17/04/2025
๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฌ!
๐๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ: ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ.
As a practicing physician, I have consistently observed a troubling trend: patients frequently come in demanding antibiotics with comments like, โ๐๐ผ๐ฐ, ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ.โ Alarmingly, many of them jump straight to this request before even discussing their symptoms. Additionally, some patients express disappointment when I determine that antibiotics are not warranted, even if they are dealing with something as common as the flu or a viral illness.
Antibiotics are designed to combat infections caused by ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ in both humans and animals. They work by either killing the bacteria or inhibiting their ability to grow and multiply. However, they are ๐จ๐ก๐ก๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ and ineffective for conditions that are ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ก, such as viral or fungal infections! Our caution in prescribing antibiotics is rooted in a serious concern: we aim to prevent antimicrobial resistance!
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ค๐๐๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐? It's a phenomenon where bacteria adapt to outsmart the antibiotics designed to defeat them, rendering those drugs ineffective for future use. This could affect not just an individual, but the entire community.
This trend is not limited to my practice; I believe other healthcare professionals are experiencing it as well. It reflects a ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐บ and the expectations surrounding treatment. Antibiotics arenโt a cure-all or something to be taken lightly; they shouldnโt be treated like candy that anyone can pop whenever they feel unwell.
So, the next time you insist on getting antibiotics, consider the moment when you find yourself confined to a hospital bed for whatever reason at 80 or even 30 years old, realizing that no antibiotic will be effective for you then.
Letโs work together to raise awareness and correct this misconception. ๐ช๐ปโบ๏ธ
