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If a person is taking antibiotics what might happen to the normal bacteria?
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∙ 6y ago
It depends on what the antibiotic is. A broad spectrum one will kill more than just the one causing the problem. A narrow spectrum will kill that one that it is aimed at but also some that are related to it. The best is to use one that fits exactly but that can be easier said than done. Many times the lower digestive tract will have to be repopulated.
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Why do antibiotics make you bloated?
It's possible for antibiotics to disrupt how much bacteria is in a person's digestive track, which can lead to bloating. Antibiotics are used to inhibit or kill the growth of a microorganism.
Why do antibiotic work against bacteria but not viruses?
It is certainly possible to find a toxic cemical that kills everything, which would include bacteria, viruses, and us as well. The whole trick of antibiotics is to find something that does kill bacteria but doesn't harm the person whose bacterial infection we are treating. In order to do this we have to find some chemical reaction that bacteria use in their normal metabolic processes, but that people do not use. So antibiotics are very closely tailored to the specific biochemistry of target bacteria. Viruses have quite different biochemistry.
What pathogens does antibiotics kill?
Broad spectrum antibiotics do kill all bacteria. They are effective against gram- and gram + bacteria. They will even kill the normal "good" bacteria that your body has naturally inside of you, which may cause other infections later on. This kind of antibiotic is important in life threatening situations when identification if the bacteria can't be accomplished. Narrow spectrum antibiotics can only kill a limited range of bacteria. You would need to know what kind of bacteria you are dealing with if you use this kind. So, basicly not all antibiotics work to kill all bacteria only the broad spectrum ones, and these should be used with caution.
How do antibiotic resistant bacteria come about?
This term is misleading. The antibiotic "selects" bacteria that are not affected by it. If a person will grow bacteria on a petri dish and add an antibiotic to it, some bacteria may live and grow. This is actually a form of natural selection. The ones that will grow are resistance to the antibiotic. They have some way of not being affected. If a person takes a colony from the plate that has this resistance and grows it on another plate and add the antibiotic, all on the plate will be resistant.
Which of the these statements about antibiotics is false?
Safely using antibiotics can only be done when a patient has all the facts. The most common misconception about antibiotics is that they can cure any infection. This statement is false and when taken improperly, antibiotics may not cure an infection, they can make a person sick.
Explain how the excessive or inappropriate use of antibiotics poses a health hazards for human population?
Antibiotics are substances which kill or inhibit bacteria. The problem lies in the fact that bacteria tend to have fairly high mutation rates. These mutation rates yield some bacteria which are more resistant to the antibiotics than other bacteria. Since you have used an antibiotic to destroy all other bacteria in a person, the resistant bacteria is free to spread as much as it can, since the antibiotic used won't kill it. If this is the case, then the person would have to get a different, more appropriate antibiotic to kill the bacteria. In some cases, this can be done multiple times, and you end up with a super-bacteria called multi-antibiotic resistant bacteria. As use of antibiotics spread, so do strains of these MAR bacteria, which are much more deadly than their relatives So what can be done? First, use antibiotics less. Studies show that they are over-prescribed. Second, ensure that the proper antibiotic is prescribed. In some cases, an antibiotic which is incorrect for the job to be done is one of the culprits.
Do antibiotics treat measles?
Certainly not, Mumps is caused by a virus attacking the parotid gland (gland situated in the neck which explains the neck swelling), antibiotics kill bacteria so it is meaningless to prescribe antibiotics to treat mumps but .. Comonly patients acquire bacterial infections while having mumps mostly due to the weakened body immune system caused by the mumps itself, so doctors tend to prescribe antibiotics to treat the bacterial infection and not the mumps, but in normal cases antibiotics are not advised during mump infection because antibiotics kill the normal useful bacterial that every person have which itself help in killing the mump virus. Pharmacist Imad ...
Is it normal that during antibiotics your baby catches a cold?
yes it is quite normal because, it might have been that your baby has caught a cold during going out or maybe from another person.
What was black death and what caused it?
The black death is a Bacteria type disease that is transmitted primarily by fleas biting an animal or person Easily cured today with antibiotics.
Some antibiotics cause patients to exhibit digestive side effects These side effects are most often the result of what?
bacteria being killed in the digestive tract, because the lack of intestinal bacteria causes the person to not feel well.
Why can antibiotics be useful in treating bacterial diseases but not in treating viral diseases?
Antibiotics kill the bacteria but not the people by affecting parts of the bacterial system that humans do not share. Viruses use the person's own systems to do most functions and so not have the same or as many targets for the drugs. There are some antiviral drugs but now as many as antibiotics.
Why antibiotics can be usful in treating bacterial diseases but not in treating viral diseases?
Antibiotics kill the bacteria but not the people by affecting parts of the bacterial system that humans do not share. Viruses use the person's own systems to do most functions and so not have the same or as many targets for the drugs. There are some antiviral drugs but now as many as antibiotics.
