What is a bacterial infection?
Bacterial infection is a disease caused by harmful bacteria invading the body.
Bacteria are organisms that have only one cell. Not all of them are harmful. In fact, most are natural residents of the body called "normal plants" and are indispensable to health.
Bacterial infections can occur in two general ways:
- When a bacterial harmful strain infects and proliferates blood flow or other body tissues, or
- The normal, innocuous normal flora of plants grow extensively in the body area where they are considered to be absent. For example, staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus), which is a normal inhabitant of the skin, may cause blood infection and damage health if it enters the bloodstream through the skin incision or wound.
What are the signs and symptoms of bacterial infection?
The signs of suffering from a bacterial infection usually differ greatly depending on where the infection is in the body. Fever is considered a common symptom. When attempting to fight infection, it is common for body temperature to rise sharply.
Other signs of diseases caused by bacteria are more specific to body sites or affected systems:
- Urinary tract infection (UTI) - This is a general term that infects any location along the urinary tract and may involve the urethra, ureter, kidneys, or bladder.
- Frequent urination is urgent
- Pain or burning sensation during urination
- Cloudy and hematuria
- Convulsions or compression of the lower abdomen
Bacterial gastroenteritis - inflammation of the stomach (stomach) and intestine (intestine) caused by bacteria.
- Diarrhea or frequent water flights (3 times / day or more)
- Bloody stool
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea and vomiting
- Cramps in the abdomen
- stomach ache
Bacterial pneumonia - This is usually an infection of the lungs by bacteria accumulating exudates and inflammatory cells in the air of the lungs.
- Cough, usually sputum production
- Chest pain
- Dyspnea
- Blood cough
How is bacterial infection treated?
The usual therapy is antibiotics. The antibiotic is either bactericidal (bactericidal) or bacteriostatic (stops bacterial reproduction). There are many antibiotic classes, each class interferes with a specific process of bacteria.
A commonly prescribed antibiotic is amoxicillin. It is commonly prescribed because it is a widespread antibiotic. This means that you can kill a wide variety of bacteria, which is usually the usual cause of infections that occur. Usually prescribed in the sick:
- Urinary tract infections affecting the urethra, ureter, kidney, or bladder
- Lower respiratory tract infections such as pneumonia and bronchitis
- Nasal infections such as sinusitis and nasopharyngitis
- Throat infections such as common pharyngeal pharyngitis and tonsillous pharyngitis
- Ear infections such as acute otitis media and swimmer's ears
- Gonorrhea
It works by inhibiting the ability of bacteria to form cell walls. Since it is a unicellular organism, the cell wall of bacteria acts as a skin. Without their cell walls, their contents may leak and undesirable substances from the outside may also invade into destruction.
It is available as capsules, tablets, liquid suspensions or pediatric drops. Usually taken three times a day (every 8 hours) or twice a day (every 12 hours). Healthcare workers are strongly encouraged to end all prescriptions of antibiotics (usually a duration of one week). Stopping the regimen immediately will make the bacteria stronger and resistant, making it more difficult to treat future infections.
