Antibiotics are medicines that fight bacterial infections. Used properly, they can save lives. But there is a growing problem of antibiotic resistance as we use antibiotics randomly and use it casually from minor infection to life-threatening infections and stops it when clinical improvement is seen. But by such use, many bacterias are getting resistant as bacteria change and become able to resist the effects of an antibiotic. Using antibiotics can lead to resistance. Each time we take antibiotics, sensitive bacteria are killed.
But resistant germs may be left to grow and multiply. They can spread to other people. They can also cause infections that certain antibiotics cannot cure. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one example. It causes infections that are resistant to several common antibiotics. To help prevent antibiotic resistance: Don't use antibiotics for…
