Antiboitics NOT for kids?

      Hello, I'm back again and I have a new post for your enjoyment. Before I tell you what the article is about, let me ask you a question. Would you stop using antibiotics because of these new superbugs that have been just discovered? If you haven't figured it out yet, the article is about new guidelines that the CDC is trying to enforce. These new guidelines would make it harder for doctors to prescribe antibiotics to children! Ok, before you go and start a riot over these new guidelines, let's all learn why this is happening in the first place.

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      The CDC has just released new guidelines that would make it more difficult for kids to be prescribed antibiotics. They have released these new and controversial guidelines for a few different reasons. The first one, which is their main concern, is that antibiotics are being overly prescribed to patients that don't have a bacterial infection at all. Many children who are prescribed antibiotics have ear or sinus infections, which are often caused by a virus and not by bacteria. Since you can't kill a virus with antibiotics, it is a futile effert to try and fix the situation. The best way to fix the problem based on new CDC guidelines is to let the virus run its course. Anther reason for the new guidelines is so that doctors can stop the development of super bugs (bacteria that is immune to antibiotics). The over prescription of antibiotics and people being negligent and not taking the full course of the medication and stopping when they feel better has caused certain strains of bacteria to evolve and become immune to certain antibiotics.

Deadly superbug

 

  

      Another major problem with antibioctics is that it has some negative side affects in both children and adults. The first one is that antibiotics kill probiotics or bacteria in your digestive system needed to break down certain foods. Without these good bacteria, people have reported stomach aches, nausea, shakes, low blood sugar, vomiting, and diarrhea. Another major problem with antibiotics is that your body can become resistant to the medication, which means that when you take the antibiotics, the body rejects the medication and the infection that you have will continue to grow.

 

Drug companies bottom line

 

 

 

      After all this, I find these new guidelines to be a great idea and should be a great benefit to the publics' overall health. I found it funny, but also sad that doctors are giving children antibiotics for what is most likely a virus and not a bacterial infection. This fact alone tells me that doctors have become lazy and are using antibiotics as a way to give parents a way to make them feel good that their child will get better, and also help drug companies make their bottom line. With these new guidelines, it would make it harder for doctors to use antibiotics as a scapegoat and it would make doctors have to do their work more diligently.

 

 

 

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