Dripping with Boredom!

Monday, January 30, 2006

I love studying so much, i blog about it.

Kim

P.S. Wanna know the challenge of antibiotic resistance?? Of course you do! Bacteria can cause infectious diseases like mycobacterium tuberculosis a.k.a. TB! And you know what? THERE ARE STRAINS OF TB THAT ARE RESISTANT TO EVERY ANTIBIOTIC! Isn't that scary? To think that there are some people with TB who will never have relief from it until they find an antibiotic that can overcome the resistance genes that TB possesses. But how is this possible, you may ask? How can crazy bacteria be beating out antibiotics at such a rate? Because bacteria like to mutate! And mutate to their heart's content, they will, just to avoid being crushed by antibiotics. So, the more antibiotics you use, the more bacteria you will trigger to mutate. Also, the more antibiotics you use, the higher chance you're killing off harmless/good bacteria, which allows more space for evil bacteria to eat your insides. What a paradox! So some tips: if you're given a prescription antibiotic, TAKE IT ALL! That way you can at least ensure that all the bad bacteria is gone; don't bother saving some "for the future" 'cause it just don't work that way. Also, don't take antibiotics for every darn thing you come across! This will only harm your system in the future because bacteria will mutate and mutate to resist these antibiotics. And thirdly...well, i don't know. That is all.

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