Why disease-causing bacteria are resistant to antibiotics and what the medical profession can do about it. What is resistance? Resistance is the ability to not be affected or damaged by a certain thing. It is known for its bacterial resistance to antibiotics in the medical field. What are bacteria? Bacteria are single-celled microorganisms. Many of them are not harmful, some are beneficial to us, but there are also disease-causing bacteria. They are found everywhere in the human body, inside and out. They are not found in the blood or cerebrospinal fluid. Infections are usually visible by the symptoms that the patient produces from the bacteria causing the disease. If the infections get worse, they will do a blood test of the patient and look at what types of infection-causing microorganisms are causing the infections. What are antibiotics? Antibiotics are medications that fight and kill infections caused by the patient. by microorganisms responsible for these diseases. Infections that should not be treated with antibiotics are: • Cold • Flu • Most coughs and bronchitis • Sore throats (except those from strep throat) • Some ear infections Antibiotics do not attack or kill Viruses only attack and kill the diseases that cause them. bacterial microorganisms. What is bacterial resistance? This is resistance to an antibiotic drug that was once effective against the bacterial organism. Infections caused by resistant bacterial microorganisms often do not respond to standard treatment consisting of different types of antibiotics, leading to prolonged illness and increased risk of death. Resistance occurs when the bacteria genetically changes in some way to change or stop the effectiveness of antibiotics. Prolonged illness can increase risk of spread...... middle of paper ...... you're sick. If you continue to use the old one, the disease-causing bacterial microorganisms may become "super-resistant", making it almost impossible to eliminate the disease-causing bacterial microorganisms.7. Unnecessary use of antibiotics on livestock and agriculture can cause the formation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. They pressure doctors to specifically choose which antibiotics their patient might need because they have bacterial microorganisms that are resistant to the specific antibiotic. The antibiotics that doctors rely on won't help patients who need them, and they are used on livestock primarily to get better quality food. This will increase the chances of people becoming resistant to antibiotics more quickly if they don't stop giving antibiotics to livestock and instead give them better quality shelter, healthy food and clean water..