M6.6 Blog: Use of Antibiotics
Antibiotic Resistance 101: How Antibiotic Misuse on Factory Farms Can Make you Sick
Antibiotic resistance among animals or factory farms can quickly translate to people. The ever changing process of bacteria reproduction also makes it hard to treat because strains often morph and change rapidly. The best way to avoid this process altogether is to reduce the use of antibiotics in livestock.
Nearby Livestock May Raise 'Superbug' Risk
Nearby Livestock poses a particular problem because of livestock MRSA often brews in unhygienic environments. In order to avoid such problems it is vital that we reduce the use of antibiotics in these settings to avoid a large public health crisis. MRSA is hard to treat already but can easily become antibiotic resistant making it more difficult. That is why it is important that our meat markets and farm do not use antibiotics or reduce the antibiotic use in our meat.
Scientists Discover That Antimicrobial Wipes and Soaps May Be Making You (and Society) Sick
Consistently using antimicrobial wipes to disinfect your household can out you at an even greater risk for developing bacteria. Oftentimes, we can not clean these surfaces fast enough. But the main issue is that removing our environment from these bacterias does not in fact make us healthier. It actually increases our chances of catching or spreading disease. We need to build up some sot of resistance to the things around us and by constantly killing those germs we do not give ourselves the best defense.
A report about the new practice of incorporating antimicrobials into the manufacture of hospital furnishings
Hospitals are though to be the cleanest places in our society, unfortunately this is a false claim and the use of strong sterilization materials creates a breeding ground for the same germs we are trying to get rid of. Is it possible to change our process in order to encourage less bacterial growth? Probably not, but a great step in the right direction would be recognizing that germs are not alway bad and that they can actually help normalize the passage of germs from one person to the next.
I agree that using less antibiotics in our livestock will impact our lives positively. I believe that by doing this, it would decrease the likelihood of us becoming antibiotic resistant. As for MRSA, we know it's hard to treat, therefore having more hygienic areas for our livestock may be helpful to help prevent this kind of outbreak. Building resistance to bacteria, as you mentioned is definitely important. It allows us to not get sick as often. I agree that hospitals are not the cleanest places. As a nursing student, I have seen that we try to get patients home as soon as possible so that they do not acquire any hospital acquired infections.
ReplyDeleteI find it sad that antibiotic resistance has reached this point. While I'm not sure if this could have been predicted, the lack of responses to address the issue is disheartening. Hopefully, we are able to make the necessary changes in antibiotic usage to slow down the resistance bacteria are developing.
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