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    Miracle Drugs or Poisons

    Are Miracle Drugs Poison?

    When penicillin was discovered in 1928, this was a main change in medical history. It ignited the antibiotic era. The outcomes brought out new drugs and these persuaded physicians that highly infectious disease could be eliminated someday.

    Antibiotics were touted to be “magic bullets” because they seem to have the right action on any bacterial invading the body of the individual. Actually the human condition mixed with these microbes’ tenacity has already tempered the enthusiasm on the effects of the antibiotic.

    The excitement for antibiotics started to fade and the troubles surfaced. Bacteria, suppression, yeast colonization, infection, misapplication and over-use of antibiotics resulted to the reemergence of diseases like tuberculosis. This made the doctors see whether these miracle drugs were miracles indeed.

    Misuse of Antibiotics
    The human body houses thousands, sometimes billions of bacteria, and this is very essential to optimum health. There is a delicate balance that must be met by the immune system. Take for example the bifidobacteria found in the large intestine, the acidophilus found in the minute intestine and the vagina protects the body from bacteria and yeast infection.

    The overuse of these antibiotics seriously disturbs the ecology of the body and it renders the individual to be more susceptible and prone to yeast, parasitic, viral and bacterial infection.

    Side effects of Antibiotic Use

    1. Yeast Overgrowth
    This is a average side effect. Women who periodically use antibiotics develop vaginal yeast and bowel infections. Children repeatedly treated with antibiotics are more susceptible to ear infections.

    2. Nutrient Loss
    Antibiotics add to this side effect. It disturbs the population of the bacteria in the gut. There is also an adverse affect and the availability of the Vitamins B1, B2, B3, B6, B12 as well as Vitamin A and Folic Acid. Magnesium and Zinc are ultimately lost as well. Sometimes this causes diarrhea and the loss of the nutrients are more significant than ever.

    3. Immune Suppression

    Antibiotics can hinder the response of the immune system. Take for example children who are given amoxicillin to cure their incessant earaches, suffer twice as much as those children who took placebos.

    4. Development of Food Allergies

    The antibiotics can also add to the individual’s food intolerance levels. Allergies of a person become worse after a normal bout of antibiotic intake.

    Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
    Bacteria resistant to antibiotics rapidly emerge as one of the major problems via out the years. It has disastrous consequences. This very situation exists with antibiotics. Take for an example, “haemophilus influenzae” or the bacteria that is responsible for sinusitis, ear infections, meningitis and epiglottis. By 1986, almost half of these strains were already resistant to ampicillin. Therefore, instead of antibiotics, ampicillin was used to remedy these diseases.

    Antibiotic resistance has no boundaries. Anybody, no matter how old he or she is, can have this. In the United States, 40% of the E coli problem has become isolated since the bulk individuals were already resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxacole.

    However, one must always bear in mind that the improper use as well as the over use of antibiotics lead to crisis. Effective antimicrobial agents successfully preserve the transmission of the drug-resistant organisms that are curtailed and the post antibiotic era rapidly approaches the time when infection disease wards off the untreatable conditions. This may ultimately happen again.

    But do not worry because there are still methods to improve the immune function so that antibiotics can either be alleviated or eliminated. By addressing the worries involving diet, lifestyle, nutritional status, genetic uniqueness, hygiene, psychological and environmental reasons like stress and mood, there is an improvement in the resistance to diseases. It can also minimize the chances of the microbes getting a foothold.

    Enhancing Immune Functions

    The immune system serves as a barometer of a person’s health. If there is a return to the healthy state, there should be an enhancement in the immune system. There are so a lot influences on the defense mechanism of the human body.

    1. Diet and Nutrition
    2. Environment
    3. Lifestyle
    4. Moods, Mind, and Stress
    5. Natural and Herbal Medicine for Immune Enhancement
    6. Essential Oils and Homeopathic Medicine
    7. Vitamins and Minerals
    8. Probiotics

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