World Antibiotic Awareness Week November 18th to 24th : Keep Antibiotics Working
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Taking antibiotics encourages harmful bacteria that live inside you to become resistant. That means that antibiotics may not work when you really need them. This puts you and your family at risk of a more severe or longer illness. Take your doctor or pharmacist’s advice when it comes to antibiotics.
Antibiotics AREN’T needed for:
- Colds
- Flu
- Vomiting
- Most coughs
- Most ear infections
- Most sore throats
- Most diarrhoea
- Most cystitis
Antibiotics ARE needed for:
- Sepsis
- Pneumonia
- Urinary tract infections
- Sexually transmitted infections like gonorrhoea
- Meningococcal meningitis