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Your throat hurts, and it’s been hurting for the last 24 hours, getting progressively worse. You’re worried because you were just visiting your cousin last weekend, and his 4-year-old daughter was just diagnosed with strep throat. You know it’s pretty contagious, and your cousin called as soon as his daughter was diagnosed. “Ugh,” you think. You don’t want to go to the doctor; it takes time, and you’re busy with school and work. But your throat is on fire, and you know that strep throat, if left untreated, can cause problems far worse than a sore throat and can even lead to death. You head to urgent care.

Once there, the doctor does a quick examination and then a throat swab. “We’ll do a rapid strep test,” she says, “and your results will be back in about 15 minutes. Do you have any drug allergies?” You answer, “Yes, to penicillin.” You try to forget the day you turned bright red and swelled up like a chipmunk over several hours. Fifteen minutes later the doctor comes in and hands you a prescription for azithromycin, which belongs to a class of antibiotics called macrolides. “It’s definitely strep. Get this filled, and be sure to take it as prescribed until it’s gone. If you still have symptoms in three days, please call us.”

* You’ve been taking the azithromycin for three days, but your throat is still on fire and now you are running a fever. You call the doctor. She says you likely have a resistant strain of Streptococcus pyogenes. She prescribes another antibiotic, Cefadroxil, which belongs to a class of antibiotics called cephalosporins.

After 24 hours of taking Cefadroxil, you start to feel better. Your fever is gone and your throat is feeling well enough to eat some actual food, instead of just yogurt and milkshakes. You ponder the problem of antibiotic resistance, and imagine what your life would be like without it.

1)How do you think your life would be different without effective antibiotics?
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Strep throat is a bacterial infection that causes inflammation and pain in the throat which is caused by group A Streptococcus bacteria. Strep throat can affect children and adults of all ages.It is charecterized by a suuden fever, swollen red throat , chills, headache,loss of appetite ,swollen lymph nodes in the neck etc...

Because strep throat is a bacterial infection, antibiotics are usually prescribed. These medications inhibit the spread of bacteria and infections.Penicillin and amoxicillin are the most common medications given for a strep infection. If they're allergic , then azithromycin are prescribed but when the condition get worsens , the patients are medicated with cefadroxil which is used to treat infections.

Antibiotics, also known as antibacterials, are medications that destroy or slow down the growth of bacteria. They include a range of powerful drugs and are used to treat diseases caused by bacteria.

Without new antibiotics, common infections and minor injuries could become life-threatening and major surgeries and chemotherapy become impossible .Antibiotics has had a variety of uses: treating life-threatening diseases, preventing infections after surgery, and reducing the number of deaths and amputations in every major conflict .The absence of such antibiotics would results in reduction of life expectancy, increased morbidity and mortality among ill patients.

Even a single infection become severe threatening to life. Several diagnostic and treatment procedures like chemotherapy, biopsy etc... uses antibiotics along with the process.Even child birth is also intiated by antibiotics.Their absence would results in increase in mortality rate in children.They are also used to treat diabetes .

From above statement, it is understood that life without effective antibiotics are life threatening. They plays an important role in our life by killing the bacteria that cause infections.