Good and bad bacteria. Antibiotics swipe both ways. Thats the crucial point. The same medicines that can rid the body of potentially life threatening illnesses, like TB, syphilis or meningitis, can whether prescribed willy-nilly by practitioners or demanded by patients, taken unnecessarily or not taken as prescribed destroy the bodys own natural bacteria.In a culture where a slight niggling feeling is promptly followed by a trip to the doctor and a course of antibiotics it is worth stepping back, looking at what antibiotics are, how they affect the body and when we should and shouldnt take them.Basically, antibiotics are used to treat infections caused by bacteria, which are tiny organisms that can sometimes cause illness in humans and animals.

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