Without
medicine and antibiotics, the world would be a bad place today. Things like
pneumonia,
tuberculosis, and and typhoid fever were all considered untreatable before
the late 1920's-1930's, when Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the
first antibiotic. Over the years antibiotics were being developed for new
diseases and becoming better to replace the existing ones, they are still
doing it today. Why? Because it is a fact that today almost every
disease-causing bacteria is immune to at least one antibiotic and doctors
have observed that the more a person takes the same antibiotic, the less
efficient it is at killing the disease. Without antibiotics, some illnesses
that are commonly (easily) treated today could have had the power to kill
you. Today there are about 150 antibiotics available to treat different
diseases/illnesses. Although antibiotics are great for curing illnesses,
some may have side effects depending on how the person's body using them
reacts to the antibiotic. Most of the labels on the antibiotics should tell
you what some of the side effects are, if not, ask the doctor/physician.
Like any other medicine, antibiotics are not to be taken over the
recommended dosage or it could cause you to become even sicker or even
death. Antibiotics have come a long way and have helped cure some of the
most harmful illnesses, but they still have room for improvement and are
still being worked on to cure newly discovered diseases today.
Without
medicine and antibiotics, the world would be a bad place today. Things like
pneumonia,
tuberculosis, and and typhoid fever were all considered untreatable before
the late 1920's-1930's, when Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the
first antibiotic. Over the years antibiotics were being developed for new
diseases and becoming better to replace the existing ones, they are still
doing it today. Why? Because it is a fact that today almost every
disease-causing bacteria is immune to at least one antibiotic and doctors
have observed that the more a person takes the same antibiotic, the less
efficient it is at killing the disease. Without antibiotics, some illnesses
that are commonly (easily) treated today could have had the power to kill
you. Today there are about 150 antibiotics available to treat different
diseases/illnesses. Although antibiotics are great for curing illnesses,
some may have side effects depending on how the person's body using them
reacts to the antibiotic. Most of the labels on the antibiotics should tell
you what some of the side effects are, if not, ask the doctor/physician.
Like any other medicine, antibiotics are not to be taken over the
recommended dosage or it could cause you to become even sicker or even
death. Antibiotics have come a long way and have helped cure some of the
most harmful illnesses, but they still have room for improvement and are
still being worked on to cure newly discovered diseases today.
