In developing nations, you will
find both a mixture of infectious
diseases and autoimmune diseases, and prevalence of infectious
diseases in the poor nations is due
to a lack of nutrition and hygiene.
Constant use of antibiotics in hospitals and clinics throughout the
world has now caused a shift from
communicable disease to non-communicable diseases like autoimmune diseases. Do you know why?
The constant use of antibiotics has
now caused a serious impact on
your immune cells, which are one
of the fastest growing type cells in
your body. In developed nations,
autoimmune disorders predominate
over the communicable diseases
due to the emergence of antibiotics. As a result, the constant use
of antibiotics in developed nations
led to the emergence of autoimmune disorders. Therefore, the
Government started to spend millions on fighting autoimmune disorders using immunosuppressants
and steroids. However, these immunosuppressants contributed to further weakening of the immune cells,
In 1928, the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming gave
hope for combating some of the
toughest bacteria. This along with
antibiotics took the health sector by storm. Antibiotics started
waging war against infectious diseases with success. The public was
impressed but for how long? The
victory was short-lived. The bacteria developed genetic mechanisms
to combat against antibiotics, and
as a result, new antibiotic-resistant
strains of bacteria stepped into the
arena. It has led to the emergence
of bacteria with uncontrolled antibiotic resistance powers to fight
back the drug. As a result of antibiotic resistance, 90,000 hospital
patients develop infections in the
USA. And because of this, in excess
of 20 billion dollars a year is spent
in the health sector as a part of
its consequence. Mankind started
spending billions of hard-earned
money just to keep them at bay
but without much success {2}.
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