Some of them save lives and create other health problems. Some of them buy without a prescription, which in any case it is not advisable, but by law is forbidden to be sold without prescription. Others do not accept them even when they are discharged from their doctor. Yet, how to extract maximum benefit from antibiotics and to minimize damage from them.
1. Why medicine is “not working”
There are cases where antibiotics do not help healing. You should know that they are effective only in treating bacterial and fungal infections, ie against viral illnesses such as flu and cold, they are meaningless. The adoption of any antibiotic can cause resistance – living microbes in the body ceases to react to it and if need be necessary to appoint another. Many of today’s antibiotics act only on the agents of specific diseases. Their specificity is well known to physicians. Spontaneous antibiotic selection (even without instructions read) is useless, and may be dangerous to health. Only a doctor can assess the possible allergic reaction, interaction with other drugs and the possible aggravation of chronic diseases. “self-prescribing” of antibiotics may lead to asthma, hives or problems with kidneys and liver, as well as distortions in the balance of gut microflour.
2. Let them drink up!
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Snuff and hem? The nose is actually “run”, and throat “grating”? Keyed to further the fact that whatever you do, still runs cold for 7 to 10 days?
Everyone has some “magical” tool, which most believe, and always apply when cold. For some this is vitamin C, for others – Echinacea or zinc, others do prefer chicken soup … Actually I think that whatever you choose, it really works?
We offer you a view of several experts:
First the bad news: “You can not cure a cold.” – At least according to Professor David Blandino, dean of the medical faculty at the University of Pennsylvania (University of Pennsylvania). However, it can ease symptoms and reduce the number of days in which to feel real bad. And a few natural remedies to help you achieve it:
Zinc – this mineral that is contained in many cold anti – nutritional supplements or medicines available without a prescription, it really works because it creates a favorable environment for viruses and their reproduction. Despite many skeptical voices from academia, according to Professor Jack Guoltni from the University of Virginia and longtime investigator of the cold, has only 14 studies that attempt to scientifically explore the affect of zinc or colds. Moreover some of them speak negatively, but others are further evidence that this mineral really works.
Vitamin C – for decades, most people believe that once when the first symptoms of a cold take more vitamin C, it will help them cope with the disease still in its infancy. This view is partly due to the discoverer of Vitamin C, Linus Pauling, on the other – on several studies that show that this vitamin increases the body’s resistance to viruses, however, these attempts have been made only in animals.
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When we speak of antibiotics should not save neither superlatives nor criticism. And people are often quite stupidly suited to them. Some people buy them without a prescription, which in any case it is not advisable, but by law is forbidden to be sold without prescription. Others do not accept them even when they are discharged from their doctor. And yet, how to draw maximum benefit from antibiotics and to minimize damage from them.
1. Why the medicine is “not working”
There are cases where antibiotics do not help recovery. You should know that they are only effective in the treatment of bacterial and fungal infections, ie against viral illnesses such as flu and colds, they are meaningless. Adoption of any antibiotic can lead to resistance – living microbes in the body ceases to react to it and if need be necessary to appoint another. Many of today’s antibiotics act only on the agents of specific diseases. Their specificity is well known to doctors. Spontaneous selection of an antibiotic (even without instructions to read) is useless, and may be dangerous to health. Only a doctor can assess the possible allergic reaction, interaction and possible exacerbation of chronic diseases. “Quine” of antibiotics can lead to asthma, hives or problems with kidneys and liver, and distortion in the balance of gut micro-floor.
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