Antibiotics are dangerous for the brain
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Antibiotics are the most used drugs in the modern world, so scientists are studying their effects on the human body. In a recent study, it was found that these drugs negatively affect the brain cells.
Experts recognize that the effect on the body of antibacterial drugs is one of the important problems for today. To increase the effectiveness of antibiotics, manufacturers add to their composition various substances that are not always beneficial to the human body. Usually antibiotic treatment affects the digestive system, but it has been found that other organs and the system can suffer from the background of treatment with these drugs.
A team of specialists observed how the treatment with antibiotics affects the body - as it turns out, drugs quickly suppress the focus of the infection, but also cause some side effects, in particular, damage to nerve cells and disruption of the nervous system.
Based on this discovery, experts recommend taking antibiotics only when necessary, not taking these medications on their own, and doctors advise doctors to prescribe more sparing drugs to their patients.
In other studies, scientists have found that antiretroviral drugs also adversely affect the brain. In the composition of such drugs there is a substance that promotes the formation of beta-amyloid protein, which provokes the development of Alzheimer's disease. In experiments on animals, American specialists have established that protease inhibitors included in antiretroviral drugs are detrimental to brain cells and, in their opinion, this work should help find new methods of treating HIV infection.
It is known that the systematic use of antibiotics adversely affects the overall health status. But in recent studies, scientists have found that antibiotics are especially dangerous for children under 2 years old. Such conclusions were made by Dutch specialists who analyzed more than 20 works that have been carried out since 1966. As a result, they concluded that infants and children under 2 years of age who took antibiotics in the future had weaker health and suffered from chronic diseases. For example, these children often developed food allergies, dermatitis, hay fever (this data is indicated by medical cards of more than 70 thousand people, which scientists studied in the course of their work). According to scientists, up to 41% of people who took antibiotics at an early age suffered from various kinds of dermatitis and up to 56% hay fever.
The Dutch scientists believe that physicians sometimes incorrectly diagnose the type of acute respiratory-viral infection, which leads to the appointment and reception of the wrong drugs. Also, most people often drink antibiotics on their own, relying on the advice of friends, co-workers or pharmacists. But if for an adult taking antibiotics is temporary, then young children can suffer from this for the rest of their lives.
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