How can bacteria affect you?

Answer 1

Bacteria does not always a negative effect upon your health. In fact your body contains a number of commensals which live within you body, such as in your gut or genital tract, or such as Staph aureus, which lives harmlessly lives upon your skin. Bacteria only becomes harmful to body, once it has been displaced. In iv drug users, S. aureus can be injected directly into the blood stream causing a condition known as bacterial endocarditis, where vegetations form upon the heart valves (most commonly on the righthand side in IVDU). Use of antibiotics can also lead to the erradication of your natural commensals throughout the GI tract, and lead to the overpowering habituation of C. difficile, which is usually kept to a low number by other bacteria which thrive in the GI tract. This can cause excessive diarrhoea and possible death.

Answer 2

Bacteria is a single cell w/o a cell membrane or a nucleus and can destroy cells in your body. Bacteria are essential, however, for many body processes to function. No person, or any other animal, could live normally without the aid of bacteria in their digestive system.

Answer 3

Bacteria is everywhere in and on the body. Most of this bacteria is necessary for keeping the body healthy. When natural bacteria is present, other bacteria which is not natural, has difficulty competing for the resources required to live. Basically, good bacteria prevents bad bacteria from making you sick. When bad bacteria does take over, problems arise:

-Eating food which has E. coli on it, due to someone not washing their hands when preparing your food, causes food poisoning.

-MRSA which is an antibiotic resistant skin bacteria can cause massive infections in cuts on your skin.

There are millions of types of bacteria, some are good for us and some are bad.

Answer 4

Bacteria can, basically, do one of two things: It can help us, or make us sick. Good bacteria helps us stay healthy and balanced internally. Bad bacteria can make us sick because it is unclean or a virus. Without good bacteria, we might not even be able to survive a cold. God bacteria is very important.

Did you know that bacteria is what turns milk into cheese? It's not unclean, dirty bacteria so don't worry.

Answer 5

Bacteria that enters your body may have a helpful effect, as with the gut flora. It may have a harmful effect, as gonorrhea does. It may have no effect if it is not a pathogen, or if it is controlled by your immune system.

Answer 6

diff. bacteria effect the body diff. Good bacteria has good effects. Bad bacteria has bad effects.