tonsillitis, cystitis, pyelitis, erysipelas. In some cases, the medicine can cause side effects such as headache, severe nausea accompanied by vomiting, some complications from the nervous, hematopoietic or cardiovascular systems. But medicine does not stand still, and in practice such drugs are used, but they have fewer adverse reactions. These drugs include "Etazol" and "Sulfadimezin".
Also "Streptocide" can be applied topically for burns, festering wounds, skin ulcers. In addition, you can inhale the powder through your nose if you have a runny nose.
Norsulfazol
This drug is effective for cerebral meningitis, pneumonia, sepsis, gonorrhea, etc. This antimicrobial agent is quickly eliminated from the body, but it is necessary to drink plenty of water per day.
Ingalipt
Good antimicrobials for the throat, which are prescribed for laryngitis, ulcerative stomatitis, pharyngitis, are those that contain streptocide and norsulfazol. Such means include"Ingalipt". Among other things, it contains thymol, alcohol, mint and eucalyptus oil. It is antiseptic and anti-inflammatory.
Furacilin
This is an antibacterial liquid known to many, which has a detrimental effect on various microbes. You can apply the medicine externally, treating wounds, washing the nasal and auditory passages, as well as internally for bacillary dysentery. On the basis of "Furacilin" some antibacterial and antimicrobial drugs are produced.
Ftalazol
This slow-absorbing formulation can be combined with antibiotics. It is also combined with "Etazol", "Sulfadimezin" and other drugs. It actively works, inhibiting intestinal infections. Effective in dysentery, gastroenteritis, colitis.
Nitrofuran
In medicine, there are many drugs that are derivatives of "Nitrofuran". Such funds have a wide range of effects. For example, "Furagin" and "Furadonin" are often prescribed for cystitis, urethritis, pyelonephritis and other infectious diseases of the genitourinary system.
Penicillin
The drug is an antibiotic that has a detrimental effect on young microbes. In the fight against influenza, smallpox and other viral diseases, it is ineffective. But with pneumonia, peritonitis, abscess, sepsis, meningitis"Penicillin" is a good helper. Various drugs are obtained from it, which are superior in action, for example, "Benzylpenicillin". These medications are low-toxic, they practically do not cause complications. That is why it is considered to be a strong antimicrobial for children.
But still it is worth considering that a low-quality medicine can cause intense allergies. It can also suppress the natural intestinal microflora in the elderly and newborns. Weakened people or in childhood simultaneously with "Penicillin" are prescribed vitamins of groups C and B.
Levomycetin
Penicillin resistant strains are suppressed by Levomycetin. It has no effect on protozoa, acid-fast bacteria, anaerobes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. With psoriasis and skin diseases, this drug is contraindicated. It is also forbidden to take it with oppression of hematopoiesis.
Streptomycin
This antibiotic has several derivatives that help in different situations. For example, some can treat pneumonia, others are effective for peritonitis, and others cope with an infection of the genitourinary system. Note that the use of "Streptomycin" and its derivatives is permissible only after a doctor's prescription, since an overdose does not exclude such a serious complication as hearing loss.
Tetracycline
This antibiotic is able to cope with manybacteria that cannot be treated with other drugs. Side effects may occur. "Tetracycline" can be combined with "Penicillin" in case of a severe septic condition. There is also an ointment that copes with skin diseases.
Erythromycin
This antibiotic is considered a "fallback" to be used when other antimicrobials have failed. He successfully defeats diseases that have appeared due to the action of resistant strains of staphylococci. There is also erythromycin ointment, which helps with bedsores, burns, purulent or infected wounds, trophic ulcers.
The main broad-spectrum antimicrobials are listed below:
- "Tetracycline".
- "Levomycetin".
- "Ampicillin".
- "Rifampicin".
- "Neomycin".
- "Monomycin".
- "Rifamcin".
- "Imipenem".
- "Cephalosporins".
Gynecology and antibiotic treatment
If in any other area it is permissible to attack the disease with broad-spectrum antibacterial drugs, then in gynecology it is required to strike with a well-chosen, narrowly targeted remedy. Depending on the microflora, not only drugs are prescribed, but also their dosage and duration of the course.
Most often, antimicrobials ingynecology are applied externally. It can be suppositories, ointments, capsules. In some cases, if necessary, treatment is supplemented with broad-spectrum drugs. These may include "Terzhinan", "Polizhinaks" and others. A faster result can be achieved if you take two or three drugs at the same time. In any case, prior consultation with a doctor is important.
