From personal experience
It happens that antibiotics can not be dispensed with, for example, for the prevention of postoperative complications or with purulent inflammatory processes, but unfortunately modern doctors often perform antibiotic therapy for no apparent reason, let's say, "for safety". Personally, I collided myself, even repeatedly, with such a mismanagement of medicines. Once I was prescribed an antibiotic at a temperature of 37, 4 and supposedly a red throat, much to the surprise, the temperature fell with the usual arrival of menstruation. The doctor did not even ask, maybe I'm taking some kind of hormonal drug that can cause a rise in temperature. At the hospital, my nine-month-old baby was given antibiotics at a high temperature and a red throat, ignoring the fact that the baby has four upper teeth cutting at the same time. During pregnancy with bronchitis, I was prescribed antibiotics with the words: "Do you want inflammation of the lungs? !! ". Fortunately, I did not drink antibiotics, but I was cured by folk remedies. But my toddler completely broke the chair, which we restored for two weeks after leaving the hospital on our own.
Pros and Cons, Benefit or Harm
In fact, for the treatment with antibiotics, there must be a clear basis, that is, a situation in which antibiotics can not be dispensed with. Benefits of antibiotics are only if they are prescribed for absolute indications.
In the treatment with antibiotics, one's own immunity is suppressed, that is, the organism becomes even more susceptible to infectious diseases. Therefore, after such treatment special rehabilitation therapy is required. This, first of all, walks in the fresh air, taking vitamins (preference is given to natural products), physical exercises, etc. Killing pathogenic bacteria, antibiotics destroy the beneficial microflora of the organism, contributing to the development of dysbacteriosis. It should be noted that dysbiosis can develop both in the intestines and in the vagina, so often in women, vaginal candidiasis develops against the background of antibiotic therapy, the so-called thrush.
Submarine reefs of antibiotic therapy are even deeper. The non-rational and incorrect use of antibiotics leads to the fact that the body gets used to the drug, more precisely the bacteria mutate and become immune to this kind of treatment. That is, the benefits of antibiotic therapy are often much less than the harm done.
When is the use of antibiotics inexpedient and useless?
It should be remembered that treatment with antibiotics is often just not appropriate. When should you not take drugs from this group?
· With ARVI and influenza, as these conditions are caused by viruses, against which antibiotics are powerless.
· In inflammatory processes, elevated temperature - antibiotics are not anti-inflammatory and antipyretic agents.
· When coughing, as the causes of coughing can be both viral infections, and allergies, bronchial asthma. Nevertheless, with pneumonia without antibiotics can not do.
· In case of intestinal disorders, it should be remembered that even food poisoning can be caused by both viruses and toxins themselves from pathogenic bacteria.
Benefit or harm from antibiotic therapy? The answer to this question is very clear. Antibiotics should be taken only when the benefits of their use will be higher than the damage caused by the disease itself. And never do self-medication. Antibiotics should be prescribed only by a doctor under strict indications, and if you are already taking antibiotics, then you must adhere to the scheme indicated by the doctor. You should not be treated independently, guided only by instructions to the drug, because this is your health, which you can not buy for money.