Categories: All - hygiene - antibiotics - resistance

by Lindsey Sherbon 10 years ago

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Essay3-Persuasion

Addressing the critical issue of antibiotic resistance involves multiple strategies. Vaccinations play a key role in preventing infections that might otherwise require antibiotic treatment, reducing the opportunity for resistance to develop.

Essay3-Persuasion

Essay 3-Importance of Finishing Antibiotics

Taking as prescribed

Don't save antibiotics to treat future infections
Don't take if not prescribed to you
Take for prescribed length of time

What do antibiotics do?

How do they work?
What do antibiotics specifically treat?

What is antibiotic resistance?

Resistant Bacteria
Definition

Develop ways to remember to take all of antibiotics

Mark days on calendar
Set alarm

Other way to stop antibiotic resistance

Vaccinations
Wash hands frequently

Consequences of misuse

Increased cost of prolonged illness
Failure of first line antibiotics