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Often, whenever you feel any problem like sore throat, fever or urinary tract infection i.e. UTI, the doctor definitely gives you antibiotic medicine and this also provides relief. What will happen if this medicine does not work in future? Now this is becoming a reality. According to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO), 1 out of every 6 bacterial infections in the world has become such that antibiotics are not effective. This means that medicines are becoming ineffective on these patients and treatment is becoming difficult. This condition is very serious and is called antibiotic resistance. Let us know that if antibiotics do not work, what will be the impact on humans and how many deaths will increase?
What effect will antibiotic resistance have on humans and how many deaths will increase?
People often take antibiotics without doctor’s advice or do not finish the entire course, due to this the bacteria do not become weak but become stronger. When bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, it becomes difficult to kill them. Due to this, the disease lasts longer, the patient has to be admitted to the hospital, treatment becomes expensive and the risk of death increases. Globally, more than 12 lakh people die every year due to antibiotic resistance and it is believed that by 2050 this figure may reach 1 crore deaths every year.
Which diseases are being affected more?
WHO report shows that these medicines are becoming ineffective especially in urinary tract infections, blood stream infections, lung infections, skin infections and drug-resistant TB infections. The problem is most severe in South Asia and the eastern Mediterranean, where one in three infections is no longer treatable with antibiotics. At the same time, if antibiotics become ineffective, then surgery will be dangerous, the risk of life will increase due to infection during pregnancy and delivery, cancer patients can die from infection after chemotherapy and common diseases, like typhoid and pneumonia, will also become fatal. To prevent this, always take antibiotics only after consulting the doctor. Complete the full course of antibiotics, do not take antibiotics for every infection, and strengthen the healthcare system.
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