How to use antibiotics
When the cold comes, it is highly recommended to follow a series of guidelines and basic tips to protect health. Therefore, it is highly recommended to know how take care of health in winter, and in what way can prevent the flu.
In these months, the well-known and habitual flu processes and the first colds appear ( home remedies for colds).
For this reason, autumn and winter also tend to be accompanied by misuse of the antibiotics, especially by those people who tend to self-medicate.
Tips for using antibiotics correctly
The antibiotics They tend to be medicines that, taken when they should not be, turn them into products that can be harmful to health. Not in vain, with this act we can get to cause that they are not so effective when -in fact- they are needed.
According to recent statistics, our country is the second European where more antibiotics are used, which is why it is highly recommended to know how to use antibiotics. Take good note:
- Is the infection caused by bacteria? If so, it is convenient that you take them, as these are effective. However, remember that the doctor is the only one who can and should diagnose you.
- If the disease is caused by a virus, antibiotics can not be taken.
- It is useful to know and keep in mind that each infection responds to a certain antibiotic. Therefore, once the diagnosis is made, it is the doctor who should prescribe them and recommend which one would be best for you.
- Take them only when their use is recommended. Do not forget that if you take them when it is not necessary, you will reduce their effectiveness little by little, so when you really need them, they will not help you to fight the infection.
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