Antibiotics Weaken The Immune System

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Antibiotics Weaken The Immune Systemhttp://www.drlwilso n.com/Articles/ antibiotics. htmexcerpt5. Immune Suppression. This may sound odd, as the purpose of antibiotics is presumably to help the immune response. However, evidence indicates that people treated with antibiotics have more repeat infections than those who are not treated. This is especially true of children whose ear infections are treated with antibiotics. Vitamin A and C and the use of simple herbs such as echinacea and astragalus, for example, are much safer and often equally effective. In fact, antibiotics do not aid the immune system. They replace one of its functions. Antibiotics act by inhibiting certain enzymatic processes of bacteria, and by changing mineral

balances. Normal cells, however, are also affected. This may be one reason why antibiotics weaken the immune response. Other toxic effects of antibiotics, such as the effect upon the normal bowel flora, may also be a cause. AIDS research indicates that a risk factor for AIDS is an impaired immune response. This can be due to a history of repeated antibiotic use. Perhaps it is no accident the same group with the highest incidence of AIDS, male homosexuals as of 2009, is also a group that uses more antibiotics than other groups in America. The link between antibiotic use and increased cancer rates can also be explained this way. This topic is discussed in the paragraphs above under #1. much more at the webpagehttp://www.immunesy stemetc.com/ antibiotics. htmlAntibiotics Cut Off Immune ResponseDr. D’Adamo says that antibiotics cut off immune response. Your body’s responsibility for fighting an infection has been taken over by medication. He further states, “Did you know that antibiotics only reduce the level of infection? Your body’s immune system is still required to finish the battle. When you allow your body to go to war on its own terms, without antibiotic intervention, it develops not only a memory of specific antibodies to the current infection and any similar to it, but also the ability to fight more effectively the next time it is challenged or attacked.†As the invaders are getting stronger, our immune systems are increasingly more ill prepared. http://www.articles base.com/ medicine- articles/ how-antibiotics- weaken-the- immune-system- 288646.html How Antibiotics Weaken The Immune SystemAntibiotics are actually designed to help the immune system do its job, and it may even do that in the short term, but in the long term antibiotics actually suppress the immune system.Firstly, medical antibiotics do not make the immune system stronger, they simply act a replacement for one of its functions: killing harmful bacteria. The immune system functions just like an organ or a muscle. When it is not put to use, it atrophies. So when an introduced agent does one its jobs, the immune system performs that job poorly once the agent leaves the body. This is why someone who takes antibiotics to cure a bacteria based disease may catch the same

disease, only with more severe symptoms, at a later time. http://www.natural- cures-ear- sinus-infections .com/Antibiotic- Overuse.html Repeated rounds of antibiotics,essentially antibiotic overuse, made my son worse over the course of five years instead of better, because his immune system was gradually becoming weaker. As soon as he was done with a ten day round of the antibiotics the following week he would be ill again. He became antibiotic resistant and Amoxicillin no longer worked. Antibiotics at a price of $200.00 or more with $30.00 co-pays became the norm. I was so frustrated because I did everything the doctors told me to do and he was worse not better. This is because the toxins given off by Candida Albicans overgrowth get absorbed

into the blood stream causing various allergic reactions, which weakens and wears down the immune system. SOLUTION: Break the cycle of antibiotic overuse and get the digestive tract & the immune system healthy again the natural way by restoring the good bacteria that occur naturally in the intestine. The good bacteria are called friendly Flora or Acidophilus Lactobacillus the stuff (live & active cultures) in yogurt. Only you would have to eat buckets of yogurt so replenish a healthy supply in your colon. BY taking Lactobacillus Acidophilus in capsule or powder form you can reverse antibiotic overuse and boost the immune system. The best L. acidophilus provides 1 to 1.5 billion live cells per dose.http://www.shirleys -wellness- cafe.com/ immune.htm#

