Microbe vs antibiotic: In the global battle against antibiotic resistance, where on the one hand – pharmaceutical giants and governments, ordinary doctors and patients, and on the other – escherichia coli, mycobacteria and vibrio cholerae, no one has emerged victorious, and it is still unknown which side has the upper hand. Just 60-plus years after […]
The relevance of disease prevention
The relevance of disease prevention the benefits of using preventive approaches have become particularly evident over the past 2-3 decades, when cases of mass diseases have become less common due to effective clinical preventive measures. Thanks to the vaccination of children, infectious diseases such as polio, which used to roll in regular epidemic waves (more […]
How to get cured if you get infected from a prostitute?
So, what to do if you get infected from a prostitute? Use condoms every time you have sex with a prostitute. If you use a lubricant, make sure it is not water-based (water-based lubricants can damage the condom). Always use a condom with prostitutes, this will save you from most possible troubles. Condoms do not […]
How antibiotics affect the liver
Hepatotoxic reactions to medicines occupy an important place in the structure of drug-related morbidity and mortality of the population and are the main reason for regulatory decisions regarding medicines, including their withdrawal from the market. Acute drug-induced liver damage can cause more than 1,200 drugs, 200 of which are potentially hepatotoxic. According to pharmacoepidemiological studies, […]
How the world is developing new antibiotics
Developing new antibiotics: Antibiotics are no longer a panacea: bacteria evolve, ceasing to respond to once-powerful drugs. Our body’s resistance to antibiotics is also developing. In 2019, according to the WHO, the number of cases of tuberculosis resistant to several drugs at once in Russia was 5.4 per 100 thousand people. How much in the […]
Amoxil is a powerful antibacterial drug
Amoxil is a powerful antibacterial drug! The appearance of amoxicillin protected by clavulanic acid on the market is difficult to overestimate. After all, antibiotics are one of the main classes of medicines, without which modern medicine is simply unthinkable. At the same time, despite the fact that the nomenclature of this class of drugs today […]
New generation of antibacterial agents
New generation antibacterial agents (antibiotics) are substances of biological or semi – synthetic origin. They are used in medical practice to combat pathogenic microbes and viruses. Before the appearance of these medicines, the status of incurable diseases was in typhoid fever, dysentery, pneumonia, and tuberculosis. Today, the treatment of infectious diseases is possible with the […]
How to distinguish COVID-19 from SARS?
The main difference between coronavirus and influenza and SARS is the incubation period (the time from infection to the first signs). Respiratory viruses and influenza make themselves felt already on 1-4 days. On average, their incubation period is 2-3 days. The coronavirus takes longer to multiply in the body. Its incubation period can reach up […]
How antibiotics work
Some swallow antibiotics at the slightest runny nose, others categorically refuse to take them even with severe pneumonia, considering them terribly harmful. Because they don’t understand how antibiotics work. He and the other approach is completely wrong. Antibiotics do help with many severe infections, but only if taken correctly. To understand in which case the […]
The use of antibiotics in ancient times
Antibiotics in ancient times: According to historical sources, many millennia ago, our ancestors, faced with diseases caused by microorganisms, fought them with available means. Over time, humanity began to understand why certain drugs used since ancient times are able to affect certain diseases, and learned to invent new drugs. Now the amount of funds used […]