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Is there any harm in taking antibiotics if you have a viral infection? Does an antibiotic resistant strain of bacteria spawn out of nowhere just from taking ant
by jliptzin 3y ago
Is there any harm in taking antibiotics if you have a viral infection? Does an antibiotic resistant strain of bacteria spawn out of nowhere just from taking antibiotics in the absence of a bacterial infection? I thought the problem was not finishing a prescribed course of antibiotics when there is an active bacterial infection?
- logicchains 3y agoFrequent antibiotics use is associated with a small increase in the lifetime risk of various cancers: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6721461/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6721461/
- graeme 3y agoIt kills your native bacteria and can cause long run issues. Some also have severe side effects such as the fluoroquinolone family. Like most medicines if you need them you really ought to have them and if you don’t then you shouldn’t.