Tired of trying various types of antibiotics to cure your illness? Don't worry, like many other people around the world you are a victim of bacterial antibiotic-resistance. Wondering why? The answer to this question is simple, physicians and hospitals have over prescribed antibiotics, even for illnesses that are not caused by bacteria. Since there is no accurate diagnostic testing for bacterial infections, physicians prescribe antibiotics when symptoms of common infections are shown in patients. However, it is probable that the patient could have a viral disease, thus the use of antibiotics is unnecessary. Bacteria becomes resistant to antibiotics through overexposure. According to recent studies, 70% of children have at least received one type of antibiotic since birth. This overexposure to antibiotics causes strains of bacteria to
survive the exposure and pass on that resistance trait to successive generations. Eventually, the antibiotic wipes out all vulnerable bacteria, and only resistant bacteria remain.
Industrial America does not want to recognize that nonessential antibiotic use is harmful to both animals and the human race. I wonder how a beef industry CEO would react and think if he/she was contaminated with a bacteria that was antibiotic resistant? Would money be the issue then?
The use of antibiotics in food animals is a strong contributor to the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the environment, because it involves feeding low doses of antibiotics to large numbers of food animals for long periods of time in production.
There is no suggestion that antibiotic use should be stopped, the aim is to reduce the level of prescriptio
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