Tag: Antibiotics

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Can you get pneumonia if you cough old?

Editor’s Note: Cough is a very common clinical problem and is also the most easily treated disease. Many patients will ask if antibiotics are needed for cough. Can cough cause pneumonia for a long time? What should I do with a cough? This article gives you answers to these questions. How do you know if cough is caused by cold? Under normal circumstances, cough lasting less than 3 weeks is called acute cough. Subacute cough occurred between 3 and 8 weeks. Those older than 8 weeks are called chronic cough. A cough caused by a cold is usually an acute cough. Here, we should correct a misunderstanding about colds, that is, to distinguish the real colds, that is, upper respiratory Read More …

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Seven Precautions in the Use of Antibiotics

Mingming’s ears were out of hearing. When I heard the news, my heartache was so painful that I almost couldn’t live any longer. My mind was full of Mingming’s immature and lovely little face, flickering big eyes, simple cheerful smile and waving small hands. Clearly, the cause of deafness is oral administration of excessive doses of gentamicin, which is one of the antibiotics. Antibiotics are a kind of drugs with very high frequency of medical use and definite effect on bacterial diseases. Penicillin and erythromycin, which are familiar to all, belong to antibiotics. Abuse of antibiotics has become a serious medical and social problem nowadays. McDonald’s antibiotic chicken, Lu Kang Pharmaceutical [sewage gate] incident, outbreak of [superbacteria] all over the Read More …

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McDonald’s Stop Using Antibiotic Chicken?

The latest rumor that McDonald’s announced that it would stop using antibiotics in chickens is half true. The truth is that McDonald’s will require suppliers to stop using some antibiotics used by human beings within two years, not completely. It undoubtedly stirred our fragile nerves again. When we talked about chicken, Always associated with antibiotic residues and excessive hormones. Many members of the public, Including the media, all believe that antibiotics and hormones must be added to the feed, and antibiotics and hormone residues are inevitable in chicken and eggs. [Broilers grow fast and are related to the addition of growth hormones in the feed] [Laying hens lay eggs and are mostly related to the addition of sex hormones in Read More …

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Truth, how harmful is drinking antibiotic tap water?

A few days ago, microblogs and WeChat were flashed by the following message: [Amoxicillin Detected in Nanjing Tap Water… Antibiotics Detected in Huangpu River, Yangtze River Estuary and Pearl River, Major Rivers in the Country! Do you dare to drink this kind of water? While forwarding this news, many friends added such a comment: “No wonder the doctor told you to drink more water when you catch a cold. It turns out that the water contains amoxicillin, an anti-inflammatory drug!” The news came from CCTV-13 News Channel, According to the report, the antibiotic detected in the tap water of a resident in Nanjing is amoxicillin. One litre of tap water contains 8 ng amoxicillin, which is equal to 0.000 008 Read More …

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Can I use antibiotics when I am pregnant?

A patient once asked: I have been pregnant for 4 months. I coughed and had a stomachache. I was asthmatic when I spoke. The doctor prescribed some medicine (as if it were called amoxicillin), saying that not taking medicine had an impact on the baby, so I had to listen to the doctor and take it. Now I am worried to death. May I ask Mr. Ji, can I use antibiotics during pregnancy? Does it affect the baby? Many expectant mothers will face this dilemma. They feel uncomfortable not taking drugs, and they are afraid of affecting their babies. In fact, for some acute infectious diseases, drugs, such as antibiotics, have to be used even during pregnancy. Next, Dr. Clove Read More …

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Eight Mistakes in Children’s Use of Antibiotics, We Must Look!

Speaking of superbacteria, parents have heard about it more or less, but for many people, they have heard about it. They always think that it is only a very serious thing for patients. Our children are lively and healthy! This [superbug] is too far away from itself to hit eight poles. But you know what? The distance of eight poles is really not a thing for bacteria. If you don’t pay attention to these rules of antibiotic use in your daily life, it is basically to cultivate [superbacteria] every minute. [Abuse] Not Just [Overuse] Many parents know that the generation of superbacteria is caused by the abuse of antibiotics. But when it comes to what abuse, a large number of Read More …

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Chicken containing antibiotics, or is it not a good chicken?

According to reports, several foreign agencies jointly issued a report rating the use of antibiotics in meat and poultry by the 25 largest fast food companies in the United States. Several of the world’s well-known chain restaurants are at the lowest F level. It is also claimed that these restaurants have promised to purchase [antibiotic-free chicken] in the United States, while this is not the case in China. At that time, the problem of antibiotics in meat products was pushed to the forefront again. Many people began to worry: Can they still eat meat with confidence? Dr. Clove asked food safety experts to answer this question for you. The rating in the report represents what? First of all, it should Read More …

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Anti-inflammatory can’t take medicine indiscriminately! 7 pictures, let you quickly understand how to use [anti-inflammatory drugs]

Have a cold, take some anti-inflammatory drugs. Diarrhea, take some anti-inflammatory drugs. Cough, take some anti-inflammatory drugs. My stomach hurts. Take some anti-inflammatory drugs. … … [Anti-inflammatory drugs] seem to have become universal drugs. In fact, [anti-inflammatory drugs] in most people refer to antibiotics such as amoxicillin and norfloxacin. This antibiotic is not used so casually. Let’s take a look at these 7 pictures made by Dr. Clove for you.

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Vitamin Z: Doctors’ Antibiotic Complex

Vitamin Z is not a vitamin, It is a popular term among American doctors. Refers to the doctor forced by the patient’s request, Antibiotics given to patients as placebos. A typical example is viral pneumonia. Particularly in children, Knowing that antibiotics are useless for viral pneumonia, But at the request of the patient’s parents, Antibiotics such as azithromycin are usually prescribed, In this case, antibiotics act like vitamins, There is no therapeutic effect, Only psychological comfort effect. Clinicians often have an antibiotic plot in their hearts. In the days when there were no antibiotics, Bacterial infections are the biggest headaches for doctors, Some people joke that, Every gray hair on the doctor’s head represents a patient who died of bacterial Read More …

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Another Reason for Cautious Use of Antibiotics: For Children’s Joint Health

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common persistent arthritis in children. The initial symptoms are not specific, including lethargy, tiredness and poor appetite (which may be caused by drugs). Especially in young children, the biggest manifestation may be limping, and children may have severe influenza-like manifestations. The disease often occurs in knee joint, ankle joint, wrist joint and facet joint of hands and feet, and its cause is still unknown as its name [idiopathic]. Antibiotics Increase Risk of Idiopathic Arthritis in Children Studies have confirmed that the application of antibiotics in children can significantly increase the risk of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in a dose-dependent manner, i.e. The risk increases with the increase of administration times. With more knowledge of microbiology, Read More …