Why Antibiotics Put You at Risk for Viral Infections
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Why Antibiotics Put You at Risk for Viral Infection
So, this article talks about the Zika virus scare a few years ago... Haven't heard much about THAT virus since the whole Covid-19 virus scare going on right now... ;( But taking antibiotics will ALWAYS make you a little immune-suppressed afterwards.
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With antibiotic use, researchers have found that:
- Your immune cells express fewer genes associated with protection against viral infection.
- Your immune cells are unable to respond to messages that the body is under viral attack.
- You are less equipped to stop viral replication.
QUOTE: "You can’t stop the common cold or the flu with antibiotics. But you can make these viral infections worse.
Antibiotics strengthen a viral infection (like the common cold or the flu). Viruses naturally living in the body can store antibiotic-resistant genes, passing them out like candy to hungry bacteria and intensifying the problem of antibiotic resistance."QUOTE: "a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2013, antibiotic resistance is directly responsible for at least 23,000 deaths per year.3 In addition to these entirely preventable deaths, antibiotic resistance has caused over 2 million illnesses per year, says the CDC. Unsurprisingly, antibiotic resistance has been referred to by CDC Director Tom Frieden as the “next pandemic,” where patients may “enter the hospital with one disease and leave with another,”