Bacterial infection includes all types of illness caused by bacteria. Bacteria is a microorganism, which can only be seen with a microscope. Bacteria normally live on the skin, in the intestines, and on the genitalia.
Bacteria divide to good bacteria which are helpful and necessary for good health, and bad bacteria which cause bacterial infections and disease are called pathogenic bacteria
Bacterial diseases:
When pathogenic bacteria get into the body to grow in tissues and may produce toxins in the infected tissue and may it swim with its toxins to other tissues through blood circulation
Pathogenic bacteria can enter the body by many ways such as eating, sex interaction, Inhaling, Kissing, blood (needles) and body fluids (mouth, eyes or nose)
Symptoms:
Bacterial infections may cause
-Diarrhea
-High fever
-Nausea and vomiting
-Fever
-Weakness
-Irritability
-Difficulty breathing
-Abdominal pain
-Lesions and rashes
-Most bacterial infections cause flue like symptoms
There are complications of severe chronic bacterial diseases as:
Coma
Kidney failure
Severe dehydration and electrolyte imbalance
Shock
Toxic shock syndrome
Treatment of the bacterial infection:
Antibiotics are the main weapon to fight the bacteria by killing it or stopping its grown given orally, intravenously, or by intramuscular injection, according to the type and severity of the bacterial infection
There are many types of antibiotic the main types are:
Aminoglycosides
Cephalosporin
Penicillin
Quinolones
Tetracycline
Macrolides
Also the bacterial infection treatment needs rest, good nutrition, increased fluids and in some severe cases hospitalization
In some severe cases happen what called antibiotic resistance which make doctors more careful in treatment of these complicated cases
Bacterial infection prevention
-Prevent touch all contaminated tools of the infected person
-No kissing
-wash hands before eating.
-Wash hands after coming to home.
-Besides good nutrition including some health foods that strength the immune system as:
Ginger, orange oil, bee honey and all fresh vegetables and fruits.
