Vaccine Information: Developing Resistance To Vaccines

Developing Resistance To Vaccines

Published by M. Ben Aria

Health officials and scientists around the world are becoming increasingly worried about the effect of vaccines on individuals, especially those who do not complete their scheduled vaccination regime ...

The line between effective antibiotic treatment and antibiotic-resistant diseases is becoming blurred. This issue has come about after many physicians prescribed antibiotics for diseases not affected by the "miracle" drug. To make matters worse, patients often do not take the recommended dosage for the prescribed number of days. Health officials and scientists around the world are becoming worried that this same principle applies to vaccines as well and are hurrying to examine the consequences of individuals not completing the scheduled regime of vaccination. Could vaccines and antibiotics share this common problem?

Antibiotics are prescribed when a bacterium is present within the human body. Normally, the body's immune system can filter and fight out many of the common varieties of bacteria found in the world. There are bacteria that invade the body and even though a resistance is mounted, a little help from an antibiotic is needed. A disease such as small pox is a part of a strand of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) that has been changed. Imagine a computer virus infiltrating past the computer protection and installing itself, causing pop-ups and ad ware. That is what a disease does. It is not affected by antibiotics and instead must be treated differently. In fact, once the disease is caught, the human body must weather through it because by that point a vaccine would be useless. Vaccines must be taken in advance and for the full treatment for the body to be effectively protected.

Vaccines have saved countless lives over the last century and unlike their antibiotic cousins, have not shown to create other mutations from lack of complete immunizations. Scientists are now debating whether or not vaccines can come into play where antibiotics are failing. Should this become a reality, individuals currently defenseless against the super bacteria (such as staphylococcus) could find themselves once again able to fight off such dreaded menaces to life and health. The possibilities of a disease becoming resistant to the vaccine are almost negligible.

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