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People are currently trying to avoid medication and use it only when it is absolutely necessary. However, sometimes you cannot avoid illness and when it develops into something more serious, you go to the doctor to get antibiotics prescribed.
Nevertheless, some people consume antibiotics much more often. Sometimes because they are frequently ill and sometimes because doctors prescribe them to these patients in the first place. As the portal IFL Science reports, according to the latest research, resistance has emerged in many parts of Europe to antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections associated with common stomach problems. According to scientists, resistance to these antibiotics has even more than doubled in the past two decades.
PEOPLE ARE MORE RESISTANT
According to findings presented this year in Barcelona at the European Week of Gastroenterology , resistance to antibiotics commonly used to treat helicobacter pylori infections has been increasing in recent years. This bacterium is associated with stomach ulcers, lymphomas and stomach cancer. A survey of more than 1,200 people from 18 European countries found that resistance to the agents used to treat this infection increased from 9.9% in 1998 to 21.6% in 2018.
THOUSANDS DIE EACH YEAR
Antibiotic resistance occurs when a bacterium begins to develop tolerance to the pharmaceutical drugs intended to treat it. In recent years, antibiotic resistance has become a global problem and is attracting the attention of world leaders, including the World Health Organization (WHO), which calls for strategic efforts to combat this threat to health security. In the European Union and the United States, 56,000 people die each year as a result of bacterial infections and antibiotic resistance.
INCREASED RISK OF CANCER
According to Mayo Clinic it is likely that more than half of the world’s population is infected with this bacterium, but nothing serious may happen until ulcers develop. Scientific researcher Francis Megraud stated that the reduced effectiveness of current treatment regimens could lead to a high incidence of stomach cancer and other conditions. However, high antibiotic resistance is also often attributed to their excessive use for common illnesses such as the common cold or flu. Mario Dinis-Ribeiro says increased resistance can undermine prevention strategies in the treatment of helicobacter pylori .
Although many people want their common illnesses, such as a cold or the flu, to pass immediately and resort to antibiotics to speed up the whole treatment process, the truth is you should rather avoid this and take them only when it is necessary . Otherwise antibiotics may not work at the moment when you need them most.
Source: Interez
