The Danger of Antibiotic

As a drug warehouse keeper, somebody often ask me to give them some kind of medicine. Actually, it is not a problem for me to give what they’ve asked, but sometimes I have to refuse the request if I’m not so sure if the drugs that they have been asked is safe to be consumed freely without a prescription.

Even though I’m not a pharmacist or a doctor, I know a bit about medicine. I know that in addition to the benefits, medicines have some side effects that are sometimes too dangerous. It makes me so careful to not giving medicine freely to everyone. I always say if they can bear the pain it is better to not consuming drugs. I give them another alternative such as keep the diet, or another therapy that I know can reduce the pain without medicine. 

Sometimes I’m afraid if they said I’m stingy because don’t give the medicine that they want. But I have to do that if I don’t want them being worst because of the side effect of the medicine.

One kind of drug that I can’t give freely is Antibiotic. Consuming Antibiotics can increase the risk of antibiotic resistance later. That is why, more often consuming antibiotics is possible more often getting illness. From some articles that I’ve read, antibiotic can’t kill viruses or accelerate healing virus infection. Antibiotic just kill or weaken microorganism (bacteria / parasites). Even, excessive Antibiotic usage will kill the good bacterias in our bodies that are useful for our body.

-use medications wisely-

 

Again, rather than exposed to the side effects of drugs

IT IS BETTER TO PREVENT THAN CURE!!!

TT Immunization

My friend suddenly complained of pain. When I asked her, she said that she just had been immunized with TT. Next week she will get married, I remember that I had told him to not injected with TT. But she said KUA wouldn’t pass the requirements of marriage if the bride has not been injected with TT.

TT stands for Tetanus toxoid, it is a vaccine that is used to prevent tetanus infection. Tetanus is a disease caused by the bacterium Clostridium tetani. This bacteria enter through open wounds and produces toxin then attacks the central nervous system. These bacteria are commonly found in soil, so it can be found in dust, fertilizer, animal waste, and garbage.

TT immunization is a requirement that is highly recommended to do before the wedding in Indonesia. It is said that this immunization is encouraged because of the scourge of infant mortality in Indonesia.

Tetanus affects infants called Tetanus neonatorum. Tetanus usually affects babies that are born in the place that is not clean and don’t use a sterile tools for childbirth. It can also caused by a history of the pregnant women who may be hurt before the birth that the wound contains tetanus bacteria.

But apparently, immunization is not free of the side effects. The symptoms are such as fatigue, redness at the injection site, and sometimes fever. Those had been experienced by my friend. But it just happened for 1 until 3 days.

TT does not need?

Beside the benefits, I still support the idea that the human body already has its own immune system that can fight the foreign invaders. So,  no need to enter a foreign bacteria or viruses to our body even though they are impaired. But of course we have to keep our self healthy by doing a health lifestyle so that our immune system is able to fight the disease agents. Because, when we're not in healthy condition, many disease agents can cause illness for us.

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Peanut and Cholesterol

It is said that peanut can cause us to be fat, increase our cholesterol level, and also triggering acne Is it right?

The fact, it was happened to my self. A few years a go my cholesterol level is more than 200 mg/dL. I was so shock about it. I’m not fat, so what made my cholesterol level being so high?

After that I began to stop consuming Bakso (meat ball). It was so hard because bakso is my favorite food. Beside that I also begin to consume peanut and another legumes. They said I was crazy! They thought consuming peanut can increase my cholesterol level rapidly. But they were wrong. A few months later I checked my cholesterol level again and getting it lower than before.

How could it be?

Before, we should know about LDL and HDL.

LDL - Low Density Lipoprotein is well known as Bad Cholesterol. When cholesterol that is used in the body's cells has been sufficed, the cells will not receive cholesterol again, so the levels of LDL cholesterol in the blood begin increase and store excess of cholesterol in the artery wall. It cause blockage of blood flow in to heart and brain.
HDL - High Density Lipoprotein, is known as Good Cholesterol. HDL removes cholesterol excess in the blood to the liver for disposal.

Fat in peanuts are unsaturated fats that actually benefit to our body. Peanuts contain Omega 3 which are polyunsaturated fats and Omega 9 which is a monounsaturated fat. 1 ons peanuts are contained 18 grams and 17 grams of Omega 3 Omega 9.

Polyunsaturated fats can decrease total cholesterol. They are found in corn oil and soybean oil.
Monounsaturated fats are the best fats, because they can reduce LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein) and increase HDL (High Density Lipoprotein). They are found in peanut oil, fish and vegetables.

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But of course it is depended on the way we cook that peanut. Frying it with cooking oil can increase the level of LDL that can increase our cholesterol level.

Bottle Trash

Garbage is not something strange to us. It seems like we wouldn’t be able to live without leaving garbage. The problem is that we often leave garbage that can be dangerous for the environment, and also harmful to humans and other living things.

One day I saw a student using a former bottle of mineral water that has been worn many times in days. Looks like she did it on the orders of senior in college, because that time was the new student orientation. I guess her seniors still didn’t know the dangers of using beverage bottles repeatedly.

I'm sure we have become familiar with a variety of plastic, such as plastic bags, plastic plates, plastic bottles, and others. But may be you never notice the logos that always be included on that bottles. It isn’t just a decoration, there is a message that the user should aware so that they can use that plastic wisely.

In the mineral water bottle, if we look at the bottom of the bottle there is a triangle sign with the number 1 in it. At the bottom of triangle, it is usually inscribed with PETE or PET (polyethylene terephthalate). It is used for plastic bottles as bottled mineral water and almost all other bottled beverages. BOTTLE TYPE PET / PETE is recommended only disposable. If it is too often used, especially when it is used to keep warm and hot water, it will cause the polymer layer on the bottle being melt and can cause cancer  (carcinogenic) in the long run.

So, it's better for us to avoid using mineral water bottle over and over, unless we can reuse it to be filled with oil or another things that are not directly consumed by human.

Remember! It's better to prevent than cure