In the Name of Allah, Most
Gracious, Most Merciful
Side-Effects
from Antibiotics
By
Irshad Mahmood – Director, Siraat-al-Mustaqeem Dawah Centre
Every medicine has some
Side-Effects;
some are short term temporary, while others are long term temporary and
in exceptional cases permanent and same is true for Antibiotics. For
short term temporary Side-Effects, you don’t need to worry at
all. For Long term temporary Side-Effects, you will need to re-think
for a long time, while for permanent Side-Effects, you will need to
re-think millions of times, and want to make sure if it is for life
saving, like Chemotherapy or Radiation treatment etc. If it is for life
saving, then you will sure need to go for it, even though it is very
painful. E.g. in most cases mild rash from antibiotic goes by itself
and you don’t need to stop taking antibiotics. Sever rash has
very itchy, painful and very reddish.
Confusion between
Side-Effects or due
to disease: Here I would like to give an example, e.g. one gets some
pimples on their back or face after taking antibiotics, make sure it is
getting better or worse, if it is getting better, then no need to
worry. You should worry, if it is getting worse, or painful, or itchy
or very reddish etc. Keep in mind due to high fever ones may get this
type of pimples, and as soon as fever goes down, you will feel
improvement, so in this case you should continue taking medications. So
keep monitoring while continue giving antibiotics and don’t
panic. Also for those symptoms which were before taking antibiotics, it
may take at least two days before he/she feels improvements in many
cases, so please be patient and don’t panic, instead make Duaa to
get recover from it. Sometimes Doctors also prescribe anti-allergy etc.
along with antibiotics to support for soft recovery.
Although antibiotics are
live saving
medications, first discovered by a Scottish Scientist and Nobel
laureate Alexander Fleming in 1928. BUT it has to be used very
carefully with recommendations from a registered medical practitioner,
otherwise one may get Superbug due to Misuse of Antibiotics, which
means no antibiotics will work. So, if one has to take antibiotics,
make sure he/she is taking full course, otherwise may develop ARMY of
Superbug (bacteria), which can potentially cause severe problems down
the road.
You must know the
severity of the
symptoms and must avoid taking antibiotics as much as you can, BUT if
you have to take it, make sure to complete its full course (ten days),
otherwise you will sure develop antibiotic resistant bacteria, which in
turn might become ARMY of Superbug, and may kill you, since no medicine
will work for you.
Below
are the websites for information regarding Side-Eeffects:
List of 87 causes of
Rash and Fever :::>>>
http://symptoms.rightdiagnosis.com/cosymptoms/rash/fever.htm
Is there a rash with
roseola (fever)? :::>>>
http://www.medicinenet.com/roseola/article.htm
Three-day-fever (roseola
infantum) :::>>>
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/threedayfever.htm
Skin Rashes in Children
during fever :::>>>
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/skin_rashes_in_children/article_em.htm
Amoxicillin Rash in
Children :::>>>
http://www.ehow.com/about_5465606_amoxicillin-rash-children.html
Common
side-effects from antibiotics include rash, nausea, diarrhea,
constipation etc. You only need to worry if it is severe. Below are
just few I have mentioned:
If one is having Very itchy or painful or reddish rash.
If one is having Nausea
more than once.
If one is having
Diarrhea more than 6 times in a day.
If one is having Severe
Constipation.
Remember: Saving a life
is like
saving the whole world. Save yourself and your loved ones before it
gets too late. (Ref. Al_Quraan_005.032)
YOU MUST AVOIDE
ANTIBIOTICS, BUT IF YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT COMPLETE FULL COURSE (ten days)
Don’t even think about
playing
with Antibiotics now otherwise it will play with you later, since no
medicine will work for you and will give you a very hard time until you
die.