What Is a Bacterial Infection?
9. Antibiotics
The correct diagnosis of bacterial infections is very important. When doctors can confirm that you are suffering from a bacterial infection, then they can reliably prescribe the right antibiotics. This is important because antibiotics are only effective on bacterial and not viral infections. Making a wrong diagnosis can lead to the overuse of antibiotics that can make a person resistant to their efficacy. This means the next time they use the antibiotics, even with a correct diagnosis, the impact will not be as hoped.
This can make any future treatment of bacterial infections more complicated and increase the likelihood of a person developing sepsis. Antibiotics have been a medical breakthrough that has saved many lives. Their ingestion should however only be under a doctor’s supervision. Self-medicating can unknowingly lead to an inability to get relief from these medications when most needed.
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