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A THOUGHT ON DRUG RESISTANCE ANTIBIOTICS

I was doing some research today and found some statistics put out by the US department of public health. The concern over antibiotic resistant microorganisms is increasing. Read the following:

Though food-producing animals are given antibiotic drugs for important therapeutic, disease prevention or production reasons, these drugs can cause microbes to become resistant to drugs used to treat human illness, ultimately making some human sicknesses harder to treat.
About 70 percent of bacteria that cause infections in hospitals are resistant to at least one of the drugs most commonly used to treat infections.
Some organisms are resistant to all approved antibiotics and must be treated with experimental and potentially toxic drugs.
Some research has shown that antibiotics are given to patients more often than guidelines set by federal and other healthcare organizations recommend. For example, patients sometimes ask their doctors for antibiotics for a cold, cough, or the flu, all of which are viral and don't respond to antibiotics. Also, patients who are prescribed antibiotics but don't take the full dosing regimen can contribute to resistance.
Unless antibiotic resistance problems are detected as they emerge, and actions are taken to contain them, the world could be faced with previously treatable diseases that have again become untreatable, as in the days before antibiotics were developed.

Now, more than ever, we need to recognize the better health is not the result of better chemistry!

Take proper care of your body through good nutrition, exercise, and remember to give your body a rest from time to time.

Finally – Remember that Chiropractic care can have a huge impact on your overall health and specifically on the health and function of your immune system. Many of our patients report that they stay healthier and are less susceptible to the common illnesses that go around after receiving appropriate Chiropractic care! After all, your nervous system controls your immune system and we’re here to make sure that they are working at their optimum potential.