Are antibiotics really safe as we usually think?

When people get cold or flu, they are commonly given antibiotics by doctors. But colds, flu, sinus congestion and cough are usually the symptoms of upper respiratory infections caused by viruses typically. Antibiotics aren't effective against viral infections but bacteria. Taking antibiotics may make you at risk if you don't need them, for they can drastically intestines' normal and protective intestinal flora, thus leaving you deficient and at risk of getting more infections.

Not long ago, a research on antibiotics shows that a person who takes a single regimen of antibiotics for ten days is more likely to get another infection then normal people. It is because that antibiotics often kill off too much of the host’s inherent beneficial flora, making the host more dangerous in the fight against new infections agents.

In a general way, infections are typically caused by being viruses, bacteria and fungi. Virus includes the flu, common cold and Aids. Bacteria infections include strep throat, bladder infections and ear infections. Although antibiotics such as sulpha and penicillin can kill bacteria, they create abnormal, cell-wall deficient bacterial forms that can embed deeper into your intestinal mucosa. This explains why taking antibiotics makes you more dangerous for future infections. With every dose of an antibiotic, you also increase the potential incidences of resistant, “super forms” of bacteria. Fungal infections are the diseases like tinea pedis (athlete’s foot) and cryptococcal meningitis which is a type of meningitis. Antifungal drugs often show a lot of negative side effects and won't be effective on those people who have a weakened immune system.

Partly because of the extensive side effects of many drugs including antibiotics, taking properly prescribed medical drugs was listed as the third leading cause of death, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. People should be aware that antibiotics may be quite toxic and even deadly sometimes.

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