Antibiotics: A double-edged sword for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases
In the battleground for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, antibiotics are like a double-edged sword. It’s good. It’s good. It’s bad. It’s bad.
Let’s get this straight. From stomach inflammation, intestine inflammation to stomach ulcer, each member has its own “temperature”. Some of them are bacterial infections of this “spoiler”, such as stomach inflammation caused by the fungus, at which point the antibiotics can shine and show off. But some gastrointestinal diseases, like functional indigestion due to stressful and irregular diets, antibiotics are no use here. You pull it in, and it’s just staring at it, and it might cause trouble.
Take the usual bacterial gastroenteritis. Antibiotics, like superheroes, can strike these bad guys with precision when the restless bacteria, like coli, salmonella, are “partying” in your gut. They will rush into the intestinal field and destroy the cell wall or protein synthesis of bacteria, so that the bacteria can either “faim” or “hold” to death, so that the pain of abdominal pain, diarrhoea and vomiting can be quickly alleviated.
But not too soon. Antibiotics, a superhero, can sometimes say “I don’t care about enemies.” In parallel with the elimination of harmful bacteria, it may also cause injury to useful bacteria in the intestines. These are your intestinal health loyalists who digest food, synthesize vitamins and protect you from invasive alien bacteria. The balance of the intestinal population is broken once the good fungus has been decimated in large quantities, at which point problems may follow. You may experience repeated abdominal swelling, constipation or diarrhoea, which is worse than it was before the disease.
Let’s talk about the stomach ulcer caused by the cholesterol infection. Antibiotics are one of the important “weapons” for treating this disease. Co-medicines are usually used to bring together drugs such as antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors. Antibiotics are responsible for the elimination of cholesterol, while proton pump inhibitors reduce gastric acidic genres and create a good environment for gastric mucous membrane restoration. It is like a well-planned attack, in which the various armies work together to conquer the intransigent “fortress” of the fungus, which cures stomach ulcer and reduces the risk of stomach cancer.
In the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases with antibiotics, resistance is also a “big monster” with headaches. If antibiotics are not used properly, such as insufficient dosage, inadequate treatment or frequent replacement of antibiotics, bacteria slowly adapt to antibiotics attacks and produce resistance. It would be difficult to deal with the enemy in the form of an increasingly strong armour, which would then be used against them. This would not only make it more difficult to treat gastrointestinal diseases, but could also spread drug-resistant bacteria among the population and trigger a greater public health crisis.
So, when using antibiotics to treat gastrointestinal diseases, it is important to follow the professional guidance of doctors. Doctors, like experienced commanders, will develop the most accurate treatment based on your condition, the type of pathogens and the results of drug-sensitive trials. Patients may not claim to increase the dose of antibiotics or stop drugs at will.
In short, antibiotics play an irreplaceable role in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, but we must be careful to use them. Only by shattering this double-edged sword correctly will it be possible, while treating gastrointestinal disease, to preserve the balance of the intestinal fungus, to avoid the creation of resistance, to keep our gastrointestinal tract healthy and to continue to enjoy the joy of good food.
