Drug-resistant bacteria . Why are they dangerous?

Bacteria are growing stronger. The worst thing is that we ourselves make them mutate and threaten us more and more. My grandson has been infected with E. Coli resistance type. As the treatment was going on, he was infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae during the test.

The bacteria kill about 700,000 people a year

Overzealous, improper use of antibiotics and without proper diagnostics causes bacteria to become resistant to treatment . Their antibiotic resistance, as it is professionally called, is caused by, among others, mass use of antibiotics for minor infections and viral infections (e.g. flu ), as well as their incorrect dosage and interruption of treatment. This makes them no longer effective in the fight against bacteria that mutate. Their defense mechanisms are various, including: causing changes in the structure of their cell walls, which prevents the absorption of the drug, removing the antibiotic from cells and producing enzymes that destroy the drug.

According to the latest report of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Poland is among the countries where bacteria have become particularly resistant to treatment, becoming the so-called “superbugs”. However, this problem concerns the age of the world’s countries — according to WHO, approximately 700,000 people die every year due to diseases caused by drug-resistant bacteria. people . If we do not act, this number may increase to 10 million people by 2050.