Andrey Kozlov, an expert of the Central Committee of the SamSMU Scientific and Technical Institute “Bionic Engineering in Medicine”, warned that taking antibiotics for colds without a doctor’s prescription can be dangerous for both the sick person and the people around him. . Indiscriminate use of such drugs creates resistance in microorganisms and, as a result, can infect other people. explained He talks to RT.
Antibiotics make a person immune to many antibacterial drugs. In this case, bacteria can share antibiotic resistance genes with each other. As a result, the person becomes a carrier of resistant strains of bacteria and can infect other people in the hospital environment.
“Later, when the patient develops a more serious illness, such as pneumonia, the antibiotics prescribed by the doctor in the hospital become ineffective, because the bacteria have learned to “protect themselves” from them,” Kozlov explained.
In addition, antibiotics can trigger a dysbiotic state of the intestines and other organs. In this disease, beneficial microorganisms that protect the body die and are replaced by pathogenic aggressive microorganisms.
“In order to prevent the development of resistance to antibiotics, first of all, such drugs should be taken only as recommended by the attending physician, strictly adhering to dosages and treatment timing,” the expert emphasized.
He also called for timely vaccination, which reduces the risk of contracting bacterial infections.
Let’s remember who is in the name Mass use of antibiotics is one of ten global threats to public health; because this approach reduces the effectiveness of antibiotics and creates bacterial resistance to drugs.
Doctors too warned Russians are aware of the dangers of combining antibiotics with alcohol; It has a toxic effect on the liver.