Resistant bacteria - antibiotics lose their effect

Antibiotics are ineffective

Antibiotics were considered "magic bullet" against diseases caused by bacteria. For a long time there was even hope that such diseases could be defeated entirely. Today, scientists warn from all EU countries facing a global threat posed by resistant bacteria.

Bacteria are very adaptable
Bacteria are extremely adaptable and can change so that they are insensitive (medically: resistant) are to an antibiotic. This is done through various mechanisms, such as the fact that they change their cellular structure, that the antibiotic out of their cells active again "pump out" or inactivate it directly. In all cases, then the antibiotic can no longer be used against the disease caused by bacteria. It has become ineffective because the bacterium is resistant. For this reason, the number of deaths due to antibacterial resistance has increased. In Germany alone, 40,000 people die annually from infectious diseases they have contracted in hospitals, in which resistant bacteria occur most frequently.

Resistance spread quickly


Resistant bacteria are spreading fast:

    from person to person
    from country to country
    from animals to humans (via the food chain)

Risk is "homemade"
Support for the development of such resistance, especially through the widespread use of antibiotics, sometimes improper prescribing, improper handling and through in some countries (France, Spain, USA) possible free sale of antibiotics.


EU scientists call for prudent use of antibiotics
EU scientists are calling for the careful, controlled and proactive use of antibiotics. People should be informed specifically about their proper use and the problem of drug resistance.

You should remember

Here again the most important aspects:

    Antibiotics work against bacteria only and exclusively. For viral infections, such as a runny nose, they are ineffective. Doctors should - even if a patient requires it (as is often the case) - then do not prescribe antibiotics.
    Antibiotics must always be taken as long as the doctor directs. It is also necessary if the symptoms quickly return. Even then they need to be taken over. The reason is that antibiotics often render harmless bacteria only in a certain phase of life. But because there are bacteria in the body in the different phases of life, never to be killed all at once. But if some survive, they can develop again. The disease broke out again and the risk of resistance developing is particularly high.
    Antibiotics must be taken in the correct dosage. Again, always follow the doctor's instructions carefully. Lower doses lead to the development of resistance.

Herbal Antibiotics

More information is available at:
http://www.pflanzliche-antibiotika.de
Here too personal questions are answered in the prevention and treatment with antibiotics by plant experts by e-mail or telephone.

A further measure to counteract the development of resistance is the use of herbal medicines that have an antibacterial effect, so-called herbal antibiotics. Such drugs may well be in mild bacterial infections drug of first choice. They thus help to save antibiotics. Even with long-term applications of plant resistance to antibiotics not previously been observed. They have a broad antibacterial spectrum and even act against problem pathogens such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which can not be fought with many more chemical antibiotics.