Antibiotic Resistance 101: What Everyone Needs to Know About Superbugs

Introduction:

Misuse poses a security threat that threatens human life, and antibiotic resistance is ranked very high as a health risk in the world. These are formed when bacteria tend to develop mechanisms of resistance against drugs that are used for clearing the bacteria. As such, when it comes to ordinary illnesses and diseases, which can, therefore, positively respond to prescribe medication and tend to be regarded as normal day-to-day diseases, they cannot be treated rightly or are untreatable altogether. 

It will be desirable that every person acquired the most minimal knowledge concerning what antibiotic resistance is, how it occurred, how it influenced health, and how its manifestation can be prevented. The issues we will discuss in this article include for example; what are superbugs? Why is antibiotic resistance unavoidable? And; how can you stop it?

What Are Superbugs?

It is only a mixture of bacteria that cannot be erased by a number of forms of antibiotics; thus it is hard to get rid of. Every time doctors prescribe antibiotics, they anticipate that these will clear out the bacteria that is causing an infection. Yet there is always a few, which can overcome the effects and thus form super hardy organisms known as superbugs. Such resistant bacteria prolong the hospital duration, expensive to treat and are likely to lead to the death of the patient.

Popular superbugs include: Among the most common hospital acquired infection resistant organisms, they include; Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) and multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli (MDR E.Coli). Infections like these are dangerous in hospitals because the patient could have a compromised immune system or the patient could be having an open wound.

Antibiotic resistance is a simple developmental effect that occurs within bacteria when in contact with antibiotics; these organisms grow in such environments. Several factors contribute to this phenomenon: 

How Does Antibiotic Resistance Happen?

Antibiotic resistance on its part can be defined as a developmental response of these bacteria to antibiotics – these organisms grow in these environments. Several factors contribute to this phenomenon:

1. Overuse and Misuse of Antibiotics: Antibiotic misuse and the use of antibiotics still stand as the main cause for antibiotic resistance. If people take tablets in the wrong proportion or use antibiotics to cure ailments such as the flu and the common cold, the bacteria becomes resistant.
    
2. Agricultural Practices: They can also be used in the food industry in order to help grow healthy animals. This practice can also create resistant bacteria in livestock that may then be ingested in the food chain by humans.
    
3. Poor Infection Control: In health care delivery, poor infection control measures expose patients to more resistant bacterium. For instance, if health care givers in a hospital are careless to push for cleanliness of their hands or surgical knives, among other apparatus’ then it is most probable that superbugs will easily spread across many patients.
    
4. Global Travel and Trade: Antibiotic bacteria can travel from one country to another in the blink of an eye as more individuals commute and more products are transported from one place to another. A person carrying superbugs in one country can transmit them to the next country, making them a global menace.

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