Superbugs Resistance Crisis
According to the National Institutes
of Health (NIH), the superbug resistance crisis has been attributed to the
overuse and misuse of antibiotics. Superbug infections can happen anywhere.
The World Health Organization (W.H.O) warned that a dozen antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” pose an enormous
threat to human health, and urged hospital infection-control experts and pharmaceutical researchers to
focus on fighting the most dangerous pathogens first. “We are fast running out of treatment options,”
said Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, the W.H.O.
assistant director general who released the list. “If we leave it to market forces alone,
the new antibiotics we most urgently need are not going to be developed in time.”
Penicillin
is effective today against only 10 percent of the strains of Staphylococcus
aureus that it used to eradicate easily. Those that did respond often required
five to ten times the dose of the drug that previously was effective. One example
of this is the resistant strains of gonorrhea that developed as a result of
the antibiotics that were used to treat it.
The Best Protection Against Superbugs Threats
Your immune system does a remarkable job of defending you against disease-causing
microorganisms. Unfortunately pollution, stress, contaminated food and water and the
over use of vaccines and
pharmaceuticals drugs and have compromised our immune system, leaving us vulnerable to the risk of serious
superbug infections. A healthy immune system can defeat invading pathogens and protects the body from disease.
One of the most important factors related to recovery is the patient’s immune system. A patient
with a strong immune system has a stronger chance of recovering if the infection is caught early.
The immune system is a complex network of organs containing cells that recognize foreign substances
in the body and destroy them. It protects vertebrates against pathogens, or infectious agents, such
as viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other parasites. The human immune system is the most complex.
Dr. Paul Fleiss MD "I have seen children who for
years, suffer one common cold after another, due to
compromised immune systems fundamentally brought about by a course or two
of antibiotics without supplementing the lactobacteria killed off by the antibiotics.
In this instance, it is important to boost the immune system and replenish the friendly bacteria as soon
as possible in order to maintain good health.
What's Behind the Rise of Superbugs?
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The widespread use of antibiotics (sulfa drugs) both inside and outside of medicine is playing
a significant role in the emergence of resistant bacteria. Antibiotics are often
used in rearing animals for food and this use among others leads to the creation
of resistant strains of bacteria. In some countries sulfa drugs are sold over
the counter without a prescription which also leads to the creation of resistant
strains. In supposedly well-regulated human medicine the major problem of the
emergence of resistant bacteria is due to misuse and overuse of antibiotics
by doctors as well as patients.
Other practices contributing towards resistance
include the addition of antibiotics to the feed of livestock. Household use
of antibacterials in soaps and other products, although not clearly contributing
to resistance, is also discouraged (as not being effective at infection control).
Also unsound practices in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry can contribute
towards the likelihood of creating antibiotic resistant strains.