In the area of health care, anti-bacterial drugs have been a key weapon against bacterial infections. However, in recent years, the abuse of anti-bacterial drugs has become more prominent, posing new challenges to human health. Understanding the correct use of anti-bacterial drugs has become a priority.
Antibacterial drugs consist mainly of antibiotics, synthetic antibacterials, etc. Antibiotics such as Amocilin, capricorn, and so forth kill bacteria by inhibiting the synthesis of bacterial cellular walls, interfering with protein synthesis or destroying bacterial nucleic acid. They play an irreplaceable role in the treatment of serious bacterial infections such as pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis. For example, pneumonia can be a fatal disease in the age of the absence of antibiotics, and today most pneumonia patients are cured with appropriate antibiotics.
However, the abuse of anti-bacterial drugs has serious consequences. Many people take antibacterials on their own when they have symptoms that they consider “inflammation”. For example, larynx and snot caused by common colds, which are actually viral infections, are often misconstrued as bacterial infections and the abuse of antibacterial drugs. Such behaviour not only does not help in the treatment of colds, but may also lead to normal strains in the body. Because antibacterials kill harmful bacteria while also affecting the survival of beneficial bacteria, which in turn causes diarrhoeal infections, oral pyroclastic infections, etc.
The abuse of antibacterial drugs also accelerates the production of bacterial resistance. Bacteria are highly adaptable, and when they are exposed to antibacterial conditions for a long time, they produce resistance through genetic mutations, etc. Such “super bacteria” are resistant to many commonly used antibiotics, such as the methooxysicillin gluccus (MRSA), which, once infected, makes treatment very difficult, may lead to longer hospitalization periods, increased medical costs, and even life-threatening. According to statistics, the annual number of deaths due to drug-resistant infections is high and rising globally, and, if unchecked, we may face a terrible situation in the future.
How, then, is it reasonable to use antibacterial drugs? First, it follows the professional diagnosis and recommendations of doctors. Doctors judge the existence of bacterial infections based on the patient ‘ s symptoms, signs and laboratory results. In the case of viral infections, such as influenza, common influenza, etc., the use of anti-bacterial drugs should be avoided, instead using treatment for the symptoms, such as the use of accelerants, cough pills, etc., and relying on the human own immune system to remove the virus. Second, antibacterial drugs must be taken strictly in accordance with medically prescribed doses and procedures. Do not increase or reduce the dose or stop the drug, even if the symptoms have disappeared, the whole course of treatment will need to be completed in order to ensure the complete eradication of bacteria and to prevent bacteria from producing resistance. In addition, the use of anti-bacterial drugs is more cautious for special groups of people, such as children, pregnant women, the elderly and those who are not fully functional in the liver and kidneys, whose body metabolizes and resists the drugs differently from normal people. For example, the liver and kidney function of a child is not fully developed and some anti-bacterial drugs may have significant toxic side effects on the child, so that the drug needs to be calculated accurately on the basis of weight factors.
Proper public awareness and rational use of anti-bacterial drugs are essential to control the abuse of anti-bacterial drugs. Medical institutions should strengthen awareness-raising campaigns against the rational use of microbacterial drugs and increase the awareness of patients. At the same time, the Government should improve the relevant policy regulations, strengthen the regulation of the production, sale and use of anti-bacterial drugs and regulate the market order for anti-bacterial drugs. Only by working together will it be possible to ensure that, in the future, antibacterial drugs continue to play their important role in the fight against bacterial infections and in safeguarding human health.
