When the body is affected by bacteria, antibacterial drugs often become a light of hope against disease. Today, however, as antibacterial drug abuse increases, the correct use of antibacterial drugs becomes an urgent health concern.
Antibacterial drugs have large and diverse families, with different types of antibacterial mechanisms. For example, a drug such as a hemorrhage is like a strong fort destroyer, which, by inhibiting the synthesis of bacterial cell walls, leads to the extinction of bacteria under its own swelling pressure, while an antibacterial drug such as a large ring of esters is like a sophisticated protein synthesis jammer that prevents bacteria from normalizing proteins and thus inhibits their growth and reproduction. It is with these unique skills that anti-bacterial drugs have been fighting on battlegrounds for bacterial diseases such as injury and urinary system infections, helping to alleviate the pain and restore health.
However, in real life, antibacterial drugs are often misused. Many people take antibacterial drugs on their own, if they have a slight discomfort, such as headaches, lack of strength, etc., mistakenly believing that they can be “medicated, not prevented”. This is a mistake. In most cases, these symptoms may be caused by non-bacterical factors such as fatigue, climate change, for which antibacterial drugs have no effect. Moreover, the abuse of anti-bacterial drugs can undermine the micro-ecological balance of the human body itself. Our bodies are like a small ecosystem, where the good and harmful bacteria in the body are constrained, interdependent and together maintain the health balance of the body. Antibacterial drugs can also kill beneficial bacteria while killing them, leading to a range of health problems, such as intestinal disorders and reduced immunity.
More seriously, the abuse of antibacterial drugs has accelerated the emergence of bacterial resistance. Bacteria, like a group of cunning enemies, have evolved over the long struggle against anti-bacterial drugs, changing their structure and functioning to adapt to drug attacks and to create resistance. Today, there is a growing list of drug-resistant bacteria, with the emergence of “superbacterial bacteria” such as vancomicin-resistant intestinal fungi and multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis bacterium, posing a great threat to global health. Once infected with these drug-resistant bacteria, the difficulty of treatment will increase significantly, and patients may need to use more expensive, more side-effects drugs, and may even face an incurable end. The number of deaths from drug-resistant bacteria infection is estimated to be rising globally every year, and this is undoubtedly a heavy alarm for anti-bacterial drug abuse.
How, then, should anti-bacterial drugs be used correctly? First, trust a professional medical judgement. When the body is not in due course, medical treatment should be provided in a timely manner, and the doctor will make an accurate determination of the cause of the disease, through detailed consultations, medical examinations and the necessary laboratory examinations, such as blood protocol, bacterial culture, etc., to determine whether and what kind of bacterial infection exists. Antibacterial drugs are required only if they are diagnosed with bacterial infection. Second, anti-bacterial drugs must be used strictly in accordance with the prescriptions of the doctor and do not increase or change the time of use. Doctors determine the appropriate drug type, dose and course of treatment, depending on the age, weight, state of health and severity of the infection. Furthermore, in the course of the drug use, close attention is paid to the physical response. In case of adverse reactions such as rashes, itching, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, etc., doctors should be informed immediately in order to adjust the treatment programme in a timely manner. Finally, patients themselves need to increase their awareness of anti-bacterial drugs, their correct use methods and abuse hazards, and to cooperate actively with doctors in their treatment, and to refrain from requiring the use of anti-bacterial drugs.
Antibacterial drugs are a powerful weapon against bacterial infections, but we must make the right choice and use them with care if we are to make it work as it should on the path to our health, not as a “dual-edged sword” that endangers health.
