A new study published in the medical journal The Lancet revealed that there is actually an epidemic that no one is even aware of. According to the information obtained within the scope of a project carried out on a global scale, millions of people have lost their lives due to bacterial infections due to antimicrobial resistance (AMD). The number of deaths from bacterial infections in 2019 alone is more than 1.2 million. So what is this antimicrobial resistance?
Antimicrobial resistance means the body’s resistance to drugs (antibiotics) used against infections. Even though the paramedics give the patient antibiotics and wait for him to get better, such a thing does not happen, the drugs are of no use. This has led to the death of at least 4 million 950 thousand people due to bacterial infection due to AMD so far. Experts consider these numbers to be more than deaths from deadly diseases such as AIDS or malaria.
“We need to do something”
The head of the research published in The Lancet, Prof. Dr. Chris Murray states that there is an increase in AMD-related deaths and that something needs to be done to prevent this. In the medical sense, it is not known what to do about this issue, but according to scientists, it is very important not to use unconscious drugs, especially antibiotics, to prevent death due to AMD.
The latest research by scientists led scientists to 3 conclusions. These results appeared as follows:
- Although AMD affects all age groups, research reveals that young age groups are especially at high risk, with one in five deaths occurring in children under five.
- According to the study, which draws attention to antibiotic resistance, deaths are mostly seen in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asian countries. 24 out of every 100 thousand deaths occur in these geographies. Another finding is that deaths are higher in low-income countries than in high-income countries. 13 out of every 100,000 deaths occur in high-income countries and 56 in low-income countries.
- According to the research, most of the deaths are due to lower respiratory infections such as pneumonia and bloodstream infections that cause sepsis. coli and some other bacterial infections can result in death due to resistance to drug treatments.
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