Appropriate Use of Antibiotics Keeps us Free from Infections
The discovery of antibiotics has been one of the most important reasons of fall in mortality rates. It was the effect of antibiotics and vaccines that actually raised the life expectancy, allowed people to have smaller families and in more ways than one, changed the way we live. It is time we know some basics of antibiotics, so that we are aware of their potential as well as limitations, and avoid blind self medication.
Role of Antibiotics
Antibiotics, along with vaccines, are the primary
reason for the fall in death rate during the last century. Thanks to the
efficacy of modern antibiotics, bacterial infections and epidemics, which had
always been the greatest scourge of human civilization, have today been reduced
to a far less common cause of human mortality and morbidity.