antib Howenstine, MD. - " Excessive antibiotics in children almost certainly stops normal maturation of a healthy immune system. Lack of healthy bacteria in the intestines caused by antibiotics creates an environment in which pieces of partially digested proteins are able to penetrate the barrier of the intestinal lining. When these abnormal proteins enter the blood the body properly reacts to them as foreign substances. The foreign proteins cause an antigen antibody reaction producing symptoms and setting the stage for a possible auto-immune illness to develop. Food allergies can also appear along with impaired absorption of nutrients which may lead to poor health." more Dr. Lawrence - "To strengthen the immune

system, one must address the needs of the whole body. A strong immune system is essential for health. It is a very complex system of the body, involving the skin, intestines, nasal mucosa, blood, lymph and many other organs and tissues. Factors that impair the immune system include nutrient deficiencies, contaminated air, water and food, unhealthful lifestyles and too much exposure to harmful microbes. Other factors that weaken the immune system are negative attitudes and emotions and the presence of toxic metals, toxic chemicals and biological toxins in the body. Others are sluggish metabolism, lack of rest and sleep, excessive stress or too much exercise. As these causative factors are removed or corrected, the immune system improves." PREVENTING AND TREATING INFECTIONS NATURALLY Page, N.D. Ph.D. - "What does the immune system really do? Immune defense is autonomic, using its own subconscious memory to establish antigens against harmful pathogens. It's a system that works on its own to fend off or neutralize disease toxins, and set up a healing environment for the body. It is this quality of being a part of us, yet not under our conscious control, that is the great power of immune response. It is also the dilemma of medical scientists as they struggle to get control of a system that is all pervasive and yet, in the end, impossible to completely understand. Maintaining strong immune defenses in today's world is not easy. Daily exposure to environmental pollutants, the emotional and excessive stresses of modern lifestyles, chemicalized foods, and new virus mutations are all a challenge to our immune systems. Devastating, immune compromised diseases

are rising all over the world. Reduced immunity is the main factor in opportunistic diseases, like candida albicans, chronic fatigue syndrome, lupus, HIV, hepatitis, mononucleosis, herpes II, sexually transmitted diseases and cancer. These diseases have become the epidemic of our time, and most of us don't have very much to fight with. An overload of antibiotics, antacids, immunizations, cortico-steroid drugs, and environmental pollutants eventually affect immune system balance to the point where it cannot distinguish harmful cells from healthy cells. " http://www.scumdoct or.com/vaccinati on/immune- system/Effects- Of-Antibiotics- On-Immune- System.htmlAlthough antibiotics are actually designed to help the immune system work well, this is so only when the usage is

for a short duration. Studies show that long-term antibiotics actually suppress the immune system. There are several reasons that are responsible for the negative effects of antibiotics. Firstly, it is important to comprehend that actually antibiotics do not make the immune system stronger. They merely act as a replacement for one of its functions, which is destruction of harmful bacteria. However, just like an organ or a muscle that weakens when not in constant use, the same principal stands true for the immune system as well. Therefore, when an introduced agent does one of its jobs, the immune system performs that job feebly once the agent leaves the body. Thus, one must be careful with the consumption of antibiotics as they weaken the system, meaning that the patient is more prone to infection than before he or she took the antibiotics. Temporarily, the infection may be killed, but one can get re-infected easily. When this re-infection is combined

with a more resistant strain of the bacteria that caused the original infection, it can be very difficult to deal with. This is why someone who takes antibiotics to cure a bacteria based disease may catch the same disease, only with more severe symptoms, at a later time. Secondly, antibiotics cannot differentiate between the harmful bacteria and helpful bacteria and cells. Therefore, they end up killing both kinds of bacteria. Certain strains of bacteria in the digestive tract are essential to digest food and produce healthy vitamins. The destruction of such bacteria results in vitamin loss, diarrhea, parasitic infection and the development of allergies. Thirdly, over the years, research in the field of Biology has highlighted that the evolution of bacteria, viruses, and hosts have more or less been in synchronization with each other. Every time a bacterium or virus became slowly stronger, the immune system has shown proportional reactions by becoming

stronger as well. However, an over dosage of antibiotics can create stronger strains of bacteria that even a healthy immune system is not prepared to fight.

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