Thursday, February 23, 2012

Bacterial Infections, Shared By Humans and Animals, Are Becoming Less Treatable


Apparently, we are making viruses worse because of how we're treating animals. 

MRSA is pretty much the worst bacterial infection.  Antibiotics can treat it, but it usually returns and becomes less treatable over time. 

Humans and animals, like pigs, chickens and household pets, get MRSA.  We give antibiotics to animals that are bread for food, and now they are resistant to the antibiotics... so the MRSA mutates, goes back to humans, and gets us even sicker.

It's a bad cycle when humans and animals get the same infections and all become resistant to antibiotics.  They are saying there are several "SUPER BUGS" going between humans and animals that are contributing to a decline in overall health.  There isn't an easy answer for this and it's a little scary.

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